A crowd of spectators, numbering 27,000, gathered to watch the $100,000 handicap horse race, at the Gulfstream Park in Florida, United States. The race starts with a clean break and number 7, "Bold Purple", takes the early lead. But, as the 1and a quarter mile race continues, other horses trade the lead until it is finally won by number 6, "Yorkie."
Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Open Championship in golf, defeating favored Arnold Palmer at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, United States. Golf swings by Palmer and Nicklaus are seen. Various professional golfers play their shots as the spectators watch closely. Winner Jack Nicklaus talks with Palmer after Palmer misses his final shot and concedes the game. Mrs. Nicklaus hugs her husband, the 22 year old Jack Nicklaus.
NASA in the United States launches space probe Ranger VII from Cape Canaveral launch pad LC-12 for a mission to photograph the surface of the moon. The space probe Ranger VII during its launching aboard an Atlas missile. View of some of the more than 700 photographs of the moon's surface taken by the cameras on the space ship.
Civil Rights demonstrations in the cities of United States as African American citizens rally for equal rights. A large group of citizens carrying banners demands equal civil rights. A banner that says, "We shall overcome." A signboard shows distances to Montgomery Alabama and to Camden. Beside marching flag bearers, leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., march arm-in-arm with others, including John Lewis, as they lead the demonstrators in the march from Selma to Montgomery. Demonstration moving in front of the Alabama State Capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama.
United States NASA spacecraft Gemini IV is launched into orbit from LC-19 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White aloft for White's famous space walk, or Extra-Vehicular Activity 'EVA' Gemini IV in space and White tied to a tether as he walks in space. Shots of McDivitt in capsule.
A commuter train falls from 50 feet into the Newark Bay through a half open drawbridge. An estimated forty persons die in the railroad accident. Cars of train fallen in the bay. A car dangling from the bridge over the bay waters. Rescue boats and divers try to rescue the victims of the accident. Police officers in a boat inspect the area after the accident. A large crowd of people on shore watch the relief and rescue activities by authorities.
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