Notable

      The Mod look has young men and women wearing tight, bell-bottom pants.

      Hit songs: (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION Rolling Stones; HELP; YESTERDAY Beatles; TURN!  TURN!  TURN! Byrds; EVE OF DESTRUCTION Barry McGuire.

      Popular movies:  The Sound of Music; Cat Ballou; What's New, Pussycat?; Thunderball

      TV show debuts:  Get Smart; Green Acres; I Dream of Jeannie; Lost in Space; Run for Your Life; Hogan's Heroes.

Cost of Living

      The cost of first class postage is 5 cents.

      The average cost of a gallon of gasoline was 31 cents.

      A Timex men's wristwatch sells for $39.95.

Sports

      The Boston Celtics won the NBA title for the seventh straight year by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, four games to one.

      In the AFL, the Buffalo Bills topped the San Diego Chargers, 23-0, to win the title.

      William D. Eckert was chosen Major League Baseball commissioner.

      The Houston Astrodome opens.  Baseball is now able to be played indoors.

Headlines

      President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his plans for the Great Society, a program of social legislation.

      Space firsts: Gemini 3 becomes the first two-person flight in U.S. space history; Ed White is the first to walk in space; Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 are the first craft to rendezvous in space.

      Cigarette packages are required to carry a warning about the dangers of smoking.

      Malcolm X is assassinated by rival Black Muslims in New York City.