Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Frank Sinatra first recorded 'My Way,' with lyrics written by Paul Anka based on the French song 'Comme d'habitude.'
The first major rock festival held on America's east coast took place.
The crew of NASA's Apollo 8 became the first humans to enter the Moon's orbit.
After eleven months of imprisonment, 83 men from the US Navy were released by North Korea.
The first manned Moon voyage, the Apollo 8, launched with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders.
The Zodiac Killer claimed two more victims.
Arthur Ashe became the first black person to be ranked number one in tennis.
One of the biggest heists in Japan occurred.
Elvis Presley's Comeback Special airs on NBC, his 1st live performance in seven years, re-launching his singing career.
Dr. Fritz Derom performed a successful single-lung transplantation on patient Aloïs Vereecken at the University Hospital in Ghent, Belgium.
Richard Milhous Nixon won the election and became the 37th President of the United States.
The Soyuz 3 spacecraft achieved the first Soviet space rendezvous with Soyuz 2.
Gold medalist Tommie Smith was suspended for performing the Black Power salute during the Olympics.
Queen Elizabeth II officially reopened London's Euston Railway Station.
A 2,000-strong student protest against police brutality broke out in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Night of the Living Dead was released in US cinemas.
The Supremes released their hit single 'Love Child.'
The Soviet Union launched Zond 5, the first spacecraft to successfully circle the moon and return to earth.
Swaziland gained independence from the United Kingdom.
The Beatles released one of their all-time hits, Hey Jude, in the US.
Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.
Jane Asher broke up her engagement to Paul McCartney live on television.
Single 'In-a-gadda-da-vida' by Iron Butterfly became the first heavy metal song to hit the charts.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono planted acorns for world peace after also mailing acorns to many world leaders to do the same.
Senator Robert Kennedy was laid to rest.
Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Robert F. Kennedy, the late President Kennedy's younger brother.
Canada announced that silver coins would be replaced with nickel.
Manchester United became the first English football team to win the European Cup.
Jim ''Catfish" Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched the ninth perfect game, defeating the Minnesota Twins (4-0).
Bishop Reuben H. Mueller founded the United Methodist Church.
The Civil Rights Act was enacted in the US after being signed by President Lyndon B.
Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in Atlanta, Georgia.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
The '2001: A Space Odyssey' sci-fi movie premiered in Washington, DC.
The Bee Gees made their first appearance on TV, performing 'Words' and 'To Love Somebody' on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Democratic Senator Robert F. Kennedy started his presidential campaign.
Jimi Hendrix was declared the ''most spectacular guitarist in the world" by LIFE magazine.
Newsroom on BBC2 switched to color, making it the first color news in the UK.
The first-ever 911 call was made in the US.
Planet of the Apes hit the theatres in New York City.
Johnny Cash recorded his iconic live album, At Folsom Prison.
