August 24th, 1967 –
On this day, The American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West between West 77th Street and West 81st Street was designated as the Upper West Side’s fourth Individual Landmark.
Also on this day,
We lost Henry J. Kaiser whose company built the Hoover Dam, and organized Kaiser Permanente.
“All You Need is Love” by The Beatles was the top single in America,
On the tube, the networks observed a primetime summer hiatus.
The lead New York Times headlines concerned the conflict in Vietnam, reading, 20 U.S. Observers Going to Vietnam to Watch Voting, and Soviet Warns U.S. of Escalation Peril regarding the current “intensification of American military action in Vietnam”
Read the designation report of The American Museum of Natural History HERE!
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