Johnny
Carson took over the host spot on the Tonight Show
Marylin
Monroe died of a drug overdose
1963
France
and West
Germany sign treaty of
cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan. 22).
Pope John XXIII
dies (June 3), and is succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes
Paul VI.
British Secretary of War John
Profumo resigns in the
wake of an affair with Christine Keeler, a teenage showgirl who was also
involved with the Soviet naval attaché (June).
Washington-to-Moscow "hot line"
communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug.
30). Background:
cold war
Viewers tuned into NBC witness
Jack Ruby shoot
Lee Harvey Oswald on
camera – the first live telecast of a murder.
Beatlemania hits the U.K. The
Beatles, a British
band composed of John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul
McCartney, take Britain by storm.
The
Rolling Stones emerge
as the anti-Beatles, with an aggressive, blues-derived style.
The French Chef
with
Julia Child debuts on
educational television
Record of the Year:
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco," Tony Bennett
Album of the Year: The First Family, Vaughn Meader (Cadence)
Song of the Year: "What Kind of Fool Am I," Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley,
songwriters
Folk musician
Bob Dylan becomes
increasingly popular during this time of social protest with songs expressing
objection to the condition of American society.
Psychedelic bands such as
The Grateful Dead and
Jefferson Airplane enjoy great success with songs celebrating the
counterculture of the '60s.
Peyton Place
premieres on ABC and is the first prime-time soap opera. Color television
makes its way into U.S. homes.
Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and more than 2,600 others arrested in Selma, Ala., during demonstrations
against voter-registration rules (Feb. 1). Background:
Civil Rights
Malcolm X,
black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally (Feb. 21).
Blacks riot for six days in
Watts
section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested
(Aug. 11-16).
The Sound of Music
premieres. An instant hit, the film was one of the top-grossing films of 1965
and remains one of film's most popular musicals.
Record of the Year: "The Girl
From Ipanema," Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
Album of the Year: Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto (Verve)
Song of the Year: "Hello, Dolly!," Jerry Herman, songwriter
Communist
China announces
explosion of its first hydrogen bomb (June 17).
The US and USSR propose a nuclear
nonproliferation treaty. Background:
nuclear disarmament
Racial violence
in Detroit; 7,000 National Guardsmen aid police after night of rioting.
Similar outbreaks in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Rochester, N.Y.,
Birmingham, Ala., and New Britain, Conn. (July 23).
NY Jets d. Baltimore (16-7)
SUPER BOWL III
FIRST SUPER WON BY AFC
World Series
NY Mets d. Baltimore (4-1)
In August, more than half a million
people gather in the small, upstate New York town of Bethel (near Woodstock,
N.Y.) for four days of rain, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Performers include
Janis Joplin,
Jimi Hendrix, The Who,
Joan Baez,
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Jefferson Airplane and Sly and the Family
Stone.
A
Rolling Stones
fan is killed at the group's Altamont, California, concert by members of
Hell's Angels.
The
FCC
bans all cigarette advertising on television and radio.
Children's Television Workshop
introduces Sesame Street.
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