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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="11"|1962||align=center|January 30|| style="background:#fed;"|NM’s first volume of poems, ''Deaths for the Ladies (and Other Disasters)'', is published by Putnam’s.
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="11"|1962||align=left|January 30|| style="background:#fed;"|NM’s first volume of poems, ''Deaths for the Ladies (and Other Disasters)'', is published by Putnam’s.
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|align=center| Late March  || style="background:#fed;"| NM divorces his second wife, Adele Morales, in Juarez, Mexico.
|align=left| Late March  || style="background:#fed;"| NM divorces his second wife, Adele Morales, in Juarez, Mexico.
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|align=center| April  || style="background:#fed;"| NM marries Lady Jean Campbell and they move into his apartment at 142 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn.
|align=left| April  || style="background:#fed;"| NM marries Lady Jean Campbell and they move into his apartment at 142 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn.
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|align=center| Mid-August  || style="background:#fed;"| NM submits the first (of 14) columns, titled “The Big Bite,” for publication in the November ''Esquire''.
|align=left| Mid-August  || style="background:#fed;"| NM submits the first (of 14) columns, titled “The Big Bite,” for publication in the November ''Esquire''.
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|align=center| August   18|| style="background:#fed;"| NM’s third daughter, Kate, born to Jean Campbell.
|align=left| August   18|| style="background:#fed;"| NM’s third daughter, Kate, born to Jean Campbell.
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|align=center| September   22|| style="background:#fed;"| NM debates William F. Buckley, Jr. on “The Role of the Right Wing” before an audience of 4,000 in Chicago.
|align=left| September   22|| style="background:#fed;"| NM debates William F. Buckley, Jr. on “The Role of the Right Wing” before an audience of 4,000 in Chicago.
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|align=center| September   25 || style="background:#fed;"| NM covers the heavyweight prizefight between Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston in Chicago.
|align=left| September   25 || style="background:#fed;"| NM covers the heavyweight prizefight between Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston in Chicago.
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|align=center| October-November  || style="background:#fed;"| '''Cuban Missile Crisis.  The Soviet Union removes missile sites from Cuba after the U.S. threatens a military attack.'''
|align=left| October-November  || style="background:#fed;"| '''Cuban Missile Crisis.  The Soviet Union removes missile sites from Cuba after the U.S. threatens a military attack.'''
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|align=center| 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=center| December  || style="background:#fed;"| NM publishes the first of six columns of reflections on Martin Buber’s ''Tales of the Hasidim in Commentary.''
|align=left| December  || style="background:#fed;"| NM publishes the first of six columns of reflections on Martin Buber’s ''Tales of the Hasidim in Commentary.''
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|align=center| December   20 || style="background:#fed;"| “An Open Letter to JFK from Norman Mailer” appears in the ''Village Voice''.
|align=left| December   20 || style="background:#fed;"| “An Open Letter to JFK from Norman Mailer” appears in the ''Village Voice''.
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="18"|1963||align=center| January-February   || style="background:#fee;"| ''Playboy'' publishes in two parts the NM-Buckley debate.  
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="18"|1963||align=left| January-February   || style="background:#fee;"| ''Playboy'' publishes in two parts the NM-Buckley debate.  
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|align=center| February   || style="background:#fee;"| “Ten Thousand Words a Minute,” NM’s account of the first Patterson-Liston fight, is published in ''Esquire''.
|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=center| March   || style="background:#fee;"| NM meets Beverly Bentley.
|align=left| March   || style="background:#fee;"| NM meets Beverly Bentley.
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|align=center|March   24 || style="background:#fee;"| NM speaks on existentialism and psychoanalysis at Harvard.
|align=left|March   24 || style="background:#fee;"| NM speaks on existentialism and psychoanalysis at Harvard.
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|align=center|May   31 || style="background:#fee;"| NM presents “An Existential Evening” at Carnegie Hall, discussing the FBI, President Kennedy and Communism with the audience.
|align=left|May   31 || style="background:#fee;"| NM presents “An Existential Evening” at Carnegie Hall, discussing the FBI, President Kennedy and Communism with the audience.
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|align=center| Summer   || style="background:#fee;"| “The First Presidential Paper,” NM’s essay on heroes and leaders, is published in ''Dissent''.
|align=left| Summer   || style="background:#fee;"| “The First Presidential Paper,” NM’s essay on heroes and leaders, is published in ''Dissent''.
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|align=center| 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=center|August  28|| style="background:#fee;"| '''Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Washington Monument during the Civil Rights March on the Capital.'''
|align=left|August  28|| style="background:#fee;"| '''Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Washington Monument during the Civil Rights March on the Capital.'''
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|align=center| Late Summer   || style="background:#fee;"| Scott Meredith becomes NM’s literary agent and helps broker the sale of an unwritten novel to Dial Press and Dell Books. NM proposes and ''Esquire'' editor Harold Hayes agrees to the serial publication of this novel in the magazine, January through August 1964.
|align=left| Late Summer   || style="background:#fee;"| Scott Meredith becomes NM’s literary agent and helps broker the sale of an unwritten novel to Dial Press and Dell Books. NM proposes and ''Esquire'' editor Harold Hayes agrees to the serial publication of this novel in the magazine, January through August 1964.
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|align=center|September   29 || style="background:#fee;"| NM’s review of Victor Lasky’s ''J.F.K.: The Man and the Myth'' appears in ''Book Week (N.Y. Herald Tribune)''.
|align=left|September   29 || style="background:#fee;"| NM’s review of Victor Lasky’s ''J.F.K.: The Man and the Myth'' appears in ''Book Week (N.Y. Herald Tribune)''.
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|align=center| Mid-October   || style="background:#fee;"| NM turns in the first of eight installments of the novel to ''Esquire''.
|align=left| Mid-October   || style="background:#fee;"| NM turns in the first of eight installments of the novel to ''Esquire''.
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|align=center|November   8 || style="background:#fee;"| Putnam’s publishes ''The Presidential Papers'', a collection of assorted prose focused on J.F.K.
|align=left|November   8 || style="background:#fee;"| Putnam’s publishes ''The Presidential Papers'', a collection of assorted prose focused on J.F.K.
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|align=center| Mid-November   || style="background:#fee;"| The December ''Esquire'' containing NM’s final “Big Bite” column is published. NM announces in it that he will write a novel called ''An American Dream'', in eight installments, beginning in the January 1964 issue.
|align=left| Mid-November   || style="background:#fee;"| The December ''Esquire'' containing NM’s final “Big Bite” column is published. NM announces in it that he will write a novel called ''An American Dream'', in eight installments, beginning in the January 1964 issue.
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|align=center|November   22 || style="background:#fee;"| '''President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Vice President Johnson is sworn in as President.'''
|align=left|November   22 || style="background:#fee;"| '''President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Vice President Johnson is sworn in as President.'''
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|align=center|November   27 || style="background:#fee;"| NM begins working on the third installment.
|align=left|November   27 || style="background:#fee;"| NM begins working on the third installment.
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|align=center| Mid-December   || style="background:#fee;"| The January issue of ''Esquire'' containing the first installment appears.
|align=left| Mid-December   || style="background:#fee;"| The January issue of ''Esquire'' containing the first installment appears.
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|align=center|November   16 || style="background:#fee;"| After obtaining a Mexican divorce from Jean Campbell, NM marries Beverly Bentley in New York.
|align=left|November   16 || style="background:#fee;"| After obtaining a Mexican divorce from Jean Campbell, NM marries Beverly Bentley in New York.
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|align=center|December   26 || style="background:#fee;"| NM contributes to a ''New York Review of Books'' symposium on J.F.K.
|align=left|December   26 || style="background:#fee;"| NM contributes to a ''New York Review of Books'' symposium on J.F.K.
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="17"|1964||align=center| Mid-January   || style="background:#dfd;"| The fourth installment of the novel is completed.  
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="17"|1964||align=left| Mid-January   || style="background:#dfd;"| The fourth installment of the novel is completed.  
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|align=center| 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=center| January   29  || style="background:#dfd;"| '''American premiere of “Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”'''
|align=left| January   29  || style="background:#dfd;"| '''American premiere of “Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”'''
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|align=center| February   3 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The Beatles arrive in America.'''
|align=left| February   3 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The Beatles arrive in America.'''
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|align=center| February   11 || style="background:#dfd;"| The fifth installment is completed.
|align=left| February   11 || style="background:#dfd;"| The fifth installment is completed.
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|align=center| February   25 || style="background:#dfd;"| NM is in the audience in Miami when Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship.
|align=left| February   25 || style="background:#dfd;"| NM is in the audience in Miami when Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship.
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|align=center| March   17  || style="background:#dfd;"| Beverly gives birth to Michael Burks Mailer, NM’s first son, at about the same time that he completes the sixth installment.
|align=left| March   17  || style="background:#dfd;"| Beverly gives birth to Michael Burks Mailer, NM’s first son, at about the same time that he completes the sixth installment.
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|align=center| April   20  || style="background:#dfd;"| The seventh installment is completed.
|align=left| April   20  || style="background:#dfd;"| The seventh installment is completed.
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|align=center| Late May   || style="background:#dfd;"| Warner Brothers buys an option on the film rights to ''An American Dream''.
|align=left| Late May   || style="background:#dfd;"| Warner Brothers buys an option on the film rights to ''An American Dream''.
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|align=center| Early June   || style="background:#dfd;"| The final long installment of the novel is completed. The Mailers go to Provincetown where NM will revise the ''Esquire'' version for book publication.
|align=left| Early June   || style="background:#dfd;"| The final long installment of the novel is completed. The Mailers go to Provincetown where NM will revise the ''Esquire'' version for book publication.
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|align=center| July   2 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act against discrimination.'''
|align=left| July   2 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act against discrimination.'''
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|align=center| Mid-July   || style="background:#dfd;"| NM break off work on the revision to the novel to cover the Republican Convention in San Francisco. His account, “In the Red Light,” appears in the November ''Esquire''.
|align=left| Mid-July   || style="background:#dfd;"| NM break off work on the revision to the novel to cover the Republican Convention in San Francisco. His account, “In the Red Light,” appears in the November ''Esquire''.
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|align=center| August   7 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The U.S. Congress passes the Tonkin Gulf Resolution authorizing the President to use military force in Vietnam.'''
|align=left| August   7 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The U.S. Congress passes the Tonkin Gulf Resolution authorizing the President to use military force in Vietnam.'''
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|align=center| September   || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The Free Speech movement begins at the University of California at Berkeley.'''
|align=left| September   || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The Free Speech movement begins at the University of California at Berkeley.'''
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|align=center| October   12 || style="background:#dfd;"| An advertisement for ''An American Dream'' in book form appears in ''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 ''Publishers’ Weekly'' and gives a January 1965 publication date.
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|align=center| November   3 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''Johnson elected President.'''
|align=left| November   3 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''Johnson elected President.'''
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|align=center| 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=center| Early January   || style="background:#ffd;"| NM testifies on behalf of William Burroughs’s novel, ''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 William Burroughs’s novel, ''Naked Lunch'', at its Boston obscenity trial.  
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|align=center| 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=center| February   21 || style="background:#ffd;"| '''Malcolm X is assassinated.'''
|align=left| February   21 || style="background:#ffd;"| '''Malcolm X is assassinated.'''
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|align=center| March   || style="background:#ffd;"| '''U.S. troops arrive in force in Vietnam, escalating the War.'''
|align=left| March   || style="background:#ffd;"| '''U.S. troops arrive in force in Vietnam, escalating the War.'''
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|align=center| March   14 || style="background:#ffd;"| Tom Wolfe’s negative review of the novel appears in ''Book Week (Washington Post)''.
|align=left| March   14 || style="background:#ffd;"| Tom Wolfe’s negative review of the novel appears in ''Book Week (Washington Post)''.
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|align=center| 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=center| March   19 || style="background:#ffd;"| “The Big Comeback of Norman Mailer,” a positive review by John W. Aldridge, appears in ''Life''. NM pays to reprint the heart of the review in the spring number of ''Partisan Review'' to “accompany” Elizabeth Hardwick’s negative review.
|align=left| March   19 || style="background:#ffd;"| “The Big Comeback of Norman Mailer,” a positive review by John W. Aldridge, appears in ''Life''. NM pays to reprint the heart of the review in the spring number of ''Partisan Review'' to “accompany” Elizabeth Hardwick’s negative review.
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|align=center| March   27 || style="background:#ffd;"| The novel rises to number four on the bestseller list of the ''Chicago Daily News''.
|align=left| March   27 || style="background:#ffd;"| The novel rises to number four on the bestseller list of the ''Chicago Daily News''.
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|align=center| April   1 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM travels to Alaska for a four-day visit, speaking at the University of Alaska.  He uses his impressions for his 1967 novel, ''Why Are We in Vietnam?''
|align=left| April   1 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM travels to Alaska for a four-day visit, speaking at the University of Alaska.  He uses his impressions for his 1967 novel, ''Why Are We in Vietnam?''
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|align=center| April   11 || style="background:#ffd;"| The novel rises to number eight on the bestseller list of the ''New York Times Book Review''.
|align=left| April   11 || style="background:#ffd;"| The novel rises to number eight on the bestseller list of the ''New York Times Book Review''.
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|align=center| April   20 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM arrives in London to promote the British edition of ''An American Dream'', published by Andre Deutsch on 26 April.
|align=left| April   20 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM arrives in London to promote the British edition of ''An American Dream'', published by Andre Deutsch on 26 April.
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|align=center| May   21 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM speaks out against the Vietnam War at the Berkeley campus of the University of California.
|align=left| May   21 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM speaks out against the Vietnam War at the Berkeley campus of the University of California.
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|align=center| July   15 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM speaks at a Harvard teach-in against the Vietnam War.
|align=left| July   15 || style="background:#ffd;"| NM speaks at a Harvard teach-in against the Vietnam War.
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|align=center| Late July   || style="background:#ffd;"| NM travels to Puerto Rico for the Jose Torres-Tom McNeeley prizefight and meets with Muhammad Ali.
|align=left| Late July   || style="background:#ffd;"| NM travels to Puerto Rico for the Jose Torres-Tom McNeeley prizefight and meets with Muhammad Ali.
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|align=center| August   6 || style="background:#ffd;"| '''Voting Right Act of 1965 signed into law by President Johnson.'''
|align=left| August   6 || style="background:#ffd;"| '''Voting Right Act of 1965 signed into law by President Johnson.'''
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|align=center| August   11  || style="background:#ffd;"| '''Race riots break out in Watts, Los Angeles.'''
|align=left| August   11  || style="background:#ffd;"| '''Race riots break out in Watts, Los Angeles.'''
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|align=center| Fall   || style="background:#ffd;"| NM contributes to a ''Partisan Review'' symposium, “On Vietnam.”
|align=left| Fall   || style="background:#ffd;"| NM contributes to a ''Partisan Review'' symposium, “On Vietnam.”
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|align=center| September   24 || style="background:#ffd;"| Brock Brower’s biographical article on NM appears in ''Life''.
|align=left| September   24 || style="background:#ffd;"| Brock Brower’s biographical article on NM appears in ''Life''.
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|align=center| September   29 || style="background:#ffd;"| '''National Endowment for the Arts signed into law by President Johnson.'''
|align=left| September   29 || style="background:#ffd;"| '''National Endowment for the Arts signed into law by President Johnson.'''
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|align=center| Late December   || style="background:#ffd;"| NM addresses the Modern Language Association meeting in Chicago on the American novel. His talk is published in the March 1966 issue of ''Commentary''.
|align=left| Late December   || style="background:#ffd;"| NM addresses the Modern Language Association meeting in Chicago on the American novel. His talk is published in the March 1966 issue of ''Commentary''.
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="8"|1966||align=center| March   || style="background:#eff;"| The Dell paperback edition of ''An American Dream'' is published.
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="8"|1966||align=left| March   || style="background:#eff;"| The Dell paperback edition of ''An American Dream'' is published.
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|align=center| March   10 || style="background:#eff;"| NM’s second son, Stephen McLeod Mailer, is born to Beverly.
|align=left| March   10 || style="background:#eff;"| NM’s second son, Stephen McLeod Mailer, is born to Beverly.
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|align=center| June   || style="background:#eff;"| NM purchases a house at 565 Commercial Street in Provincetown.
|align=left| June   || style="background:#eff;"| NM purchases a house at 565 Commercial Street in Provincetown.
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|align=center| August   || style="background:#eff;"| The first stage version of NM’s 1955 novel, ''The Deer Park'', with Beverly Bentley as Lulu Meyers, is presented at Act IV, a Provincetown theater.
|align=left| August   || style="background:#eff;"| The first stage version of NM’s 1955 novel, ''The Deer Park'', with Beverly Bentley as Lulu Meyers, is presented at Act IV, a Provincetown theater.
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|align=center| August   26 || style="background:#eff;"| The film version of ''An American Dream'' premiers.
|align=left| August   26 || style="background:#eff;"| The film version of ''An American Dream'' premiers.
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|align=center| August   28 || style="background:#eff;"| NM’s review of Mark Lane’s ''Rush to Judgment'', an analysis of the Warren Commission Report on J.F.K.’s assassination, appears in ''Book Week (Washington Post)''.
|align=left| August   28 || style="background:#eff;"| NM’s review of Mark Lane’s ''Rush to Judgment'', an analysis of the Warren Commission Report on J.F.K.’s assassination, appears in ''Book Week (Washington Post)''.
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|align=center| August   29 || style="background:#eff;"| Dial Press publishes ''Cannibals and Christians'', NM’s third volume of collected prose and poetry.
|align=left| August   29 || style="background:#eff;"| Dial Press publishes ''Cannibals and Christians'', NM’s third volume of collected prose and poetry.
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|align=center| October   29 || style="background:#eff;"| '''National Organization for Women established.'''  
|align=left| October   29 || style="background:#eff;"| '''National Organization for Women established.'''  
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