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Jingle Bells becomes the first song to be be broadcast live from space when Gemini 6 mission astronauts Walter M. 'Wally' Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford perform Jingle Bells from their orbiting spacecraft, using a Hohner Little Lady harmonica and a set of miniature sleigh bells.
Freddie And The Dreamers open in the pantomime Aladdin at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, UK, with Des O'Connor and The Barry Sisters.
The double-A-sided Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out by The Beatles reaches No1 in the UK singles chart, where it will remain for five weeks.

