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Pueblo (US Navy ship)
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World Events
North Korea seizes US Navy ship Pueblo; holds 93 on board as spies (Jan.23)
American soldiers kill 347 civilians at My Lai. (March 16)
Russians invade Czechoslovakia (Aug. 20)
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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U.S. Events
Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, is killed in Memphis (March 31)
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles hotel (June 5) and dies on June 6.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
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U.S. Statistics
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President: Lyndon B. Johnson
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Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
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Population: 200,706,052
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Life Expectancy: 70.2 years
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Violent Crime Rate (Per 1,000): 33.7
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Property Crime Rate (Per 1,000): 30.7
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Homicide Rate (Per 100,000): 7.3
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Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05
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Sports
Super Bowl: Green Bay d. Oakland (33-14)
World Series: Detroit d. St. Louis cardinals (4-3)
NBA Championship: Boston d. LA Lakers (4-2)
Stanley Cup: Montreal d. St. Louis (4-0)
Kentucky Derby Champion: Forward Pass
NCAA Basketball Championship: UCLA d. North Carolina (78-55)
NCAA Football Champions: Ohio St. (10-0-0)
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Tupolev Tu-144
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Science
Prototype of the world's first supersonic airliner. The Soviet-designed Tupolev Tu-144 made its first flight, Dec. 31. It first achieved supersonic speed on June 5, 1969.
The largest reservoir of American petroleum notrth of Mexico is discovered in Alaska.
Amniocentesis is developed.
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Lemon Pipers
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Top Songs
1."Judy In Disguise" ... John Fred & His Playboy Band
2."Green Tambourine" ... Lemon Pipers
3."Love Is Blue" ... Paul Mauriat
4."The Dock of the Bay" ... Otis Redding
5."Honey" ... Bobby Goldsboro
6."Tighten Up" ... Archie Bell and the Drells
7."Mrs. Robinson" ... Simon and Garfunkel
8."This Guy's in Love With You" ... Herb Alpert
9."Grazing in the Grass" ... Hugh Masekela
10."Hello, I Love You" ... The Doors
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Top Movies
1. The Graduate
2. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
3. Gone With the Wind (reissue)
4. The Valley of the Dolls
5. The Odd Couple
6. Planet of the Apes
7. Rosemary's Baby
8. The Jungle Book
9. Yours, Mine and Ours
10. The Green Berets
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Academy Awards
Best Picture: "Oliver!"
Best Director: Carol Reed ... "Oliver!"
Best Actor: Cliff Robertson ... "Charly"
Best Actress: Barbra Streisand ... "Funny Girl"
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Grammy Awards
Record of the Year: "Mrs. Robinson" ... Simon and Garfunkel
Song of the Year: "Little Green Apples" ... Bobby Russell
Album of the Year: "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" ... Glen Campbell
Male Vocalist: Jose Feliciano ... "Light My Fire"
Female Vocalist: Dionne Warwick ... "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
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Most Popular Books
Fiction
1."Airport" Arthur Hailey. Doubleday
2."Couples"...John Updike. Knopf
3."The Salzburg Connection"... Helen MacInnes. Harcourt, Brace
& World
4."A Small Town in Germany"...John Le Carre. CowardMcCann
5."Testimony of Two Men" ...Taylor Caldwell. Doubleday
6."Preserve and Protect"...Allen Drury. Doubleday
7."Myra Breckinridge" ...Gore Vidal. Little, Brown
8."Vanished" ...Fletcher Knebel. Doubleday
9."Christy"...Catherine Marshall. McGraw-Hill
10. "The Tower of Babel"...Morris L. West. Morrow
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Nonfiction
1."Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book"... Meredith Press
2."The Random House Dictionary of the English Language:
College Edition"... Editor-in-chief Laurence Urdang. Random House
3."Listen to the Warm"...Rod McKuen. Random House
4."Between Parent and Child" ...Haim G. Ginott. Macmillan
5."Lonesome Cities"...Rod McKuen. Random House
6."The Doctor's Quick Weight Loss Diet"... Erwin M. Stillman and
Sarum Sinclair Baker. Prentice-Hall
7."The Money Game"... Adam Smith. Random House
8."Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows"...Rod McKuen. Random House
9."The Weight Watcher's Cook Book"... Jean Nidetch. Hearthside
Press
10. "Better Homes and Gardens Eat and Stay Slim"... Meredith Press
Doubleday
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Most Popular Television Shows
1. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC)
2. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (CBS)
3. Bonanza (NBC)
4. Mayberry R.F.D. (CBS)
5. Family Affairs (CBS)
6. Gunsmoke (CBS)
7. Julia (NBC)
8. The Dean Martin Show (NBC)
9. Here's Lucy (CBS)
10. The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)
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