A look back at an epic year that gave us Twister, Star Trek , The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and an escalating war in Vietnam.
Star Trek debuts on NBC, the show recieves mixed reviews with Variety saying it "won't work," and calling it "an incredible and dreary mess of confusion and complexities."
Other shows that premiered that year:
Batman (ABC)
The Monkees (NBC)
That Girl (ABC)
Family Affair (CBS)
Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Milton Bradley releases Twister.
The game became an overnight success after Eva Gabor played it with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.
New York Times bestsellers:
Fiction:
Valley of the Dolls by Jaqueline Susann
Non-fiction:
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
38th Academy Awards winners:
Best Picture: The Sound of Music
Best Actor: Lee Marvin (Cat Ballou)
Best Actress: Julie Christie (Darling)
Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters (A Patch of Blue)
Best Supporting Actor: Martin Balsam (A Thousand Clowns).
Also, The Academy Awards air in color for the first time, on ABC.
Via: oscars.org
