6th » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the 2nd century AD in the Blackfriars, London e.g Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
8th » Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution of Algeria or constitution.
8th » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 'Evening Star'.
15th » The Soviet Union or Soviet ship 'Poltava (ship) or Poltava' heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban missile crisis.
18th » Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
20th » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
23rd » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
24th » United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
25th » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah as-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Muhammad al-Badr or Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen Yemen Arab Republic e.g a republic under his presidency.