- August 10
- First lunar orbiter launched by US. [1]
- Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again. [1]
- August 15
- Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission. [1]
- August 17
- Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit. [1]
- August 23
- Lunar Orbiter 1 takes first photograph of Earth from Moon. [1]
- August 24
- USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon. [1]
- August 29
- The Beatles' give their last public concert, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California. [1]
- September 6
- Dr Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister, assassinated in assembly. [1]
- September 8
- NBC-TV airs the first episode of TV show Star Trek, starring William Shatner. First episode is entitled The Man Trap. [1] [457]
- September 12
- Gemini XI is launched, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions). [1] [5]
- September 30
- Bechuanaland Protectorate becomes independent republic of Botswana. [1] [700.1023]
- October 1
- Albert Speer, German armaments minister under Adolf Hitler, is released from Spandau prison. [10]
- October 4
- Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain. [1] [545.15]
- October 21
- Heavy rains dislodge 2 million tons of coal waste, setting off avalanche killing 144 people, including 111 children, in Alberfan village of Wales. [1] [871.16b]
- October 22
- USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon. [1]
- October 24
- British crown colony of Basutoland becomes independent state of Lesotho. [700.793]
- October 26
- First Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2. [1]
- November 1
- Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh territory created. [1]
- November 4
- Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works. [1]
- November 6
- First entire lineup televised in color (NBC). [1]
- November 17
- Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour). [1]
- November 24
- First TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaïre). [1]
- 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog. [1]
- November 26
- First major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France. [1]
- November 28
- Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared. [1]
- November 30
- Barbados gains independence from Britain. [700.768]
- December 1
- Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor. [1]
- December 6
- Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium. [1]
- December 8
- US and USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space. [1]
- December 10
- Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature. [1]
- Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken. [1]
- December 13
- First US bombing of Hanoi, Vietnam. [1]
- December 15
- At 9:30 AM in St. Joseph's Hospital, Walt Disney dies of acute circulatory collapse, caused by lung cancer, at age 65. He had won more than 950 honors and citations worldwide, including 31 Oscars and seven Emmys. [6] [457]
- December 18
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- December 20
- Brussels: Nuclear Planning Group established. [1]
- December 21
- USSR launches Luna 13; later soft-lands in Oceanus Procellarum. [1]
- December 24
- US Air Force CL-44 military charter crashes near Binh Thai, Vietnam killing 129. [1]
- December 26
- Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (first fruits of harvest) holiday. [1]
- December 28
- Thirteen die in a train crash in Everett, Massachusetts, USA. [1]
- People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor. [1]
- December 31
- The European Free Trade Association abolishes trade tariffs among Austria, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland. [7]
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