TOTAL US DEAD 222

 TOTAL RI DEAD 1

 1964    Hasbro introduces GI Joe.    . .   . .    The Beatles   perform on the Ed Sullivan Show   . . .  . .  The Ford Mustang is unveiled.. . 

 1964     The Civil Rights Act is signed by President Johnson.    . .  . .    Lyndon Johnson wins the presidency in a landslide over Barry Goldwater.    . .  . .     In the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Don Schollander wins four gold medals in swimming.   . . .  . . Teacher loyalty oath, in use in RI since 1917, is abolished by state. . . 

 1964  General Khanh seizes power in South Vietnam . .  . .  North Vietnam PT boats reportedly fire torpedoes on US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin  . .  . .  Congress authorizes President Johnson to wage all out war against North . . 

 TOTAL US DEAD 1,855

 TOTAL RI DEAD 6

 1965  Miniskirts are introduced. . .   . .   Hogan's Heroes debuts on CBS.     . .  . .     Casey Stengel retires from baseball.   . .  . .  Ralph Nader publishes Unsafe at Any Speed. . .  . .    The Rolling Stones hit with (I Canít Get No) Satisfaction.   . .   

 1965      Malcolm X is shot and killed during a speech in New York City.   . .  . . President Johnson signs law requiring health warnings from the Surgeon General to be printed on cigarette packages and ads. . .  . .  Watts riots in Los Angeles begin. . .  . . The great blackout hits the Northeastern U.S. and Ontario and Quebec.  . .  . . Westminster Mall opens in Providence . . 

 1965   NLF attacks two US installations in South Vietnam . .  . .  "Operation Rolling Thunder" bombings of the North commence to stop flow of supplies to the south  . .  . .  First American combat troops arrive in Danang; troop levels reach 200,000  . .  

 TOTAL US DEAD 6,315

 TOTAL RI DEAD 27

 1966    Star Trek and Mission Impossible   debut. . .   . .    L.A. Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax wins his third Cy Young award and retires.     . .  . .     The National Organization for Women is formed, with Betty Friedan at its head.   . .  . . U.S. Roman Catholics can eat meat on Friday (except during Lent) for the first time. . . 

 1966     Charles Whitman stands on a tower at the University of Texas and shoots and kills 16 people before he is shot by police.    . .  . .    Medicare goes into effect.    . .  . .  U.S. Attorney Raymond Pettine sworn in as federal district court judge in RI. . . 

 1966  The protest against the Vietnam War grows to a national movement. . .  . .  B-52s bomb North Vietnam supply lines  . .  . .  South Vietnam troops take Hue and Danang  . .  . .  LBJ visits US troops, now totalling 385,000  . . 

 TOTAL US DEAD 11,065

 TOTAL RI DEAD 62

 1967    The Graduate opens.    . .   . .    The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs to win the first Super Bowl in Los Angeles, 35-10.  . .  . .  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.. .  . . Jogging is the new fitness craze. . . 

 1967     The Six-Day War is fought in Israel.    . .  . .    Thurgood Marshall    becomes the first black Supreme Court Justice    . .  . .     Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful heart transplant in Capetown, South Africa.   . . .  . . The "long hot summer": fiery race riots in many major U.S. cities, including Boston, Atlanta and Newark. . .  . . Mayor Joseph Doorley Jr. sworn in as Providence's first four-year mayor . .   

 1967  Operation Cedar Falls attacks NLF operations near Saigon . .  . .  Anti-war protests on college campuses, major cities in US  . .  . .  Nguyen Van Thieu elected president of South Vietnam . .