Apr 19 Roberta Bignay becomes the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon

Apr 07 US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor finally

Apr 13 Soviet Liner Alexandr Pushkin leaves Leningrad for Montreal as the USSR launches North Atlantic passenger service.

Apr 03 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open

Apr 12 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck

Apr 04 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Apr 01 The command, US Naval Forces Vietnam established

Apr 02 Death of Cecil Scott Forester, author of the Captain Hornblower novels, and The African Queen.

Apr 15 The Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"

Nov 11 Gemini 12 launched on 4-day flight

Nov 26 The first major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France

Nov 08 Edward W Brooke (Rep-R-MA) becomes first black elected to Senate

Nov 01 William Dana in X-15 reaches 93 km

Nov 08 Movie star Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California.

Nov 15 Gemini XII returns to Earth

Nov 04 Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works

Nov 16 Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury

Nov 30 Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)

Nov 26 First major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France

Nov 08 President Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger

Nov 08 Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California

Nov 24 400 die of respiratory failure &heart attack in killer NYC smog

Nov 07 Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US

Nov 17 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)

Nov 28 Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared

Nov 12 High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame

Nov 30 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO

Nov 27 In highest-scoring NFL game, Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41

Sep 08 Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV.

Sep 07 The final episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show is aired on CBS-TV.

Sep 08 "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV

Sep 12 "The Monkees,"premier on NBC

Sep 12 Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight

Sep 06 Race riot in Atlanta Georgia

Sep 20 US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23

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