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Music
Johnny Cash performs his first concert behind bars -
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Modern US History Timeline
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Sports
NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21 -
Theater
"Beg, Borrow, or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater -
People/Events
JFK is elected president -
Sports
Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium -
Theater
"Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater -
People/Events
Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba -
Music
Bob Dylan's 1st NY performance -
Sports
Wilt Chamberlain scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago -
Theater
"Kean" closes at Broadway Theater -
People/Events
JFK visits SF -
Music
Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone -
Music
Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" -
Theater
"Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater -
Sports
34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 -
People/Events
Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial -
Theater
"She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater -
Music
Beatles 1st live appearance in US -
Sports
UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season -
People/Events
36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones," Sidney Poitier & Patricia Neal win -
Sports
NY Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath -
Music
Beatles' 65 album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks -
People/Events
LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam -
Theater
"Do I Hear a Waltz?" closes at 46th St Theater -
Music
Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks -
Theater
"It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin -
People/Events
In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Hanoi & Haiphong for 1st time -
Sports
In highest-scoring NFL game, Washington Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41 -
Sports
Superbowl I: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10 -
People/Events
Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison -
Music
"Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix -
Theater
"You Only Live Twice" premieres in US -
Sports
Superbowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 -
Music
Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" -
Theater
20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible & Barbara Bain -
People/Events
12,000 die in 7.8 quake in NE Iran -
Music
Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album -
Sports
31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years -
Theater
"Dear World" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater -
People/Events
Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi