The world and events
Frank Sinatra marries Mia Farrow.
Insulin first synthesized in China.
George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd.
The Beatles play last live concert.
Indira Ghandi becomes Prime Minister of India.
L.S.D. declared illegal in the U.S.
The Kashmir crisis - August 16 to September 22 (the Indians charged Pakistan with infiltrating into Kashmir. In response, the Indians launched an attack on Pakistan).
Biochemist Har Khorana finishes deciphering the DNA code.
Botswana, Lesotho and Guyana become independent states within the British Commonwealth.
Vietnam War extended into Cambodia.
First direct-dial international call made (previously all international calls required the assistance of operators).
Sport
Henry Cooper loses his rematch with Muhammad Ali in the 6th round.
FIFA World Cup: England beats West Germany (4-2).
Oxford win the Boat Race.
Jack Brabham wins the Formula One Drivers Championship.
Brabham - Repco win the F1 Constructors Championship.
Liverpool come top of the Football League.
Everton win the F.A. Cup.
Baltimore Orioles win the Baseball World Series.
Wimbledon:
Women - Billie Jean King beats Maria Bueno (6-3 3-6 6-1).
Men - Manuel Santana beats Dennis Ralston (6-4 11-9 6-4).
Music - albums released
The Beatles' album 'Revolver' released.
The Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' released.
The Rolling Stones' 'Aftermath' released.
The Kinks' 'The Kink Kontroversy' and 'Face To Face' released.
Music - top singles
KEEP ON RUNNING - Spencer Davis Group
THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' - Nancy Sinatra
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT - Frank Sinatra
PAPERBACK WRITER - The Beatles
SUNNY AFTERNOON - The Kinks
YELLOW SUBMARINE / ELEANOR RIGBY - The Beatles
ALL OR NOTHING - Small Faces
REACH OUT AND I'LL BE THERE - The Four Tops
GOOD VIBRATIONS - The Beach Boys
THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE - Simon and Garfunkel
WE CAN WORK IT OUT - The Beatles
MY LOVE - Petula Clark
(YOU'RE MY) SOUL AND INSPIRATION - The Righteous Brothers
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN - Percy Sledge
PAINT IT BLACK - The Rolling Stones
WILD THING The Troggs
SUMMER IN THE CITY Lovin' Spoonful
SUNSHINE SUPERMAN - Donovan
YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - The Supremes
LAST TRAIN TO CLARKESVILLE - The Monkees
YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON - The Supremes
I'M A BELIEVER - The Monkees
Deaths
Walt Disney
Buster Keaton
Alma Cogan
Evelyn Waugh
Montgomery Clift
TV is black and white in uk (colour came in in 67 BBC 2 only not till 69 do other two channel broadcast in colour)
UK has 3 channels
BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV
even radio was pre Radio 1,2,3 and 4
see our schedule - shows Light Programme
Just before June NASA landed a space craft on the moon
The Surveyor probes were the first U.S. spacecraft to land safely on the Moon. The images above show the Surveyor spacecraft at the beach and a view of the footpad of Surveyor 5. The trench to the right of the footpad was formed during the landing. The main objectives of the Surveyors were to obtain close-up images of the lunar surface and to determine if the terrain was safe for manned landings. Each Surveyor was equipped with a television camera. In addition, Surveyors 3 and 7 each carried a soil mechanics surface sampler scoop which dug trenches and was used for soil mechanics tests and Surveyors 5, 6, and 7 had magnets attached to the footpads and an alpha scattering instrument for chemical analysis of the lunar material. The image on the upper right shows the Surveyor 5 footpad.
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