| | "The Vietcong are going to collapse within weeks", National Security Advisor |
| | Get Smart and The wild Wild West are hit new TV shows |
| | Omar Sharif and Julie Cristie star in Dr. Zhivago at movie theaters |
| | NBC starts early evening news programs |
| | Sam Sham and the Pharaohs make "Wooly Bully" a hit |
| | Sonny and Cher have a hit with "I Got You Babe" |
| | Up The Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman is on the Best Sellers list |
| | Silicon chips are introduced |
| | New Words; Flower Power, discotheque, kook, dude, groupie, no way |
| | Astrodome is the first domed stadium |
| | Diet Pepsi, Cranapple, Apple Jacks make their first appearance |
| | San Francisco group The Grateful Dead make there first appearance |
| | 90% of silver is removed from coins, only a "clad" cover is silver |
| | 105 Cadets at the Air Force Academy resign for cheating |
| | Watts riots requires 14,000 National guardsmen to be called |