The second James Bond spy movie, 'From Russia With Love,' was released in London.
Malaysia is created.
A Ku Klux Klan bomb kills 4 young African-American girls.
Mary Ann Fischer gave birth to quintuplets, who became the first US quintuplets to survive past infancy.
A 34-year-old grandmother gave birth to four male quintuplets in Venezuela.
Hotline established between Washington and Moscow.
Evergreen Bridge opens for traffic for the first time.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic 'I Have a Dream' speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
First Person to Enter Space Twice.
James Meredith became the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is Signed.
Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite is launched.
The United States Postal Service introduced ZIP codes for US mail.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy holds his iconic 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech.
Stevie Wonder released his first single, 'Fingertips,' at age 13.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini becomes Pope Paul VI.
The 'Red Telephone' is instituted.
The TIROS-7 meteorological satellite was launched atop a Thor-Delta rocket.
The US Supreme Court decided that public schools aren't allowed to study the bible or pray.
Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
The epic historical drama movie 'Cleopatra' was released.
Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of the schoolhouse door, refusing entry to two African American students.
The US signed the Equal Pay Act to reduce the difference in pay between sexes.
32 African countries form a coalition against white rule.
Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail is published.
Despite running out of oxygen, Jim Whittaker became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Johnny Cash released his 'Ring of Fire' single.
Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'.
President John F. Kennedy granted Winston Churchill the first-ever honorary US citizenship.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds is released.
The Beatles released their very first album, 'Please Please Me.'
Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay closed its gates for good.
Country music stars Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins all perished in an airplane crash.
The iconic book 'The Feminine Mystique' was published by Betty Friedan.
The Élysée Treaty formalizes the reconciliation between Germany and France.
To Kill a Mockingbird film was released.
'Lawrence of Arabia' film directed by David Lean, was released in the United States.
The Mariner 2 space probe completed the first-ever flyby of Venus.
NASA launched the first-ever active repeater communications satellite.
The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.
War between China and India ends.
United Nations passes resolution to condemn Apartheid in South Africa.
The American psychological thriller 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane' with Joan Crawford and Bette Davis was released.
The Cuban Missile Crisis Ended.
Uganda became a member state of the United Nations.
War breaks out between India and China.
The Cuban Missile Crisis began.
Uganda gained independence from British rule.
James Bond makes his theatrical debut.