The Church of Satan was established at the Black House in San Francisco.
Van's opened its first store at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California.
The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
'Jingle Bells' became the first song played in space when it was broadcast during NASA's Gemini 6 space flight.
The Pioneer 6 space probe was launched atop a Delta-E rocket.
A giant ball of fire was seen arching across the sky from Michigan to Pennsylvania.
The Gemini 7 launched with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell.
The Houston Astrodome opened.
Pope John Paul IV visited New York, becoming the first Pope to visit the Western Hemisphere.
Sandwich restaurant Subway was founded in Bridgeport, Connecticut, US.
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which was introduced to stop voting discrimination against minority groups.
Mars flyby of Mariner 4.
NASA launched the second crewed mission of the Gemini Space Program, Gemini 4.
Ellis Island was added to the Statue of Liberty National monument.
The first commercial communications satellite is launched.
Millions watch NASA spacecraft Ranger 9 crash into the Moon.
Activists started a 54 mile (87 km) march from Selma to Montgomery.
Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City, USA.
Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard to encourage the registration of black voters in Selma.
NASA launched the Mariner 4 space probe on a mission to Mars.
African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.
World's First Geostationary Satellite is Launched.
Three missing members of the Congress of Racial Equality were found partially buried near a dam in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Organization of Afro-American Unity was formed.
An announcement was made to say that all cigarette packages in the US must display health warnings.
The U.S. Senate passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
NASA tested the Saturn I launch vehicle with a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft for the first time.
Underground America Day was first observed, which recognizes the approximately 6,000 people who live in some form of underground architecture across North America.
A 9.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Alaska.
A British company sent a 1,000-pound shipment of The Beatles wigs to the USA.
Beatlemania arrived in the United States when the Beatles landed in New York.
A two-stage version of the Saturn I rocket was launched for the first time.
NASA launched the Echo 2 experimental communications satellite.
The world's largest cheese weighing 34,591 lbs (15,723 kg) was manufactured.
The plans to construct the World Trade Center in New York City were announced to the public.
Luther Terry, the US Surgeon General, released a report concluding smoking cigarettes is bad for you.
During his State of the Union address, US President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a 'War on Poverty.'
Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped.
President John F. Kennedy's funeral was held in Washington, D.C.
Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald.
President Lyndon Johnson had his first day in office after becoming the 36th president of the United States.
President John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated.
The Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, was officially opened.
A Ku Klux Klan bomb kills 4 young African-American girls.
Mary Ann Fischer gave birth to quintuplets, who became the first US quintuplets to survive past infancy.
Hotline established between Washington and Moscow.
Evergreen Bridge opens for traffic for the first time.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic 'I Have a Dream' speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
First Person to Enter Space Twice.
