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Vietnam War: for his heroism in battle earlier in the yearp~ Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
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Vietnam War: for his heroism in battle earlier in the yearp~ Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
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12/1 - Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros
12/1 - Martin Lurther King speaks to J. Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign
12/2 - Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed
12/3 - KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albionp~ NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
12/3 - Police arrests 800 sit-in students at U of Cal at Berkeley
12/4 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappellp~ v Pakistan MCGp~ 11p~ 0-49p~ 0-31
12/4 - Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
12/4 - Baseball approves a free-agent draft
12/5 - Vietnam War: for his heroism in battle earlier in the yearp~ Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
12/6 - President Segni of Italy resigns
12/6 - KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grandep~ OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
12/6 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 1st airs on TV
12/7 - George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs
12/10 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Jr
12/11 - Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech.
12/12 - "Shooting starts for ""Star Trek"" pilot ""The Cage"" (Menagerie)"
12/12 - Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes
12/13 - Shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf
12/13 - In El Pasop~ Txp~ LBJ & Mexican Pres Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grandep~ to reshape US-Mexico border
12/14 - "Michael Brown meets Rene Fladenp~ then writes ""Walk Away Rene"""
12/15 - American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded
12/15 - Canada adopts maple leaf flag
12/16 - US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
12/18 - I Had a BaIl opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances
12/18 - The Pink Panther cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink)
12/18 - During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to funeral home
12/18 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
12/20 - Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
12/22 - First flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird).
12/22 - Comedian Lenny Bruce is convicted of obscenity.
12/22 - Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3p~530 kph (record for a jet)
12/23 - India & Ceylon hit by cyclonep~ about 4p~850 killed
12/24 - "Shooting begins on ""The Cage"" the pilot for Star Trek"
12/25 - George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans
12/25 - Goldfinger premieres in US
12/26 - "Beatles' ""I Feel Finep~"" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks"
12/26 - Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game
12/26 - Moors Murderers claim last victim
12/27 - Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game
12/28 - "Principal filming of ""Dr Zhivagop~"" begins"
12/28 - Premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin
12/30 - "Edward Albee's ""Tiny Alicep~"" premieres in NYC"
12/31 - Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph)
12/31 - Indonesia proclaims expelled from the UN