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.
The Outer Space Treaty was signed to prevent the use of nuclear weapons being utilized in space.
Apollo 1 test launch failed, and astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee all died.
The first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles.
The Summer of Love is launched with the Human Be-In.
James Bedford is frozen with intent of future resuscitation.
Ronald Reagan is sworn in as Governor of California.
First Kwanzaa celebrations.
Jimi Hendrix wrote 'Purple Haze' backstage at the Upper Cut Club, London.
Astronomer Richard Walker discovered Saturn's moon, Epimetheus.
A military dog 'Nemo' saved the life of his handler, Airman Robert A. Throneburg, during the Vietnam War.
World's first tidal power station opens in France.
First images of a Solar Eclipse taken from space.
NASA launched the Gemini program's tenth and final crewed spacecraft, Gemini 12.
NASA's Lunar Orbiter 2 launched atop an Atlas Agena rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The catastrophic Tragedy of Aberfan occurred in South Wales, killing many who were in a local school, mostly children.
