- January 18
- Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison. [1]
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- January 27
- At Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a fire breaks out during a manned launch-pad test of the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn rocket, killing astronauts Virgil I Grissom, Lieutenant-Colonel US Air Force Edward Higgins White II, and Roger B Chaffee. [1] [129] [452.94]
- February 4
- US launches Lunar Orbiter 3. [1]
- February 8
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- February 10
- 25th Amendment to US Constitution (Presidential Disability and Succession) in effect. [1]
- February 22
- 25,000 American and South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border. [1]
- February 23
- American 25th amendment (Presidential succession) declared ratified. [1]
- US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War. [1]
- March 1
- House of Representatives expels Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116). [1]
- March 2
- 9th Grammy Awards: "Strangers in Night" and Michele win. [1]
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- March 3
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- March 6
- Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US. [1]
- March 7
- Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins eight-year jail sentence at Lewisburg Federal Prison for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted December 23, 1971). [1]
- March 9
- Svetlana Allilueva, Josef Stalin's daughter, defects to the West in New York City. [1]
- March 14
- The late US President John Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial. [1]
- March 18
- The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. It includes 119 Audio-Animatronics figures; 64 human, 55 animals. The whole attraction cost US$8 million to build. [6]
- March 20
- A J F Moody is first US Army General to die in Vietnam. [1]
- March 22
- Howard Hughes buys the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, Nevada, for US$13.2 million. [187.409]
- March 24
- University of Michigan holds first "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam. [1]
- March 26
- 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming and Cabaret win. [1]
- April 7
- Tom Donahue, San Francisco disc jockey, begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM). [1]
- April 9
- First Boeing 737 rolls out. [1]
- April 10
- 39th Academy Awards - Man For All Seasons, Elizabeth Taylor and P Scofield win. [1]
- April 11
- Harlem (New York City) voters defy US Congress and re-elect Adam Clayton Powell Jr. [1]
- April 14
- In the Vietnam War, US planes bomb Haiphong for first time. [1]
- April 17
- Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20. [1]
- April 25
- Abortion legalized in Colorado, USA. [1]
- April 27
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- May 3
- Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University. [1]
- May 4
- Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7. [1]
- May 6
- 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College. [1]
- May 10
- Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia. [1]
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- May 11
- 100,000,000th US phone connected. [1]
- May 16
- Philadelphia voters approve a US$13 million bond issue to build a new stadium. [1]
- May 18
- Silver on London exchange hits record US$1.60 per troy ounce. The US government stops selling stockpile at $1.2929, and bans export of silver coins. [1] [406.88] [588.72] [618.77] [639.12]
- Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law", upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial. [1]
- US Treasury bans the private melting or export of US silver coins. (The ban is lifted on April 11, 1969.) [388.B20] [433.1] [582.51]
- May 19
- US bombs Hanoi, Vietnam. [1]
- USSR ratifies treaty with England and US banning nuclear weapons in space. [1]
- Congress prohibits export of US silver coins. [627.36]
- May 20
- 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam. [1]
- May 26
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- May 30
- Groundbreaking begins in Florida for Walt Disney World. [6]
- June 1
- Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC. [1]
- June 2
- Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts. [1]
- June 4
- In Hollywood, California, the 19th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Joey Bishop and Hugh Downs.
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Bill Cosby for I Spy
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama: Peter Ustinov for "Barefoot in Athens" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Don Adams for Get Smart
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Barbara Bain for Mission: Impossible
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama: Geraldine Page for episode "Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory" of ABC Stage 67
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Lucille Ball for The Lucy Show
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama: Eli Wallach for Poppies Are Also Flowers
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Don Knotts for episode "Barney Comes to Mayberry" of The Andy Griffith Show
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama: Agnes Moorehead for episode "Night of the Vicious Valentine" for The Wild Wild West
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Frances Bavier for The Andy Griffith Show
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: James Frawley for episode "Royal Flush" of The Monkees
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music: Fielder Cook for Brigadoon
- Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Technical Directors: A.J. Cunningham for Brigadoon
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman
- Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Lighting Directors: Leard Davis for Brigadoon
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: Buck Henry and Leonard Stern for episode "Ship of Spies" of Get Smart
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Bruce Geller for Mission: Impossible
- Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts (Make-Up): Dick Smith for Mark Twain Tonight!
- Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts (Costume Design): Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie for Alice Through the Looking Glass
- Outstanding Musical Program: Fielder Cook for Brigadoon
- Program and Individual Achievements in Daytime Programming - Individuals: Mike Douglas for The Mike Douglas Show
- Outstanding Dramatic Series: Joseph Gantman and Bruce Geller for Mission: Impossible
- Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Electronic Cameramen: Robert Dunn, Gorm Erickson, Ben Wolf, and Nick Demos for Brigadoon
- Outstanding Children's Program: Gene Kelly for Jack and the Beanstalk
- Outstanding Dramatic Program: David Susskind and Daniel Melnick for Death of a Salesman
- Outstanding Comedy Series: Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson for The Monkees
- Program and Individual Achievements in Daytime Programming - Programs: Don Meier for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
- Special Classifications of Individual Achievements:
- Truman Capote and Eleanor Perry for episode "A Christmas Memory" of ABC Stage 67
- Art Carney for The Jackie Gleason Show
- Arthur Miller for Death of a Salesman
- Outstanding Variety Series: Edward Stephenson and Bob Finkel for The Andy Williams Show
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- June 8
- Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen. [1]
- June 10
- 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California, USA. [1]
- June 11
- Race riot in Tampa, Florida; National Guard mobilizes. [1]
- June 12
- Race riot in Cincinnati, Ohio; 300 arrested. [1]
- US Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages. [1]
- June 13
- U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall as justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. [1] [5]
- June 14
- Launch of Mariner V for Venus fly-by. [1]
- June 15
- California Governor Ronald Reagan signs liberalized abortion bill. [1]
- June 16
- 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival. [1]
- June 23
- US President Lyndon Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold first of two summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey. [1]
- US Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (Democrat-Connecticut) for misusing campaign funds. [1]
- June 24
- US Congress passes an Act to Authorize Adjustments of Outstanding Silver Certificates and Other Purposes. This allows the Treasury to write off amounts of silver certificates destroyed and remaining in collectors hands, and to cease redemptions in silver one year from adoption of the act. [388.190] [670.76]
- June 27
- Race riot in Buffalo, New York; 200 arrested. [1]
- July 4
- US Freedom of Information Act goes into effect. [1]
- July 11
- In Denver, Colorado, USA a building is struck by a falling meteorite. [521]
- July 12
- Blacks in Newark, New Jersey riot; 26 killed, 1500 injured and over 1000 arrested. [1]
- July 14
- US Treasury begins removing silver coins from circulation from bags of mixed coins coming into Federal Reserve banks, and discontinues fixed price of silver at $1.293 per ounce. [433.1] [582.51]
- Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing. [1]
- July 16
- Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida, USA). [1]
- July 17
- The Monkees music group performs at Forest Hills, New York; Jimi Hendrix is opening act. [1]
- Race riots in Cairo, Illinois, USA. [1]
- July 18
- Silver hits record US$1.87 an ounce in New York. [1]
- July 19
- Race riots in Durham, North Carolina, USA. [1]
- US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km). [1]
- July 20
- Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. [1]
- July 23
- 43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit, Michigan, USA (2,000 injured, 442 fires). [1]
- July 24
- Race riot in Cambridge, Maryland, USA. [1]
- July 29
- Explosion and fire aboard aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134, causes US$100 million in damage. [1]
- July 30
- Race riot in Milwaukee (four killed). [1]
- August 2
- US's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit August 5. [1]
- August
- Aubrey and Adeline Bebee acquire a 1913 Liberty Head nickel at the Paramount International Coin Corporation auction at the ANA convention for US$46,000, a world record for a single coin at auction. [450.72]
- August 4
- Shortwave group ANARC's first convention (Chicago, Illinois). [1]
- August 24
- Abbie Hoffman and others toss dollar bills from the visitors' gallery of the New York Stock Exchange to create mayhem on the trading floor. [520.52]
- August 25
- George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated. [1]
- August 30
- US Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as US Supreme Court justice. [1]
- September 8
- Surveyor 5 is launched; makes soft landing on Moon September 10. [1]
- September 9
- First successful test flight of a Saturn V booster rocket. [1]
- September 17
- Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 (New Hampshire). [1]
- September 20
- Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38. [1]
- September 28
- Walter Washington elected first mayor of Washington, DC. [1]
- October 2
- Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as justice of the United States Supreme Court. [1] [5]
- October 3
- William Knight sets X-15 speed record of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72. [1]
- October 6
- Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies. [1]
- October 7
- The Beatles turn down US$1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein. [1]
- October 8
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing Director Henry Holzclaw retires after 50 years service. [552.48]
- October 18
- Buena Vista releases Disney's animated feature film The Jungle Book to theaters. This is the last animated feature personally produced by Walt Disney. [6]
- October 20
- Seven men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridian, Mississippi. [1]
- October 21
- Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon. [1]
- November 5
- ATS-3 launched by US to take first pictures of full Earth disk. [1]
- November 6
- US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon November 9. [1]
- November 7
- US President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting. [1]
- November 9
- NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft from Cape Kennedy. [1] [5]
- November 18
- British government devalues pound sterling from US equivalent of US$2.80 to US$2.40. [1]
- November 20
- At 11 AM, Census Clock at US Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million. [1] [5]
- November 22
- Silver hits record US$2.17 an ounce in New York. [1]
- November 25
- Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time. [1]
- November 27
- Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price. [1]
- November 29
- US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara becomes President of the World Bank. [1]
- December 3
- Final run of "20th Century Limited", famed New York-Chicago luxury train. [1]
- December 12
- US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit. [1]
- December 15
- Silver Bay bridge (Ohio-West Virginia) collapses during afternoon rush hour, 34 die. [1]
- December 23
- US President Lyndon B Johnson meets Pope Paul VI at the Vatican. [1]
- December 30
- Great Western Forum opens in Los Angeles, California. [1]
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