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| February 14~First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gives "A Tour of the White House With Mrs. John. F. Kennedy," broadcast simultaneously over CBS and NBC with nine tons of equipment and 54 harried technicians. Boom P. 116 |
| February 20~Philadelphia 76ers' seven-foot center Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain reaffirms his status as the dominant offensive player in National Basketball Association history by scoring a record 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks. Boom p. 181 |
| March 8~The Beatles make their television debut, appearing on the BBC program "Teenager's Turn" to play Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby." Rock Almanac p. 69 |
| April 12~Columbia Records tapes Bob Dylan's concert at Town Hall, New York City, eventually releasing the recording of "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" made this evening. Rock Almanac p. 69 |
| April 25~The U.S. resumes atmospheric testing of nuclear bombs. America hasn't exploded a nuclear bomb since a 1958 agreement with the Soviets to stop all such tests, a decision made after witnessing the horrible consequences of fallout on South Pacific residents following earlier tests. But the Soviets resumed atmospheric tests over Siberia last September and the disarmament talks recently broke down. Boom p. 238 |
| May 27~The release of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan marks the first of Dylan's several musical epiphanies. He emerges with several of the most enduring ballads of the decade, including, "Blowin' in the Wind," "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," and "Girl from the North Country." Boom p. 40 |
| June 8~The New Musical Express, Great Britain's leading pop music periodical, initiates an LP best-seller chart. Elvis Presley's Blue Hawaii soundtrack is its first Number One album. Rock Almanac p.70 |
| August 12~The Beatles audition, this time at the Abbey Road studios of Parlophone, an obscure comedy and novelty record label owned by EMI. Parlophone producer George Martin will like the group, but not drummer Pete Best. Within days, Best will be fired and replaced by Richard "Ringo" Starkey, Jr.! Boom p. 40 |
| August 18~Rebuffed by U.S. doctors, Sherri Finkbine of Arizona gets a Swedish abortion of her baby deformed by thalidomide, a "miracle" tranquilizer used by thousands of women to control "morning sickness." The problem prompted President Kennedy to lead off a press conference with a demand for "additional protection to American consumers from harmful or worthless drug products." Boom p. 182 |
| October 15~President Kennedy is awakened at 6:30 A.M. and informed that intelligence photos confirm the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba, threatening the entire East Coast. In less than two weeks Kennedy will issue an ultimatum to Khrushchev to remove all existing missile bases within 24 hours or risk having them bombed. Khrushchev will opt to remove the missiles. Boom p. 241 |
| October 23~Twelve-year-old Steveland Morris Judkins, renamed Little Stevie Wonder, records his first single, "Thank You for Loving Me All the Way," for Motown Records. Rock Almanac p. 72 |
| November 5~Silent Spring by biologist Rachel Carson, an assessment of the dangers of pesticides and insecticides, tops the nonfiction list. Boom p. 119 |
| December 11~The Second National Conference on Air Pollution is held in Washington, D.C. It opens on the heels of a tragic coincidence: a recent smog episode in London has claimed more than 300 lives. Boom p. 242 |
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