The sale of Passports to Expo 67 began on October 14. The United States were conducting underground nuclear tests beneath Amchitka Island off the west coast of Alaska. In 1969 they planned to detonate a 1 megaton bomb. The test was especially controversial because Amchitka is located in the geographically unstable area of the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a massive fault line which encircles the globe. Five years earlier there had been a major earthquake in the region which killed 115 Alaskans and left thousands more homeless, causing tidal waves, that were felt as far away as California and Japan.	Toronto Ontario- Beatles play two wild 30 minute performances in  Maple Leaf Gardens. "Help", the Beatles second film, is released (August 23) August 20 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their 1st #1 US hit) John Kay and a band called Sparrow left for New York.  Three years later they would become Steppenwolf.
Gemini 5 returned after 12 days, 7 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds. I can remember in the winter, in Revelstoke B.C. the snow in winter would average 20-25 feet deep.  Trains traveling at 30-40 miles per hour would use plows like these at the right to cast snow hundreds of feet in the air off the tracks.  My grandfather work for the CPR repairing these and other machinery. Ottawa Ontario - Canada's new Maple Leaf flag is unfurled in ceremonies on Parliament Hill; adopted after two-year debate and Royal Proclamation Jan. 28; replaces the Red Ensign.