To Kill a Mockingbird film was released.
Robert Mulligan directed this film adaptation of the novel by Harper Lee. The film starred Gregory Peck, who went on to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards.
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Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony forbade game playing on Christmas.
Paul McCartney and actress Jane Asher announced their engagement.
Johann Georg Palitzsch sighted the return of Halley's Comet.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from his position as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union.
Cassini orbiter released the Huygens probe, which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan.
