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Solar Eclipse
This total eclipse was viewable from Alaska and parts of Northern New England according to NASA. -
UK's Entry to the European Common Market Vetoed
The French President Charles de Gaulle prevent the United Kingdom from entering the European Common Market, an organization that attempted to integrate the economy of Europe. -
Attempted Assassins of President Charles de Gaulle are Sentence to Death
In Paris, France 6 people who conspired together to assassinate the President Charles de Gaulle are put to death. Five of these people who were supposed to be executed were pardoned by their target while one of them, Jean Bastien-Thiry was executed by firing squad. -
MLK Issues his "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. writes his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail while being held in his cell and is considered an important document when it comes to the fight for civil rights in 1960s America. -
First Woman in Space Lands
Valentina Tereshkova, an astronaut who was the first woman to be in space lands in the Soviet Union upon her reentry into Earth. -
US, UK, and Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The US, UK, and Soviet Union sign a document that was supposed to prevent nuclear weapon test demonstrations that were conducted underground. -
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Goes into Effect
The treaty signed by the UK, US, and Soviet Union is finally put in effect, preventing test detonations of nuclear weapons being used outside of the underground. -
JFK Assassination
The President of the United States, John F Kennedy would be assassinated in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. The Governor of Texas would be fatally wounded in this assassination attempt as well. -
Investigation of JFK's Assassination
The Warren Commission, a commission dedicated to investigate the assissination of John F Kennedy begins to investigate the assassination of the President John F. Kennedy, -
Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials Begin
The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials begin, trying people for their roles that played in the Holocaust. Those tried during these trials were mid to lower officials in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death and concentration camp complex.