Events in History
Events 301 - 332 of 332
- Nov 17 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
Event of Interest
Nov 18 J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"

J. Edgar Hoover

Martin Luther King Jr.
- Nov 21 Verrazano-Narrows suspension bridge opens in New York City, then the world's longest
- Nov 24 Rebellion ends in Zaire
- Nov 28 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- Nov 28 Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars
- Nov 29 Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
- Nov 30 USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned
- Dec 1 Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to J. Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign
Event of Interest
Dec 2 Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed

Ringo Starr
Event of Interest
Dec 6 President Antonio Segni of Italy resigns

Antonio Segni
Nobel Prize
Dec 10 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Oslo, Norway

Martin Luther King Jr.
Nobel Prize
Dec 10 Dorothy Hodgkin is the first British woman to be awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry for work on penicillin and vitamin B12

Dorothy Hodgkin
United Nations Speech
Dec 11 Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech.

Che Guevara
Event of Interest
Dec 11 "Time" magazine calls Susan Sontag "one of Manhattan's brightest intellectuals" in a review of her groundbreaking essay "Notes on Camp"

Susan Sontag
Event of Interest
Dec 13 In El Paso, Texas, LBJ & Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border

Lyndon B. Johnson
- Dec 14 Michael Brown meets Renee Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Renee"
- Dec 15 1st time 4 people in space
- Dec 15 Canada's House of Commons votes 163 to 78 to approve the red Maple Leaf Flag
- Dec 16 US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
- Dec 18 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Dec 20 Levi Eshkol forms 12th Israeli government
- Dec 22 First flight of the US aircraft Lockheed SR-71, reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)
- Dec 23 India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
- Dec 26 Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley claim last victim
Event of Interest
Dec 30 Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice" premieres in NYC

Edward Albee