1st » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
8th » President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
11th » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report 'Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States' saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national
12th » Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
13th » Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
13th » Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków named Kraków, Poland.
16th » Hello, Dolly! (musical) starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
23rd » The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution called 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
28th » An unarmed United States Air Force USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is T-39 Aircraft Incident shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet Air Forces Soviet MiG-19.