Four H-bombs were lost — but quickly recovered — after an American B-52 collided with a cargo jet over Spain.
10,000 protested the Viet Nam War outside the White House. Over 60,000 signed a protest sign at the Washington Monument pledging to vote for anti-war candidates.
Pacifist Martin Luther King, Jr. debated militant Stokely Carmichael after the shooting of black voter registration advocate James Meredith.
The Supreme Court's Miranda decision declared that arresting officers must inform suspects of their rights.
Richard Speck was indicted for murdering eight student nurses in Chicago. He was convicted a year later.
43 perished when the American carrier Oriskany burned in the Gulf of Tonkin.
A crazed sniper killed 13 and wounded 31 at the University of Texas in Austin. After police shot and killed Charles Whitman in the university's bell tower, they discovered he had earlier killed his wife and mother.
Shortly after completing the first docking of two spacecraft, Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott were thrown into a spin and forced to make an emergency landing. Technical problems plagued subsequent Gemini flights throughout the year.
The Beatlesque TV series The Monkees took the Emmy for best comedy. Mission: Impossible premiered during the summer and won the Emmy for best drama series.
The Baltimore Orioles took the World Series from the L.A. Dodgers. For the first time since 1912, the New York Yankees finished last in the American League.
Hit songs included Sunshine Superman by Donovan, Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel, We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper by the Beatles and Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys.
