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Astro Boy
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The start of a new decade
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Iron Man debuts in Marvel Comics's Tales of Suspense
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The Beatles release their first album Please Please Me
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The U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher sinks 220 miles east of Cape Cod; all 129 crewmen die
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The Coca-Cola Company debuts its first diet drink, TaB cola
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the first James Bond film, is shown in U.S. theaters
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Pope John XXIII dies
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The cancellation of Mercury 10 effectively ends the Mercury program of United States manned spaceflight.
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the first woman, into space
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Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope.
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John F. Kennedy gives his 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech in West Berlin.
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ZIP Codes are introduced in the U.S.
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The Roman Catholic Church accepts cremation as a funeral practice
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NASA launches Syncom, the world's first geostationary (synchronous) satellite
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The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty
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The Great Train Robbery of 1963 takes place in Buckinghamshire, England
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Marvel Comics releases the first ever X-Men comic book
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Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on April 11, 2006)
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Malaysia is formed
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Car manufacturing firm Lamborghini is founded
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The Beatles' second U.K. album, With The Beatles, is released
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John F. Kennedy assassination
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Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the 36th President
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All television coverage for the next three days is devoted to the assassination
