The Beatles’ album “VI” topped the Billboard charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks.
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Erden Eruç began the world's first successful solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
A chemical factory in Seveso, near Milan, Italy, exploded, covering surrounding areas in dioxin.
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
Nazi forces moved on Britain for the first time after attacking shipping containers in the English Channel.
The Battle of Dyrrhachium occurred.
