<Li> Roland Orzabal, British musician, in Portsmouth </Li> <Li> Died: Ida Siekmann, 58, became the first fatality from the Berlin Wall, after jumping from the window of her third - floor apartment at 48 Bernauer Strasse in an attempt to escape from East Berlin . </Li> <Ul> <Li> The first American "space platform", Ranger 1, was launched into orbit, but a rocket failure prevented the satellite from reaching the planned higher altitude, sending it tumbling into low Earth orbit instead . Ranger 1 re-entered the atmosphere a week later and burned up . </Li> <Li> A6 murder case: Michael Gregsten was killed at Deadman's Hill on the A6 highway, near the village of Clophill, Bedfordshire, England . Gregsten's companion, Valerie Storie, was raped, shot and left for dead . James Hanratty was later convicted and executed for the murder . </Li> <Li> Under a new regulation from East Germany (DDR), residents of West Berlin were no longer allowed to cross into East Berlin unless they were issued a pass by the East German government . However, the only two DDR offices in West Berlin had been ordered closed by West Germany and the Western Allies, so no passes were available until an agreement was reached in 1963 . </Li> <Li> The San Francisco Giants tied a major league record by hitting five home runs in one inning in a game against the Cincinnati Reds, winning 14 - 0 after going into the final inning with a 2 - 0 lead . It was only the third game with 5 homers in an inning, and the Reds were losers on all three . The first had been a Giants - Reds game on June 6, 1939, and the second had been a Phillies - Reds game on June 2, 1949 . Since then, it has happened once in an American League game (Twins v. A's, June 9, 1966), and in a fourth Reds' loss, April 22, 2006 to the Brewers . </Li> <Li> Born: Alexandre Desplat, French film composer, in Paris </Li> <Li> Died: Gotthard Sachsenberg, 69, German World War I air ace </Li> </Ul> <Li> The first American "space platform", Ranger 1, was launched into orbit, but a rocket failure prevented the satellite from reaching the planned higher altitude, sending it tumbling into low Earth orbit instead . Ranger 1 re-entered the atmosphere a week later and burned up . </Li>

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