The Beatles’ album “VI” topped the Billboard charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
Wyoming became the 44th state to join the United States of America.
NASA launched Telstar 1, the world's first active communications satellite.
Lady Jane Grey began her 9-day reign as the Queen of England, France, and Ireland.
Nazi forces moved on Britain for the first time after attacking shipping containers in the English Channel.
