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Sexual intercourse begins in this year, according to Philip Larkin's 1974 poem Annus Mirabilis
Andy Warhol moves into films with Sleep, showing a man asleep for six hours
Konrad Adenauer resigns after 14 years as Chancellor of West Germany and is succeeded by his economics minister, Ludwig Erhard
Macmillan resigns on grounds of ill health and is succeeded by Alec Douglas-Home as UK premier
Scottish Grand Prix driver Jim Clark wins the first of his two Formula One titles
The Tupamaros are formed as an urban guerrilla group in Uruguay
President Kennedy is shot in a motorcade driving through downtown Dallas, in Texas
On the death of John F. Kennedy, Vice-president Lyndon Johnson succeeds him as president of the USA
Chief suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is shot by night-club owner Jack Ruby just two days after the assassination of President Kennedy
An invasion of Rwanda by Tutsi guerrillas prompts the first major Hutu massacre of Tutsis
Zanzibar becomes an independent nation and a member of the Commonwealth
Kenya becomes independent, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved, as the three colonies go their separate ways
Dickens Close, with eight new houses, is built on 3.5 acres of the Elm Lodge gardens
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras meet in Jerusalem, in the first such meeting since 1438
The Second Vatican Council issues a decree recognizing the legitimacy and apostolic origins of many of the beliefs and practices of the Greek Orthodox church
Giacomo Manzù completes his bronze reliefs for one of the doors of St Peter's, commissioned by Pius XVI
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) demands rights for the Dalit (once known as 'untouchables') and becomes a very active missionary group, converting Christians and Muslims
British film stars Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor marry
Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley begin a famous partnership in Ashton's The Dream
Senior officers in Brazil seize power, alleging the threat of an imminent communist takeover
Ian Smith, now prime minister of Rhodesia, arrests leading black politicians Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge as the United Republic of Tanzania
Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) becomes world heavyweight champion for the first time, defeating Sonny Liston
Louis Leakey and his team discover in the Olduvai Gorge the first known speciment of the species Homo Habilis, named for its supposed tool-making abilities
