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Sir Winston Churchill dies aged 90 at Chartwell, his Kent home of more than 40 years.
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Twenty-two days after he proposed to her in the Ad Lib Club, London, Ringo Starr married Maureen Cox at the city's Caxton Hall Register Office.
The guests included John Lennon and George Harrison, and Brian Epstein was the best man. Paul McCartney was on holiday in Portugal at the time, so was unable to attend.
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Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama.
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NASA launches the United States' first 2-person crew (Gus Grissom, John Young) into Earth orbit.
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Forty men burn their draft cards at the University of California, Berkeley, and a coffin is marched to the Berkeley Draft Board.
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Queen Elizabeth awards the four the MBE (Member of the British Empire). John returns his in 1969, partly in protest at British support for United States in the Vietnam War.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000, and to double the number of men drafted per month from 17,000 to 35,000.
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The Beatles perform the first stadium concert in the history of rock at Shea Stadium in New York.
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Quaker Norman Morrison sets himself on fire outside The Pentagon to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
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The Beatles' last live U.K. tour concludes with two performances at the Capitol, Cardiff.
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The British government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia; the United States joins the effort.
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Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member, by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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Known for its controversial "butcher cover"
Included songs from the Help!, Rubber Soul, the tracks Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out, and songs from the not-yet-released Revolver album -
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In New York City, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his first public speech on the Vietnam War.
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The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
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Released on Aug 8 in the US
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The House Un-American Activities Committee starts investigating Americans who have aided the Viet Cong, with the intent to make these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 are arrested.
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The Beatles play their very last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
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The BBC television drama Cathy Come Home, filmed in a docudrama style, is broadcast on BBC1. Viewed by a quarter of the British population, it is considered influential on public attitudes to homelessness and the related social issues it deals with.
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Walt Disney dies while producing The Jungle Book, the last animated feature under his personal supervision.
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The United States, Soviet Union and United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty. Among its principles, it bars states party to the treaty from placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit of Earth, installing them on the Moon or any other celestial body, or to otherwise station them in outer space.
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The 25th Amendment deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.
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Police raided 'Redlands', the Sussex home of Rolling Stones musician Keith Richards, following a tip-off from the News of the World. No immediate arrests are made, but Richards, fellow band member Mick Jagger and art dealer Robert Fraser were later charged with possession of drugs.
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Armed members of the Black Panther Party enter the California state capital to protest a bill that restricted the carrying of arms in public.
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Israeli fighter jets and Israeli warships fire at the USS Liberty off Gaza, killing 34 and wounding 171.
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The Beatles perform 'All You Need is Love' at the "Our World" televeision broadcast put on by the BBC.
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Parliament decriminalised male homosexuality in England and Wales with the Sexual Offences Act.
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Breaks out in the North Side of Minneapolis on Plymouth Street during the Minneapolis Aquatennial Parade and business are vandalized and fires break out in the area, although the disturbance is quelled within hours. However, the next day a shooting sets off another incident in the same area that leads to 18 fires, 36 arrests, 3 shootings, 2 dozen people injured, and damages totaling 4.2 million.
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In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city: 43 are killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned.
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The People's Republic of China announces that it has shot down United States planes violating its airspace.
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The Beatles leave their seminar in Bangor, Wales early upon hearing the news.
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The musical Hair opens off-Broadway. It moves to Broadway the following April.
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Several thousands people advance to the Pentagon to protest against the Vietnam War.
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British troops and Chinese demonstrators clashed on the border of China and Hong Kong during the Hong Kong Riots.
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U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy announces his candidacy for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson over the Vietnam War.
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The Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, endorses the 'I'm Backing Britain' campaign, encouraging workers to work extra time without pay or take other actions to help competitiveness, which is spreading across Britain.
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Apple Corp, a record company founded by the Beatles, opens offices in London.
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The Viet Cong then attacks the U.S. Embassy in Saigon on January 31, 1968.
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American troops kill scores of civilians. The story will first become public in November 1969 and will help undermine public support for the U.S. efforts in Vietnam.
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U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy enters the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Riots erupt in major American cities, lasting for several days afterwards.
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U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy dies from his injuries the next day.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s killer, James Earl Ray, arrested in London.
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This end of censorship allows Hair to open in London theatres the next day.
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The Race Relations Act is passed, making it illegal to refuse housing, employment or public services to people in Britain because of their ethnic background.
