The Supremes released 'My World Is Empty Without You.'
Thunderball, the fourth James Bond film, premiered in Tokyo.
'Jingle Bells' became the first song played in space when it was broadcast during NASA's Gemini 6 space flight.
The Pioneer 6 space probe was launched atop a Delta-E rocket.
A giant ball of fire was seen arching across the sky from Michigan to Pennsylvania.
The Gemini 7 launched with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
The Houston Astrodome opened.
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.
The idea of the Big Bang Theory being the creation of the universe was supported by scientists.
Soviet spacecraft Luna 6, destined for a moon landing, failed after flying right past it.
NASA launched the second crewed mission of the Gemini Space Program, Gemini 4.
The Soviet Union's Luna 5 uncrewed spacecraft crash-landed on the Moon.
Ellis Island was added to the Statue of Liberty National monument.
The Luna 5 attempted to land on the Moon.
San Francisco Giants outfielder, Willie Mays, broke the record for home runs.
The Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height wrote her first column in the African-American newspaper 'New York Amsterdam News.'
The portrait of Rembrandt's son, 'Titus,' was purchased at auction for $2.2 million.
Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov made the first spacewalk when he left his Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
Activists started a 54 mile (87 km) march from Selma to Montgomery.
The musical 'The Sound of Music,' starring Julie Andrews, premiered.
Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City, USA.
The Republic of Gambia gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
Martin Luther King Jr. and 250 protestors were arrested.
Over 321,000 people attended Winston Churchill's funeral to say goodbye.
The classic song 'Mr. Tambourine Man' was recorded by The Byrds.
Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard to encourage the registration of black voters in Selma.
