1960s Timeline

Feb. 6, 1965 - On sale today is “Leader of the Pack,” the debut album by the girl group the Shangri-Las. The album was produced to...

Feb. 6, 1965 - Tonight on “Gilligan’s Island,” Gilligan (Bob Denver, left) finds a young jungle boy (Kurt Russell, right) on the island...

Feb. 6, 1965 - Communist Viet Cong guerrillas killed seven Americans and wounded 80 early today in savage mortar attacks on two U.S....

Feb. 5, 1965 - Dr. Martin Luther King emerged from jail today and announced he would seek a conference Monday with President Johnson on...