- August 2
- Morley Safer sends first Vietnam report indicating US is losing war. [1]
- August 9
- Singapore gains independence from Malaysia. [1]
- August 12
- Disneyland (Ahaneim, California) welcomes its 50-millionth guest, Mary Adams. [6]
- August 14
- The Beatles play before a capacity crowd of 55,000 at Shea Stadium in New York, setting a record for the largest concert audience to date. [457]
- August 21
- Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (two astronauts). [1]
- August 30
- Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland. [1]
- August 31
- The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Aircraft makes its first flight. [5]
- September 9
- Tibet is made an autonomous region of China. [1]
- September 12
- Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana; kills 75. [1]
- September 19
- The fifth parliamentary elections take place in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The CDU/CSU gets 47.6% of the vote, the SPD 39.3%, and the FDP 9.5%. The governing coalition consists of the CDU/CSU and the FDP. Ludwig Erhard (CDU) is the chancellor. [37]
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- September 28
- Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal, Phillipines). [1]
- October 4
- Pope Paul VI becomes first Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (United Nations). [1]
- USSR launches Luna 7; will crash land on Moon. [1]
- October 26
- The Beatles receive Member of the British Empire medals at Buckingham Palace. [1] [457]
- October 28
- In St. Louis, Missouri, construction is completed on the Gateway Arch, a 630-foot-high parabola of stainless steel. The arch was erected to commemorate President Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase of 1803. [1] [129]
- Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion. [1]
- October 30
- Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia. [1]
- November 1
- Trackless trolley plunges into Nile River, drowning 74 (Cairo, Egypt). [1]
- November 8
- British Indian Ocean Territory is established, comprising Aldabra, Farquhar, and Des Roches islands from Seychelles, and the Chagos Island group from Mauritius. [1] [700.1135] [964.41]
- November 9
- The biggest power failure in U.S. history occurs as all of New York state, portions of seven neighboring states, and parts of eastern Canada are plunged into darkness. The blackout was caused by the tripping of a transmission line near Ontario, Canada. The cascading effect onto other transmission lines eventually takes down the entire Northeastern network. 30 million people in eight U.S. states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec are affected by the blackout. [1] [129]
- In Great Britain, an act comes into force abolishing capital punishment. [55.31]
- November 11
- Rhodesia proclaims independence by Prime Minister Ian D Smith. [278.476]
- November 12
- Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus. [1]
- November 13
- Cruise ship Yarmouth Castle, on an overnight cruise from Miami, Florida, to the Bahamas, burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 87 of 545 passengers and crew. A fire broke out in an unoccupied cabin used for storage, quickly destroying the bridge, radio room, and some lifeboats. [1] [75.27] [94.50] [809.50]
- Brazil introduces new monetary unit, the cruzeiro novo. [559.66]
- November 15
- At the Cherry Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida, Walt Disney, Roy Disney, and Florida Governor Hayden Burns make the first public announcement of plans to build a new Disney theme park near Orlando. (It will open in six years as Walt Disney World Resort.) [1] [6]
- November 16
- The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe, which becomes the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet (Venus). [1] [5]
- November 26
- France launches first satellite, 92 pounds (42kg) A1-capsule (Asterix), becoming third nation in space. [1] [707.169]
- December 1
- Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US begins. [1]
- South Africa government says children of white fathers are white. [1]
- December 3
- USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon. [1]
- December 4
- Two passenger planes collide above Danbury, Connecticut, USA; four die. [1]
- December 6
- Two trucks crash into a crowd of dancers in Sotouboua, Togo, killing 125. [1]
- December 7
- Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of the two churches in 1054. [1]
- December 8
- Pope Paul VI signs second Vatican council. [1]
- December 9
- Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as President of Presidium (USSR). [1]
- December 10
- Dutch government ends economic boycott of Rhodesia. [1]
- December 13
- Algerian President Boumédienne visits Moscow, Russia. [1]
- December 15
- Third cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouth of Ganges River, Bangladesh. [1]
- Gemini 6 launched; will make first rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7). [1]
- Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde. [1]
- December 16
- Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit. [1]
- Taufa'ahau Tupou IV becomes King of Tonga. [1]
- December 17
- British government proclaims end of oil-embargo against Rhodesia. [1]
- Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine. [1]
- Largest newspaper - Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents). [1]
- December 19
- French President Charles De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45 percent). [1]
- December 22
- Belgian government shuts six coal mines. [1]
- Great Britain sets maximum driving speed at 70 MPH. [1]
- December 24
- In Barwell, England, two buildings are struck and a car is struck by falling meteorites. [521]
- December 30
- Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated as President of the Phillipines. [1]
- December 31
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa seizes power in coup in Central Africa. [1299.35]
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