The Soviet Union's Venera 3 space probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Pope John Paul IV visited New York, becoming the first Pope to visit the Western Hemisphere.
A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
The Beatles released their hit single 'Yesterday.'
Casey Stengel announced that he was retiring from managing the New York Mets after 55 years in baseball.
The Gemini V spacecraft returned to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sandwich restaurant Subway was founded in Bridgeport, Connecticut, US.
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which was introduced to stop voting discrimination against minority groups.
Bob Dylan performed his first electric concert at the Newport Folk Festival.
The Beatles' album 'VI' topped the Billboard charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks.
Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard to encourage the registration of black voters in Selma.