Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 other blacks arrested in Selma, Ala., during three-day demonstrations against voter-registration rules (Feb. 1).

 Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally in New York City (Feb. 21).

U.S. Marines land in Dominican Republic as fighting persists between rebels and Dominican army (April 28).

Medicare, senior citizens' government medical assistance program, begins (July 1).

 Blacks riot for six days in Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested, fire damage put at $175 million (Aug. 11 -16).

Power failure in Ontario plant blacks out parts of eight states of northeast U.S. and two provinces of southeast Canada (Nov. 9).

Volkswagen buys Audi

Ralph Nader, a U.S. consumer advocate, published a book 'Unsafe at Any Speed' about the auto industry and its poor safety standards (USA).