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May 16 Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home. 
May 16 Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
May 18 Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78
May 19 Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies
May 21 "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen reentered the chart and hits #97.
May 21 Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in London.
May 21 Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75
May 22 18th Emmy Awards Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.
May 22 In this year, Shirley Englehorn claims LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
May 22 Tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies.
May 23 Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79
May 23 The Beatles release "Paperback Writer".
May 24 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances.
May 25 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
May 26 Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47
May 26 Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
May 27 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes
May 27 6 French fighters crash above Spain.
May 28 "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34
May 29 In this year, Carol Mann claims LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational
May 30 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam.
May 30 US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon.
Jun 01 2400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
Jun 01 George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London
Jun 02 US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; inaugural lunar soft-landing.
Jun 03 Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65.
Jun 03 Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford and Cernan)
Jun 05 Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69
Jun 06 Activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi
Jun 06 Black activist James Meredith is shot and wounded as he walks along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration
Jun 06 Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash.
Jun 06 Claus Von Bulow and Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed
Jun 06 James Meredith wounded by white sniper
Jun 07 Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78
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