4th » A Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-8 known as DC-8-43 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402 named explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
5th » BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
10th » Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating Buddhist Uprising named large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
16th » Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned United States or American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.
17th » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Ship called DSV or Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
19th » University of Texas at El Paso or Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-African-American named black starting lineup.
31st » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
30th » Joey Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Danzig (band) or Danzig, Sugartooth, and Zilch (band) or Zilch)
30th » Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess player and author