1 January: The 'Battle of the Dakotas', a series of Skirmishes in the State of North Dakota, between American and Syndicalist forces was conducted, the result was inconclusive.
3 January: The Tsukuyomi Program. The Japanese Space Agency sends yet another probe to the moon, becoming the first Japanese probe to take photos of the moon's dark side.
20 January: John F Kennedy was formally sworn in as President.
30 January: The funeral of
A.V Alexander. A very famous British politician who pioneered legislation into cooperatives within Britain, his funeral was attended by various state dignitaries, politicians, and workers.
15 February: After years of deliberation. A new flag for
Canada was unveiled. A maple leaf circled by a gear with Red and Black bands behind it.
17 February: Just a couple days later. A flag for
Brazil was also unveiled by the new Brazilian flag committee. It retains the historical flag of Brazil, while also adding in some Socialist designs to indicate the new form of government.
20 February: The North American War. Firefights broke out in the border city of Detroit. The capital of the American automotive industry was the sight of a furious river battle between the American and Canadian marines. The result was a slight American victory.
21 February: Malcolm X, a very prominent Civil Rights activist, very nearly died from a missed gunshot while giving an Anti-War speech in New York City.
2 March: Operation Rolling Thunder, a series of American Air Assaults conducted by American B-58 Hustlers and B-47 Stratojets, escorted by F-106 Delta Darts, wreaked havoc throughout the Canadian Prairie cities from Manitoba to Alberta. French SAM's managed to down several aircraft, but the result was a pretty open US victory, since multiple Canadian static infrastructure sites were ruined.
9 March: The
Selma-Montgomery marches were conducted, now mixed with an Anti-North American war tone. Protesters marched peacefully, and the provisions in ANSA ensured that no major harassments were to take place.
10 March:
Goldie, a London Zoo Golden Eagle, was recaptured after 12 days escaping.
15 March: The North American War. The American Navy suffered serious losses, some 2 missile cruisers and 14 destroyers, in the battle of Nova Scotia. 2 American Carrier Battle Groups squared off against a joint Canadian-French-British Naval Force. Canadian Naval Aviation paired with French and British Naval ships ensured victory in the battle.
17 March: The first ever 'Nightstalker' operation was conducted in Southern Africa. Where a group of Japanese volunteer aviators, armed with experimental Anti-Radiation missiles, conducted a series of strikes that decimated Socialist Anti Air defenses in Namibia. The casualty rate from the mission is 50%.
18 March: Some 1.600 Protestors congregated in a courthouse in Selma, Alabama.
20 March: President John F Kennedy was cited saying 'We shall not trample over the right to protest, even during wartime', when asked a question regarding the brewing anti war movement in America.
22 March: In Eastern Russia, the
VDV, long an arm of the Air Force, was officially separated into its own branch.
25 March: The Union State launches the
Pioneer, the first in an unmanned series of Space Probes probing the lunar surface.
28 March: At least 400 people are killed or missing after
an earthquake triggered a series of dam failures in La Ligue, Chile.
30 March: The first mention of an 'Joint Space Treaty' was floated by a French Civil Servant in a newspaper. It quickly caught traction among French society.
3 April: The world's first space nuclear power reactor, the
Model-55, was launched by JASA from the Tanegashima Space Station. The reactor operated for 43 days in Low Earth Orbit.
11 April: Opération Valeur. A Franco-British counterattack into the American East Coast. Conducted by
Mirage IV's,
Mirage 5's, and Avro Valiant bombers, escorted by French
Mirage III's and British
De-Havilland Skystars, devastated American midwestern cities such as Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit. This was quickly followed by Lightning raids conducted by the newly formed
ALAT Regiments. The attack wreaked havoc on American infrastructure before French forces retreated back.
17 April: The 2 week war. After receiving advanced intelligence notices from forward Japanese observers and recon aircraft. The IJAF 'volunteer force' in South Africa conducted a massive Air Strike in conjunction with lightning raids into Namibia and Mozambique.
20 April: Haruki Murakami started writing his 'first' novel. An Adage to Chaos. An experimental novel of a hypothetical god watching as humanity descends into the madness and chaos of the 2nd weltkrieg, and the 'peace' that ensued after. It was published 10 years after he wrote it.
25 April: The first proposal for
Platform Screen Doors was made for the Tokyo Metro.
29 April: Insulindia announces that it will be sending a regiment of troops to support the South African forces.
1 May: Liverpool wins the
FA Cup Final, beating Leeds United 2-1.
6 May: A
Tornado outbreak in the Twin Cities of Minnesota kills 25 and injures 918. Inadequate preparation due to Syndicalist Air Strikes was cited as a major reason why there are so many deaths.
7 May: The Cedarville incident. The
SS Cedarville was mistaken as an American combat ship by Canadian forward observers, and was sunk by coastal artillery. The incident triggered an American airstrike deep into Ontario and Quebec.
18 May: IJN and East Russian Navy ships intercepted a bunch of American Missile cruisers and Destroyers within the Barents Sea. It is unknown why these ships are trespassing into East Russian waters in the first place.
25 May: Khabarovsk became the first city in East Russia to be fully nuclear powered. As Siberia Nuclear Plant 1 comes into full service.
31 May: Siberia Nuclear Plant 2. A nuclear plant designed to fully power the Vladivostok metro area, begins construction. This is in conjunction with Volga Plants 1 and 2, which will power the regions surrounding Astrakhan, Volgograd, and Southern East Russia.
1 June:
Florida International University is founded in Miami.
3 June: The Burakumin Anti Discrimination law of 1965 was passed through both Houses.
14 June: The Labor Organization law was passed through both Houses.
15 June: The Kingdom of Korea became the 2nd country in the CPS to pass a Universal Healthcare law, guaranteeing that every Korean has a public option to medical care should they want to purchase a medical plan.
20 June: Somalia sends some 1500 special forces soldiers into South Africa, in support of the Japanese and Insulindian effort to prop up the South Africans and Botswanans.
25 June: The Kawasaki
CP-1 was formally adopted as a Cargo Aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Air Force. Realizing the sudden need for a propeller aircraft, the IJAF quickly contracted Kawasaki to design and build a Propeller Cargo Aircraft that can carry large amounts of cargo.
1 July: The
Mont Blanc Tunnel was officially inaugurated into service.
4 July: The Independence Day attacks. French and British Air Force raid Northwestern cities such as Seattle, Spokane and Portland. The attack sparked American outrage, which triggered counterattacks into the cities of Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary and Edmonton.
7 July: The PSIA's Chinese HUMINT assets begin operations to disrupt the upcoming elections in Japan's favour.
10 July: The first American troops occupy the Canadian border town of Estevan and Bienfait, Saskatchewan for 24 Hours. The first such action conducted by American forces.
20 July: Bob Dylan releases his influential single, "
Like a Rolling Stone."
25 July: The Electric Dylan controversy. Purist musicians were outraged by the fact that Singer Bob Dylan was 'going electric' at the Newport Folk Festival.
1 August: Cigarette advertising was banned on British television.
7 August: The first ever 'Free Economic Development Zone', a specialized region where taxes are lowered and bureaucracy concerning business operations are significantly streamlined, was opened in a region near Calcutta, India.
9 August: Insulindian President Muhammad Hatta was shot during a speech in public. His miracle recovery was a subject of great reportage among Insulindian media.
15 August: John F Kennedy expresses his intention to 'not back down' in yet another contentious interview by an NBC reporter. He stated that he wanted peace, but his assassination attempt could not be overlooked, since American withdrawal from the conflict would be seen as an opportunity by everyone to exploit American politics for their benefit.
19 August: Days after his interview, American intelligence agents managed to capture and kill several Canadian intelligence operatives suspected of masterminding his assassination attempt. The news of their deaths reached far and wide.
20 August: Jonathan Myrick Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian from Keene, New Hampshire, is murdered in Hayneville, Alabama, while working in the Civil Rights movement.
30 August: President Zhang Zuolin formally resigns from office, and the Elections Committee of China officially sets the date of the election on the 5 of September.
5 September: The Chinese election. Chiang Ching Kuo's Chinese Democratic Party won a plurality in the Legislative Yuan, with Chiang Ching Kuo himself winning the election 58% to Zhang Xueliang's 42%
8 September: The Indian Ocean incident. A French navy ship transiting from Diego Garcia back towards France was almost fired upon by an Indian submarine, stalking the French ship and unaware that the ship might be a French Navy Missile cruiser. The Captain of the submarine ordered a last minute hold to fire.
9 September: Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches a perfect game in a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs. The opposing pitcher, Bob Hendley, allows only 1 run, which is unearned, and only one hit. Making the lowest hit game in Baseball history.
- Hurricane Betsy roars across New Orleans with winds up to 145 Mph, causing 75 deaths and $1.42 Billion in damage. It is the first hurricane to cause up to a Billion dollars in damages.
14 September: The mutual defense treaty was formally signed between Syria, Persia, Iraq, Kurdistan, Arabia, Oman, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. The first such treaty for the middle east. The treaty guarantees that an attack on any member of the signatory is an attack on all members of the signatory.
16 September: The Joint Treaty of Economic Partnership was signed between Somalia, Egypt, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. It significantly reduces tariffs imposed by each country and implemented a 'Free Economic Movement Zone', areas where goods manufactured within the signatory's borders are free to move around and about each of the signatory country for export, or for movement up to the supply chains of each country, and would not be subject to tariffs, import duties, or customs bureaucracy.
18 September: Convicted murderer
Palle Sørensen shoots 4 policemen in pursuit, he was apprehended the same day.
- Comet Ikeya-Seki was first sighted by Japanese Astronomers
20 September: North American War, an American F-106 Delta Dart was shot down in the Canadian Rockies by a Mirage III, the first shoot down of a Delta Dart with the plane crashing in enemy territory, the pilot was held captive until 1973.
25 September: Tom and Jerry makes it's first world broadcast premiere on CBS.
27 September: The Tokyo Maru, the world's largest tanker ship of it's time, is launched in Yokohama, Japan.
3 October: The Indigenous-Japanese harmonisation law passes both chambers, paving a path for the various languages that dot the territories of Japan to be recognized, and for the rights of the natives living on these islands to be strengthened and further recognized.
9 October: Yale University publishes the
Vinland map.
10 October: The first refugees from South Africa, mostly black South Africans and some whites displaced in the conflict, arrived in Japan via Airplane. This is the first incident in Japanese immigration history where the refugees filed for a refugee application in the Japanese embassy of said country.
18 October: Anti-War protests in BOTH America and the Socialist West draw a combined crowd of some 7 Million people. A record for protests in all countries where these protests are held.
28 October: The
Gateway Arch of St Louis, Missouri, is completed.
30 October: English model
Jean Shrimpton wears a controversially short
white shift dress during a photoshoot for a fashion magazine. This photoshoot became the first introduction of the miniskirt into women's fashion.
5 November: The American Union State becomes the first country to ban the consumption and production of leaded gasoline. In a shocking move that came as a surprise to everyone. President John F Kennedy signs the Clean Air Act, which bans Leaded Gasoline and establishes air quality standards across America. This is the first instance of such a comprehensive law being enacted.
8 November: North American War, Operation St-Lawrence, an American military operation to raid and attack various Syndicalist positions in the 'Southern' side of the St Lawrence river, ended in a costly victory. While all major objectives were achieved, American losses were 80% higher than expected estimates.
- The Abolition of the Death Penalty is now a formally permanent act within the Union of Britain.
9 November: The 'War Blackout', parts of the American Northeast was hit by blackouts as French and Canadian air operations strike down power plants all across the East Coast, causing temporary blackouts in the Eastern Seaboard.
13 November: West Indian ship the
SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 97 km's off the coast of Kingston, Jamaica.
15 November: Japanese racer Kenji Matsumada sets a new land speed record of 966.574 km/h.
16 November: The French 'Venus 3' spacecraft was launched from Algeria, heading towards Venus. It became the first spacecraft to land on a different planet.
21 November:
Mireille Mathieu sings on France's Télé-Dimanche and begins her successful singing career.
29 November: The Canadian satellite
Alouette 2 was launched.
1 December: The December truce, in a joint statement. President John F Kennedy, Chairwoman Simone de Beauvoir, Chairman Tony Benn, and Chairman Pierre Trudeau, announced that from December up to the 1st of January. There will be a cessation of fighting from all sides in the North American war.
3 December:
My Generation, an album from The Who, was released. And became the first British cultural product to be reintroduced to Japan ever since the 'ban' on British products ended.
5 December: The
Race Relations Act became the first significant piece of legislation to address racial discrimination in the UoB.
10 December:
Tata Motors produced its first consumer market car under license with Honda.
20 December: The World Food Programme is made a permanent agency in the United Nations.
22 December: In a near miss incident, Italian fighter jets nearly shot down an American envoy jetliner, carrying the American representative to the UN.
23 December: A 110 Km/h speed limit is imposed on British roads.
28 December: A 'Nightstalker' aircraft doing missions in Southern Africa utilizes it's first active jamming technology, spot-jamming Namibian and Angolan radar sites while Aircraft carrying Anti-Radiation missiles finish launcher sites.
31 December: At the stroke of midnight, there was no visible resumption of fighting across the American-Canadian border. This continued well into the end of January.