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North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin
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8/1 - ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation
8/1 - "Beatles' ""Hard Day's Nightp~ Ap~"" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks"
8/2 - Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
8/2 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
8/2 - North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin
8/2 - Race riot in Jersey City NJ
8/4 - North Vietnamese torpedos US ships Gulf of Tonkin
8/4 - Civil rights workers Michael Schwernerp~ Andrew Goodman & James E Chaneyp~ bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam
8/5 - "Beatles record ""Leave My Kitten Alone"""
8/5 - Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville
8/5 - Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner
8/5 - US begins bombing North Vietnam
8/6 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Ecclesiam Suam
8/6 - Prometheusp~ the world's oldest treep~ is cut down.
8/7 - US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution
8/7 - Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots
8/7 - 31st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago 28p~ All-Stars 17 (65p~000)
8/8 - 110 in the Shade closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 330 perfs
8/8 - Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam
8/8 - Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert
8/9 - 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands
8/9 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational
8/9 - Bunning continues pitching perfectly to NY Mets until 2 outs in 5thp~ when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings
8/10 - WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbusp~ GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
8/11 - "Beatles' ""A Hard Days Night"" opens in NYC"
8/11 - Race riot in Paterson NJ
8/12 - 10th time Mantle switch-hits HR in a gamep~ one goes 502 feet
8/12 - Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th & final time in a game
8/12 - Race riot in Elizabeth NJ
8/13 - 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire
8/14 - Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market
8/14 - Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer
8/15 - Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
8/15 - Phillies triple-play NY Mets
8/15 - Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill
8/15 - "Ralph Boston of USp~ sets then long jump record at 27' 3_"""
8/16 - St Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader
8/16 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational
8/17 - Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket centuryp~ 113 v Aust at the Oval
8/18 - USSR launch 3 Kosmos satellites
8/18 - South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies
8/18 - Charles Helu elected president of Lebanon
8/18 - Beatles arrive in SFp~ 2nd US visit
8/19 - Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched
8/20 - LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion
8/20 - President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act
8/20 - Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 v India in only Test Cricket innings
8/22 - "Supreme's ""Where Did Our Love Gop~"" reaches #1"
8/22 - Guineep~ Liberia & Ivory Coast form joint market
8/23 - Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament
8/23 - St Louis Cards are 11 games back in NLp~ & win World Series
8/24 - 2nd Mayor's Trophy Gamep~ Yanks beat Mets 6-4
8/25 - Singapore limits imports from Neth due to Indonesian aggression
8/26 - Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman
8/26 - LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic Cityp~ NJ
8/28 - "WEWS-TV Channel 5's ""Upbeat"" debuts in Cleveland"
8/28 - US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
8/28 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
8/28 - Race riot in Philadelphia
8/29 - Funny Thing Happened closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 965 perfs
8/29 - "Walt Disney's ""Mary Poppins"" released"
8/30 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Riverside Ladies Golf Open
8/31 - Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadiump~ future home of Angels