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 | | January 16 - John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, resigns from the space program and announces the next day that he will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from Ohio. |
 | | February 26 - John Glenn slips on a bathroom rug in his Columbus, Ohio apartment and hits his head on the bathtub, injuring his left inner ear, and prompting him (later that week) to withdraw from the race for the Senate nomination. |
 | | March 13 - Thirty-eight residents of a neighborhood in Queens, New York City, fail to respond to the cries of Kitty Genovese, 28, as she is being stabbed to death. |
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