Israel pyrposefully attacks the USS Liberty killing 34 and wounding 171. John McCain is rescued in Hanoi when his fighter plane is shot down; then when captured, McCain sings like a canary. The Report from Iron Mountain is published. The CIA created Operation CHAOS to infiltrate and spy on peace activists and civil rights groups. John McCain almost singlehandedly destroys an aircraft carrier… his own as he wrecklessly handled his fighter jet on the deck of the carrier. The CIA puts out a memo to call anyone questioning the Warren report on the cover up of the JFK assassination a “conspiracy theorist.” Virgil “Gus” Grissom, the Senior astronaut and slated to be the first to walk on the moon but outwardly critical of the moon program, and his crew, were killed during a launch pad simulation.
ALSO: Worlds First Heart Transplant; The first ATM; Monterey International Pop Music Festival; ; Strikes by US teaching staff throughout country for pay increases; The first Super Bowl played between Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs; Six Day War Arab Forces attack Israel beginning the Yom Kippur War.
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