"Old times there are not forgotten"
Paris peace talks failed to bring an end to the conflict in Vietnam, but troop levels were reduced. We were introduced to The Silent Majority theory. The size of peace demonstrations and counter demonstrations grew. Mudslides took more than 100 lives in California and destroyed approximately 10,000 homes. Two Apollo space craft reached the moon. The prime lending rate of the Federal Reserve Board reached an all time high and skyjackers seized 65 aircraft during the course of the year. James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King. Sirhan Sirhan received a death sentence for the killing of Sen. Robert Kennedy.New book titles: Naked Came the Stranger, Portnoy's Complaint, The Making of a President, An Unfinshed Woman and The Godfather.At the movies: Midnight Cowboy, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, True Grit and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.On stage: Child's Play, Oh Calcutta! and Borstal Boy.Television premiers: The Brady Bunch, Sesame Street and the PBS network. A worldwide audience of 600 million viewers watched live coverage of astronaut Neil Armstrong's moonwalk.Popular music: Aquarius, Is That All There Is and Blood Sweat and Tears.April 3
Combat deaths in Vietnam exceeded those cost by the Korean conflict.July 4
Classmate John Franklin Estrada, Jr. was ordained as a Seventh-day Adventist minister. The ordination took place at Roanoke, Virginia.July 20
The Lunar Excurison Module Eagle landed on the surface of the moon. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong exited the vehicle becoming the first human to set foot on the moon. He was joined by astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr, and together they made a two-hour moon walk during which they collected rock samples and set up expiriments.November 22
Harvard University scientists announced isolation of a single gene as the basic unit of heredity.December 30
West Virginia University defeated South Carolina by the score of 14-3 in the Peach Bowl played in Atlanta, Georgia.