50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY
The cost of a first class stamp went from 5 to 6 cents.
Dr. Benjamin Spock and Yale Chaplain William Sloan Coffin were among those indicted by a Boston grand jury on charges of conspiracy to encourage violations of the draft law and both were convicted.
Dr. Norman Shumway performed the first United States heart transplant at Stanford University.
The Beatles “Magical Mystery Tour” went to number one on the music charts and stayed there for eight weeks.
Carrie Ann Inaba, American choreographer best known for her role as a judge on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
And on Shelter Island . . .
