Dec 08 Sinead O’Connor singer was born

Dec 28 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass

Dec 31 Pirate Radio 390 (Radio Invicata) off England, resumes transmitting

Dec 10 Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature

Dec 16 Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in the UK

Dec 23 Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program

Dec 15 One of the greatest names in children’s television and movie production died on this day. Walt (Walter Elias) Disney died in Burbank, California. Mr. Disney was 65 years old.

Dec 15 Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus

Aug 29 The Beatles make what would utimately be their last live performance with a show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park.

Aug 11 Indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta

Aug 10 In Ottawa Ontario, the Heron Road Bridge over the Rideau River and Canal collapses, killing 9 construction workers and injuring 80.

Aug 18 Battle of Long Tan, Vietnam

Aug 23 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes first photograph of Earth from Moon

Aug 01 The Texas Tower Massacre - University student killed 10 and wounded 31.

Aug 17 Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit

Aug 14 First US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon

Aug 27 Race riot in Waukegan Illinois

Aug 10 Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere & leaving it again

Aug 10 In daylight, a meteor flashes across the sky from Utah to Canada; only known case of a meteor skipping through the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again.

Aug 11 Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins

Aug 29 Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF)

Aug 24 USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon

Aug 05 Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march

Aug 02 Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting

Aug 18 First ship-to-shore satellite radio message sent

Aug 10 First lunar orbiter launched by US

Aug 27 Francis Chichester begins the first solo sail around the world

Aug 08 South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)

Aug 18 The 'Cultural Revolution' in China begins

Oct 15 LBJ signs a bill creating Dept of Transportation

Oct 04 Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)

Oct 09 Balt Orioles sweep LA Dodgers, in 63rd World Series

Oct 25 Operation Sea Dragon logistics interdiction began.

Oct 22 USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon

Oct 26 The first Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2

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