- July 29
- Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption. [1]
- August 1
- In Luzon, Philippine Islands, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs, killing an estimated 207 residents. [53]
- August 2
- In Oaxaca, Mexico, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs, causing 18 fatalities and extensive property damage in the State of Oaxaca and in Mexico City. [53]
- August 11
- The Beatles launch the Apple Records label. [1]
- August 14
- In Northern Celebes, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurs. In the Manimbaja Bay area, slipping of the fault results in subsidence of 2 to 3 metres on part of the coast, and the raising of Togian Island. Tsunami waves, reaching up to 300 metres inland, take some 200 lives and destroy 700 houses. Wave heights are estimated at 8 to 10 metres. [53]
- August 21
- After five years, Russia once again jams Voice of America radio. [1]
- Radio Prague (Czechoslovakia) at 12:50 AM announces a Soviet-led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement. [1]
- August 22
- First papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota, Colombia). [1]
- August 24
- France explodes its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power. [1] [5]
- August 29
- Marriage of Crown Prince Harald of Norway to Sonja, in Oslo Cathedral. [820.42]
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- August 31
- In Dasht-e Bayaz, Iran, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs. 7,000 to 12,000 deaths. Five villages are totally destroyed, and another 6 from Kakhk to Salayan have at least half of the buildings destroyed. [1] [53]
- September 3
- In Bartin, Turkey, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs, causing 24 deaths, 200 injuries, and destroying over 2,000 houses. Several villages are completely razed. [53]
- September 5
- 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi, Pakistan. [1]
- September 6
- Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day). [285.255] [1156.54]
- September 15
- Launch of USSR's Zond 5, the first lunar flyaround with Earth reentry. Probable test flight for a manned fly-around (scooped by Apollo 8). [1]
- September 24
- Swaziland joins the United Nations. [5]
- September 25
- In Chiapas, Mexico, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs, causing 20 deaths and 500 injuries in Mexico's southern Chiapas region. About half the houses of the village of Acapetagua are leveled. [53]
- September 30
- First Boeing 747 jet airliner rolls out. [1]
- October 1
- Horror film Night of the Living Dead premieres in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. [1]
- October 3
- Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaúnde Terry in Peru. [1]
- October 9
- Government seizes oil fields in Peru. [1]
- October 11
- October 12
- Rio Muni and Fernando Po unite to form Republic of Equatorial Guinea, independent from Spain. [278.479] [1843.1026]
- October 14
- First live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7). [1] [457]
- Gruener and Watson (USA) set scuba depth record (133m) in Bahamas. [1]
- In Western Australia, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs, wrecking the town of Meckering, causing major damage in Perth, causing a fracture of the earth's crust along an arc 29 kilometres in length. [53]
- October 18
- Circus Circus hotel/casino opens on Las Vegas Boulevard, Nevada. [1] [187.408]
- October 26
- October 27
- Death of Lise Meitner in Cambridge, England; scientist, proposed term fission, co-discoverer of uranium fission (Enrico Fermi Award 1966). [37]
- October 31
- US President Lyndon Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam. [1]
- November 5
- Richard Nixon (Republican) beats Vice President Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) and George C Wallace for US Presidency. [1]
- November 9
- In southern Illinois, USA, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurs, felt over 23 states; minor damage only. [53]
- November 10
- Launch of Zond 6, second unmanned circumlunar and return flight. [1]
- November 11
- Maldives (in Indian Ocean) becomes a republic. [1]
- November 19
- Army coup seizes power in Mali. [1]
- December 1
- Gonzalo Barrios elected President of Venezuela. [1]
- December 7
- Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit. [1]
- Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather borrowed in 1823 to the University of Cincinnati; the US$22,646 fine goes unpaid. [1]
- December 9
- Doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford, California. [1]
- December 13
- President Da Costa e Silva of Brazil disbands parliament, grabs power. [1]
- December 18
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- December 21
- Apollo 8 (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders) is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the first manned Moon voyage. [1] [5]
- December 23
- 82 members of US intelligence ship Pueblo released by North Korea. [1]
- December 24
- The crew of Apollo 8 (Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders) become the first men to orbit the Moon. [1] [5] [457]
- December 26
- Arab terrorists in Athens, Greece, fire on El Al plane, killing one person. [1]
- December 27
- People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor. [1]
- December 28
- Israeli assault on Beirut Airport. [1]
- December 29
- Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes. [1]
- December 31
- First supersonic airliner flown (Russian Tupolev TU-144). [1]
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