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1964 |
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News Headlines James Hoffa Gets 8 Years for Jury Rigging Warren Commission Says Oswald Acted Alone In Kennedy Assassination GOP Nominates Barry Goldwater, Democrats Nominate LBJ Martin Luther King Wins Nobel Peace Prize China Explodes nuclear bomb LBJ Wins landslide Victory 43 Million to 27 Million Beatles Invade America Hoffa Sentenced For Jury Tampering Arnold Palmer Wins Fourth Masters Tournament Stampede Kills 300 at Peru Soccer Game Soviet Union Now Using Spy Satellites
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In The News Dow Jones high 891 low 776 Jack Ruby sentenced to death for Lee Harvey Oswald's murder Supreme Court upholds Civil Rights Act US Surgeon General links smoking to cancer Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for boxing heavy weight title Jim Ryun at 17 years old runs a three minute, 50 second, mile Aug. 8, US begins bombing North Vietnam Beatles arrive in US and launch the "British Invasion" Ford introduces the sporty "Mustang" |
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1965 |
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News Headlines Malcolm X Assassinated In Harlem Soviet Cosmonaut Leonov First Man To Float In Space Watts Ghetto Riots Leave 34 Dead 25,000 March On Washington To Protest War LBJ Stops Bombing And Offers Peace Supreme Court Strikes Down Compulsory Anti-Birth Control Laws Sir Winston Churchill dies, 1874-1965 Stolen Gems Found; Murph The Surf Held LBJ Sends 50,000 More Troops To Vietnam US Forces Authorized To Fight In Vietnam
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In The News "Hullabaloo" debuts on NBC-TV in response to ABC's successful show, "Shindig!" On the opening show, host Jack Jones introduces Gerry and the Pacemakers, the New Christy Minstrels, and comedian Woody Allen. The $32 million, 44,500-seat Harris County Domed Stadium, better known as the Astrodome, is host to the first indoor pro baseball game The United Farm Workers (UFW) union votes to strike against grape growers in the Central Valley district of Delano, Calif. In November, the Pentagon reports that 1,095 Americans have died in Vietnam, more than double the number only four months ago A massive power failure blacks out New York City and much of the East Coast Poet Allen Ginsburg introduces the term "Flower Power" |
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1966 |
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News Headlines Apollo Test Launch Kills Chaffe, Grissom, White B-52 And Jet Tanker Collide- 7 Die 4H-Bombs Lost 3 Recovered Russia Makes First Soft Moon Landing Lost H bomb Found Off Spanish Coast Supreme Court Rules On Rights Of Accused In Miranda Case Sniper In Texas Shots 45 from Tower Long Time Favorit Buster Keaton Dies Auto Critic Nader Gets Apology From GM Lost H-bomb Found Off Coast Of Spain Artificial Pump Is Implanted In Heart
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In The News Stokely Carmichael is elected head of Non-violent Coordinating Committee Walt Disney dies Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf" Green Bay Packers under Vince Lombardi win record third straight NFL title Jim Brown ( Cleveland) retires with a career rushing record of 12,312 yards Mini Skirts and Bell Bottoms are the in dress code James Meredith is shot at civil rights march Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow are wed in Las Vegas ceremony
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