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Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars
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1960's
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Senator John F. Kennedy announces his candidacy for the U.S. Presidency
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Psycho got Best Movie
Alfred Hitchcocks movie -
NFL announces Dallas Cowboys franchise
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Walt Disney's 101 Dalmations got Best Movie
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Elvis Presley's Album 'Blue Hawaii' was released
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Mickey Mantle becomes the highest paid player in Major League Baseball
Signed a contract that will pay him $75,000 per season -
U.S. Freedom Riders begin interstate bus rides to test the new U.S. Supreme Court integration decision.
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Bobby Lewis - Tossin' And Turnin'
gets top song for 7 weeks straight. 1 week more than Elvis Presley's song " You are Lonesome Tonight" -
To Kill a Mockingbird was one of the best films
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# NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 16-7 over the New York Giants
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The band 'The Rolling Stones' was formed
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PGA Tour money leader – Arnold Palmer – $128,230
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Cleopatra (starring Elizabeth Taylor) got Best Movie
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The Beatles song 'She Loves You' was the biggest hit single
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President Kennedy was assinated in Dallas, Texas
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NCAA Men's Basketball Championship – * UCLA wins 97-83 over Duke
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Marry Poppin's (starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke) was the top grossing film
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"The Addams Family theme song" was released
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the 24th Amendment to the Constitution was added
Fair Voting -
The Sound of Music (starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer) was the top grossing film
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the Righteous Brothers song 'Unchained Melody' was the biggest hit single
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U.S. troops are sent to the Dominican Republic by President Lyndon B. Johnson,
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US swimmer Kenis Moore breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) during a meet in Maumee, Ohio, clocking 2:26.3.
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Hawaii (Starring Julie Andrews and Max Von Sydow) was the top grossing film
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Frank Sinatra's song 'Strangers in the Night' was the biggest hit single
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The Road Safety Act is passed which leads to the use of the Breathalyzer
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* July 17 – American runner Jim Ryun sets a new world record for the mile at 3:51.3
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Walt Disney's "The Jungle Book" was the top grossing film
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The Monkees song 'I'm a Believer' was the biggest hit single
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An explosion and fire aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Forrestal
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American swimmer Mark Spitz breaks Kevin Berry's nearly three-year old world record
Men's 200m butterfly (long course) at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a time of 2:06.4. -
2001: A Space Odyssey was the top grossing film
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the band 'The New Yardbirds' were formed and eventually changed their name to Led Zepplin
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Super Bowl II – Green Bay Packers won 33–14 over the Oakland Raiders
After the game, Packer head coach Vince Lombardi announced his retirement as head coach of the Packers -
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a sermon at his Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta
His speech contains what amounts to his own eulogy. After his death, he says, "I'd like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King Jr. tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King Jr. tried to love somebody... that I tried to love and serve humanity,. Yes, if you want to, say that I was a drum major for peace... for righteousness." -
Marilyn Manson was born
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Minnesota Vikings 27-7 Cleveland Browns for the 1969 NFL championship.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Starring Paul Newman) was the top grossing film
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Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars
