Ships scuttled in the harbor close the Suez Canal. Che Guevara is killed in Bolivia. A bright red poster of his face becomes a popular symbol. China explodes her first hydrogen bomb. It is wracked by virtual civil war.
Hunger is widespread in India.
Race riots in 127 U.S. cities kill at least 77 and injure over 4,000. In Cape Town, South Africa, surgeon Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first heart transplant. Two popular books are Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin and Topaz by Leon Uris. In the Heat of the Night , Cool Hand Luke , The Dirty Dozen , The Taming of the Shrew , and To Sir With Love . The first large rock festival is held in Monterey and features the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin.