Robert Menzies Prime Minister of Australia starts three-day visit to Canada.
Assassination of JFK. To this day I can remember the sadness I felt when I hear President Kennedy was
dead. Growing up in rural British Columbia in the early 60's, we barely had TV and
were not very 'plugged in' to the American political scene, but we all knew of
JFK.
August 22 Beatles release "She Loves You".
Beatlemania
Joan Baez introduces Bob Dylan to 14,000 at Forest
Hills. He sings three songs with her (August 17)
"She Loves You" is released by The Beatles (August 23)
February 1st,
NEIL YOUNG'S FIRST GIG
Winnipeg Manitoba - 17 year old
Neil
Young performs his first professional date at a Winnipeg country club.
Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at
Lincoln Memorial (August 28)
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In America there are two classes of travel—first class and with children. Robert Benchley (1889–1945), U.S. humorous writer. Quoted in:
The Algonquin Wits (ed. by Robert E. Drennan, 1968).
