 |
France and West
Germany sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan.
22). |
|
Michael E.
De Bakey
implants
artificial heart in human for first time at Houston hospital; plastic device
functions and patient lives for four days (April 21). |
|
Pope John XXIII dies
(June 3) - succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes
Paul VI.
|
|
U.S. Supreme Court
rules no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in
public schools (June 17). |
|
U.K.'s
Profumo
scandal
(June). |
|
Civil rights rally
held by 200,000 blacks and whites in Washington, D.C.; |
|
Martin Luther King
delivers "I have a dream" speech (Aug. 28).
|
|
Washington-to-Moscow
"hot line" communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental
war (Aug. 30). |
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President
Kennedy
shot and
killed by sniper in Dallas, Tex. |
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
becomes president same day (Nov. 22). |
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Lee Harvey Oswald,
accused assassin
of President Kennedy, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby, Dallas nightclub owner
(Nov. 24). |
|
Kenya achieves
independence. |
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Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique.
|
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There are 15,000 U.S.
military advisers in South Vietnam. |
