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Last Project Mercury flightp~ L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7p~ launched
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5/1 - 1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
5/1 - Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Neth
5/3 - Leslie Narum is only Balt Oriole to homer on his 1st at bat
5/4 - 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8
5/4 - Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game
5/5 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
5/6 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)
5/7 - Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champ
5/7 - SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6p~700 miles (10p~800 km))
5/8 - Dr No premieres in US
5/8 - JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
5/9 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
5/10 - Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
5/11 - Puff (The Magic Dragon) by Peterp~ Paul & Mary hits #2
5/11 - LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats NY Giantsp~ 8-0
5/11 - Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama
5/12 - Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
5/12 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open
5/12 - "Bob Dylan walks out of the ""Ed Sullivan Show"""
5/14 - Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations
5/15 - Last Project Mercury flightp~ L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7p~ launched
5/15 - Peterp~ Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
5/15 - Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
5/15 - 5th Grammy Awards: I Left My Heart In San Franciscop~ Robert Goulet wins
5/16 - Beast in Me opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 4 performances
5/17 - Bruno Sammartino beats Buddy Rogers in NYp~ to become WWF champ
5/17 - Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Philliesp~ 4-1
5/17 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
5/18 - Beast in Me closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 4 performances
5/18 - If You Wanna Be Happy by Jimmy Soul hits #1
5/18 - 89th Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Candy Spots wins in 1:56.2
5/19 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
5/20 - Sukarno appointed president of Indonesia
5/22 - A C Milan wins 8th Europe Cup 1 at London
5/22 - Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured
5/22 - Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade
5/23 - NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926p~000
5/24 - 1st Lockheed A-12 to crashp~ CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely
5/25 - Hot Spot closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances
5/25 - Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game
5/25 - Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
5/25 - Organization for African Unity formed by Chadp~ Mauritania & Zambia
5/26 - Wes Stock becomes only Balt Oriole to win a doubleheader
5/26 - Organization of African Unity forms
5/26 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
5/26 - 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Showp~ E G Marshall & Shirley Booth
5/28 - Cyclone hits Chittagongp~ Bangladesh: about 1 million houses destroyed
5/28 - Estimated 22p~000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India)
5/30 - Indianapolis 500: Parnelli Jones wins in 3:29:35.365 (230.357 km/h)