- August 30
- Hot Line communications link between Washington DC and Moscow begins. [1]
- September 8
- Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys. [1]
- September 9
- Landslide into Vaiont Dam empties lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy). [1]
- September 14
- Mary Ann Fischer, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, gives birth to America's first surviving quintuplets, four girls and a boy. [1]
- September 16
- Malaysia forms from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo, and Sarawak. [1] [459.15]
- September 24
- US Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and USSR limiting nuclear testing. [1]
- September 29
- Second session of Ecumenical council, 'Vatican II,' opens in Rome. [1]
- October 1
- Nigeria becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth. [1]
- October 4
- Gambia achieves full internal self-government. [1]
- October 7
- Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190. [1]
- October 8
- Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya. [1]
- October 9
- Uganda becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth. [1]
- October 10
- Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, United Kingdom, USSR. [1]
- October 12
- Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel. [1]
- October 13
- The Beatles appear at the Palladium theater in London, and make their first appearance on a major TV show, for the BBC. The term "Beatlemania" is coined. [1] [457]
- October
- Stack's sells the second part of the George Walton coin collection for US$640,101. The total of the two auctions is US$874,837, a world record for a single collection of coins at public auction. [548.30]
- October 20
- South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and eight others on conspiracy. [1]
- October 31
- Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana). [1]
- November 1
- Revolt against the Diem regime in South Vietnam. [1]
- Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese Prime Minister, assassinated in a military coup. [1]
- November 9
- In Japan, two high-speed commuter trains collide with a derailed freight train; 160 die. [1]
- November 12
- US President John Kennedy instructs NASA administrator James Webb to develop a program of "joint space and lunar exploration" with the Soviet Union. [861.176]
- November 19
- Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal, Quebec. [1]
- November 22
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the murders of Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit. Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as the 36th president at 2:39 p.m. [1] [129]
- November 23
- Horatio Alger Society is founded. [1]
- November 24
- Jack Ruby fatally shoots suspected President John Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at Dallas police headquarters in Dallas, Texas. First live murder on TV. [1] [129]
- November 29
- US President Lyndon Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of President John F. Kennedy. [1]
- December 1
- Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian union. [1]
- December 2
- First Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km. [1]
- December 4
- Aldo Moro forms Italian government. [1]
- Pope Paul VI closes second session of second Vatican Council. [1]
- December 8
- Three fuel tanks explode when jetliner is struck by lightning, crashing near Elkton Maryland; only case of lightning-caused crash, 81 die. [1]
- December 10
- Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth. [1]
- December 12
- Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from United Kingdom. [1]
- December 17
- Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea. [1]
- West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules. [1]
- December 20
- Berlin Wall opens for first time to West Berliners. [1]
- Massemba-Debate elected President of Congo-Brazzaville. [1]
- Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins. [1]
- December 22
- Greek Line's Lakonia cruise ship catches fire north of Madeira island, killing 131 of 1036 on board. [809.50]
- December 24
- Greeks and Turks riot in Cyprus. [1]
- December 26
- US furnishes cereal to USSR. [1]
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