| Search for Tomorrow and the Guiding Light expand from 15 min. to 30 min. |
| CBS cuts Smother Brothers Show |
| Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In opens with regulars Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin |
| 60 Minutes premiers with Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner |
| Alaska's rich oil field, the North Slop is discovered |
| Summer Games are held in Mexico City |
| Peggy Fleming wins figure skating at Winter Games in France |
| Afro and corn-row hairdos are big in women's fashions |
| Men's ties become wider |
| TV nightly news shows Saigon police chief shot a prisoner in the head |
| Yale college admits women |
| Joe Nameth buys a mink coat, news media hit |
| John Lennon and Yoko Ono's nude record album cover is banned |
| Tiny Tim becomes well known singing "Come Tip Toe Through The Tulips" |