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|align=left| Late fall || style="background:#fed;"| NM separates from Jean Campbell. | |align=left| Late fall || style="background:#fed;"| NM separates from Jean Campbell. | ||
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|align=left| December || style="background:#fed;"| NM publishes the first of six columns of reflections on [[w:Martin Buber|Martin Buber’s]] [[w:Tales of the Hasidim|''Tales of the Hasidim'']] in [[Commentary|''Commentary'']]. | |align=left| December || style="background:#fed;"| NM publishes the first of six columns of reflections on [[w:Martin Buber|Martin Buber’s]] [[w:Tales of the Hasidim|''Tales of the Hasidim'']] in [[w:Commentary (magazine)|''Commentary'']]. | ||
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|align=left| December 20 || style="background:#fed;"| “An Open Letter to JFK from Norman Mailer” appears in the [[w:Village Voice|''Village Voice'']]. | |align=left| December 20 || style="background:#fed;"| “An Open Letter to JFK from Norman Mailer” appears in the [[w:Village Voice|''Village Voice'']]. | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="18"|1963||align=left| January-February || style="background:#fee;"| [[w:Playboy|''Playboy'']] publishes in two parts the NM-Buckley debate. | | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="18"|1963||align=left| January-February || style="background:#fee;"| [[w:Playboy|''Playboy'']] publishes in two parts the NM-Buckley debate. | ||
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|align=left| February || style="background:#fee;" | |align=left| February || style="background:#fee;"| “Ten Thousand Words a Minute”, NM’s account of the first Patterson-Liston fight, is published in ''Esquire''. | ||
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|align=left| March || style="background:#fee;"| NM meets Beverly Bentley. | |align=left| March || style="background:#fee;"| NM meets Beverly Bentley. | ||
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|align=left|March 24 || style="background:#fee;"| NM speaks on [[w:existentialism|existentialism]] and [[w:psychoanalysis|psychoanalysis]] at [[w:Harvard University|Harvard]]. | |align=left|March 24 || style="background:#fee;"| NM speaks on [[w:existentialism|existentialism]] and [[w:psychoanalysis|psychoanalysis]] at [[w:Harvard University|Harvard]]. | ||
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|align=left|May 31 || style="background:#fee;"| NM presents | |align=left|May 31 || style="background:#fee;"| NM presents “An Existential Evening” at [[w:Carnegie Hall|Carnegie Hall]], discussing the [[w:Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], [[w:John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy]] and [[w:Communism|Communism]] with the audience. | ||
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|align=left| Summer || style="background:#fee;" | |align=left| Summer || style="background:#fee;"| “The First Presidential Paper”, NM’s essay on heroes and leaders, is published in [[w:Dissent (American magazine)|''Dissent'']]. | ||
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|align=left| July-August || style="background:#fee;"| NM and Beverly drive cross-country and back, stopping in Arkansas, Las Vegas (where they see Liston defeat Patterson for the second time), San Francisco and Georgia. | |align=left| July-August || style="background:#fee;"| NM and Beverly drive cross-country and back, stopping in Arkansas, Las Vegas (where they see Liston defeat Patterson for the second time), San Francisco and Georgia. | ||
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|align=left| Late January || style="background:#dfd;"| NM debates William F. Buckley, Jr. in New York on a taped television program. | |align=left| Late January || style="background:#dfd;"| NM debates William F. Buckley, Jr. in New York on a taped television program. | ||
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|align=left| January 29 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''American premiere of [[Dr. Strangelove|“Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”]]'''. | |align=left| January 29 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''American premiere of [[w:Dr. Strangelove|“Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”]]'''. | ||
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|align=left| February 3 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''[[w:The Beatles|The Beatles]] arrive in America.''' | |align=left| February 3 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''[[w:The Beatles|The Beatles]] arrive in America.''' | ||
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|align=left| July 2 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''President Johnson signs the [[w:Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act]] against discrimination.''' | |align=left| July 2 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''President Johnson signs the [[w:Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act]] against discrimination.''' | ||
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|align=left| Mid-July || style="background:#dfd;"| NM break off work on the revision to the novel to cover the [[w:Republican National Convention|Republican Convention]] in San Francisco. His account, | |align=left| Mid-July || style="background:#dfd;"| NM break off work on the revision to the novel to cover the [[w:Republican National Convention|Republican Convention]] in San Francisco. His account, “In the Red Light”, appears in the November ''Esquire''. | ||
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|align=left| August 7 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The U.S. Congress passes the [[w:Gulf of Tonkin Resolution|Tonk Gulf Resolution]] in authorizing the President to use military force in Vietnam.''' | |align=left| August 7 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The U.S. Congress passes the [[w:Gulf of Tonkin Resolution|Tonk Gulf Resolution]] in authorizing the President to use military force in Vietnam.''' | ||
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|align=left| September || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The [[w:Free Speech Movement|Free Speech movement]] begins at the [[w:University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]].''' | |align=left| September || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The [[w:Free Speech Movement|Free Speech movement]] begins at the [[w:University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]].''' | ||
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|align=left| October 12 || style="background:#dfd;"| An advertisement for ''An American Dream'' in book form appears in [[Publishers Weekly|''Publishers’ Weekly'']] and gives a January 1965 publication date. | |align=left| October 12 || style="background:#dfd;"| An advertisement for ''An American Dream'' in book form appears in [[w:Publishers Weekly|''Publishers’ Weekly'']] and gives a January 1965 publication date. | ||
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|align=left| November 3 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''Johnson elected President.''' | |align=left| November 3 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''Johnson elected President.''' | ||
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|align=left| December 20 || style="background:#dfd;"| Working on the Dial Press galleys, NM completes a second revision of the novel. | |align=left| December 20 || style="background:#dfd;"| Working on the Dial Press galleys, NM completes a second revision of the novel. | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="20"|1965||align=left| Early January || style="background:#ffd;"| NM testifies on behalf of [[w:William S. Burroughs|William Burroughs’s]] novel, [[Naked Lunch|''Naked Lunch'']], at its Boston obscenity trial. | | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="20"|1965||align=left| Early January || style="background:#ffd;"| NM testifies on behalf of [[w:William S. Burroughs|William Burroughs’s]] novel, [[w:Naked Lunch|''Naked Lunch'']], at its Boston obscenity trial. | ||
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|align=left| January 27 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM writes to his Japanese translator that Warner Brothers has purchased the film rights to the novel. It sells for $200,000. | |align=left| January 27 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM writes to his Japanese translator that Warner Brothers has purchased the film rights to the novel. It sells for $200,000. | ||
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|align=left| March 15 || style="background:#ffd;"| Official publication date of ''An American Dream'' by Dial Press. | |align=left| March 15 || style="background:#ffd;"| Official publication date of ''An American Dream'' by Dial Press. | ||
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|align=left| March 19 || style="background:#ffd;"| [[The Big Comeback of Norman Mailer|“The Big Comeback of Norman Mailer”]], a positive review by [[w:John W. Aldridge|John W. Aldridge]], appears in [[Life (magazine)|''Life'']]. NM pays to reprint the heart of the review in the spring number of [[Partisan Review|''Partisan Review'']] to “accompany” [[w:Elizabeth Hardwick (writer)|Elizabeth Hardwick’s]] negative review. | |align=left| March 19 || style="background:#ffd;"| [[The Big Comeback of Norman Mailer|“The Big Comeback of Norman Mailer”]], a positive review by [[w:John W. Aldridge|John W. Aldridge]], appears in [[w:Life (magazine)|''Life'']]. NM pays to reprint the heart of the review in the spring number of [[w:Partisan Review|''Partisan Review'']] to “accompany” [[w:Elizabeth Hardwick (writer)|Elizabeth Hardwick’s]] negative review. | ||
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|align=left| March 27 || style="background:#ffd;"| The novel rises to number four on the bestseller list of the [[Chicago Daily News|''Chicago Daily News'']]. | |align=left| March 27 || style="background:#ffd;"| The novel rises to number four on the bestseller list of the [[w:Chicago Daily News|''Chicago Daily News'']]. | ||
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|align=left| April 1 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM travels to Alaska for a four-day visit, speaking at the [[w:University of Alaska system|University of Alaska]]. He uses his impressions for his 1967 novel, [[Why Are We in Vietnam?|''Why Are We in Vietnam?'']] | |align=left| April 1 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM travels to Alaska for a four-day visit, speaking at the [[w:University of Alaska system|University of Alaska]]. He uses his impressions for his 1967 novel, [[Why Are We in Vietnam?|''Why Are We in Vietnam?'']] | ||