Malcom X's Murder (Feb. 21): Black Nationalist founder Malcolm X, 39, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing a gathering in New York. Two days after his death, Black Muslim headquarters in San Francisco and New York are burned.

Freedom Walk (March 7): Black marchers begin a "walk for freedom," a 50-mile journey by foot along U.S. 80 from Selma, a small town in Alabama, to Montgomery. They are attacked along the way by about 200 Alabama state troopers using tear gas, whips and nightsticks.

	The U.S. First Cavalry arriving in Vietnam in 1965

Vietnam Protest (April 15): About 15,000 young people picket outside the White House, demanding withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam.

Weightless Walk (June 3): Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White are blasted into orbit for a four-day flight that features the first spacewalk by an American.

Race Riot (Aug. 11): A white police officer in the Watts section of Los Angeles stops a black man suspected of driving while intoxicated. The incident escalates into five days of violence, which leaves at least 34 people dead, hundreds injured, more than 200 businesses destroyed and property damage estimated at up to $200 million.

	Koufax in 1963

Perfect Pitching (Sept. 9): Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs, only the eighth perfect game in baseball history.

Dramatic Entrance (Sept. 15): Bill Cosby becomes the first African-American to star in a weekly TV drama when "I Spy" makes its debut on NBC.

Big Blackout (Nov. 9): During the height of the evening rush hour, the lights that illuminate New York City flicker -- and then go black. The blackout affects an 80,000-square-mile area comprising New York, most of New England, parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It lasts as long as 13 hours in some areas. The blackout will be credited with an increase in births in the Northeast nine months later.

Buckle Up (November): Consumer advocate Ralph Nader takes on the U.S. auto industry with his book "Unsafe at Any Speed." In it, Nader chronicles how automakers seriously neglect safety concerns when producing cars. Stung by his allegations, General Motors hires a private investigator to dig up dirt on Nader. It's a move that ultimately backfires and forces GM President James Roche to make a public apology.