- The CIA's domestic operation division was created
- Gideon v. Wainwright passes: The U. S. Supreme Court declared the poor must have lawyers
- The Beatles released their first album, Please, please, me
- The 35th Academy Awards ceremony was held.
- Women's Suffrage in Iran---- women could vote.
- A general election was held in Italy
- The Coca Cola company introduced the first diet drink----Tab
- The first James Bond film was shown in theatres----Dr. No
- Pope John XXIII died
- Smallpox spread hit Sweden lasting to July
- Buddy Rogers became the first WWF champion.
- Zip codes were introduced in the United States.
- Martin Luther King delivered his I Have a Dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 250,000
- Marvel Comics released the first ever X-men Comic book.
- The U. S. Senate ratified the nuclear test ban treaty
- Laura Bush killed Michael Dutton Douglas in a car crash around 8pm in her hometown of Midland, Texas (per Wikipedia)
- The Beatles second album was released, With The Beatles
- John F. Kennedy was assassinated
- Kennedy was buried in Arlington National Cemetary and all schools closed on that day
- The first episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who is broadcast in the United Kingdom
- U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Warren Commission to investigate the Kennedy assassination.
- Frank Sinatra was kidnapped.
- Patsy Cline was killed in a plane crash.
- NASA launched the world's first synchronous satelite
- Vostok 6 carried the first Soviet woman into space.
- Kenya became independant.
- I want to Hold Your Hand and I Saw Her Standing There introduced an era of Beetlemania
- Harvey Ball invented the ubiquitous smiley face symbol.
- Academy of Awards Best Picture---Lawrence of Arabia--Sam Spiegel
- Best Actor--Gregory Peck
- Best Actress-Anne Bancroft
- Best Supporting Actress- Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker
Lots of neat info! We were born the same year! (October 15th is my BD)
ReplyDeleteHey Tracey, so you have a birthday coming up too.....cool! Yes, that year was pretty full of events!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
great post.... and interesting tooo thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteInteresting facts in the world