Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Caesar's Palace Fountain.
Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange.
Leonard Cohen released his debut album 'Songs of Leonard Cohen' through Columbia Records.
Paul McCartney and actress Jane Asher announced their engagement.
The Graduate American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols was released.
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was presumed dead after being swept out to sea by a riptide.
Jim Morrison was arrested on stage.
Seven armed men attempted to assassinate Bob Marley while he was on break from rehearsal.
The very first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in Atlanta's Greenbriar Mall.
NASA launched the Apollo 4 test spacecraft to test the Saturn V rocket for the first time.
The Jungle Book movie by Disney was released.
Argentinian Communist and Guerilla leader Che Guevara was captured by the Bolivian military.
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court Justice.
Sweden switched from driving on the left side of the road to the right side.
Forty-three people were killed in the Detroit Riots, one of the worst riots in US history.
Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey, killing 26 people and injuring several others.
New Zealand adopts new currency.
The Nigerian Civil War began when Nigerian troops invaded Biafra.
Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. was selected as the first African-American astronaut.
Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
The world's first operating ATM opened in Enfield, London.
The world's first live global satellite TV program is aired.
Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend performed an epic battle of the guitars.
China performed its first thermonuclear test.
The Monterey Pop Festival opens.
Ronald Reagan signed the Therapeutic Abortion Act.
Senate appointed Thurgood Marshall as the first US African American to the Supreme Court of justice.
The US Supreme Court ruled interracial marriage legal.
The Six-Day War ends.
Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
The Six-Day War begins in the Middle East.
Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul,' hits No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart with her cover of Otis Redding's song, 'Respect.'
Benno Ohnesorg is killed.
The Republic of Biafra is proclaimed.
The Beatles released their eighth album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Zakir Husain began an almost two-year term as President of India.
The first-ever quadraphonic concert was held.
Jimi Hendrix released 'Are You Experienced,' which is considered one of the most influential debut albums ever.
The Stanley Cup Finals took place with the Toronto Maple Leafs beating the Montreal Canadiens.
Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali lost his boxing title after refusing to join the army.
A Soviet cosmonaut became the first human casualty during a space mission.
The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
Dictator Georgios Papadopoulos assumes power in Greece.
The first Boeing 737 takes off on its maiden flight.
US President John F. Kennedy's body was moved to its final resting place in Virginia.
Suharto rises to power in Indonesia.
Pink Floyd's debut album 'Arnold Layne' was released.
Josef Stalin's daughter defects to the West.
Aretha Franklin recorded 'Respect.'
The Mantra-Rock Dance takes place in San Francisco.
