President:
John F. Kennedy

Vice President:
Lyndon B. Johnson

World Series
NY Yankees d. San Francisco Giants (4-3)

NBA Championship
Boston d. LA Lakers (4-3)

Stanley Cup
Toronto d. Chicago (4-2)

Wimbledon
Women: Karen Susman d. V. Sukova (6-4 6-4)
Men: Rod Laver d. M. Mulligan (6-2 6-2 6-1)

Kentucky Derby Champion
Decidedly

NCAA Basketball Championship
Cincinnati d. Ohio St. (71-59)

NCAA Football Champions
USC (11-0-0)

World Cup
Brazil d. Czechoslovakia (3-1)

Events
Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36.
 
The first transatlantic television transmission occurs via the Telstar Satellite, making worldwide television and cable networks a reality.
 
Government regulations force studios out of the talent agency business.
 
Johnny Carson takes over hosting duties of The Tonight Show.
 
Movies
Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Manchurian Candidate, Divorce-Italian Style
 
Books
James Baldwin, Another Country

Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths, Ficciones

Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

Robert Frost, In the Clearing

Günter Grass, The Tin Drum

Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo' Nest

Sylvia Plath, The Colossus and Other Poems

Anne Sexton, All My Pretty Ones

William Stafford, Traveling through the Dark

Richard Yates, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness