Do you remember events of 1963?
Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon. "Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 873 performances. "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 774 performances. 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents. 1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA. Beatles release "Please, Please Me" & "Ask Me Why". Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb. "Milk & Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 543 performances. Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars. 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet. 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7"). US launches communications satellite Syncom 1. USSR informs JFK it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba. Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract. US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees signs a baseball contract worth $100,000. Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training. Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse. 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska. Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game. Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese. 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC). Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed. Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone". NY Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000. USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km. Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic. 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft & G Peck win. Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen. Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston. John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity & liberty. US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty). Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators. Castro arrives in Moscow. 17th Tony Awards: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" win. 1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest. Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August). "Dr No" premieres in US. Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama. Bob Dylan walks out of the "Ed Sullivan Show". Race riot in Birmingham Alabama. Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer). 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth . Jomo Kenyatta elected 1st Prime Minister of Kenya. Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed. Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India). British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler. State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested. American Heart association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes. Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show". Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY. JFK signs law for equal pay for equal work for men & women. Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama. JFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is "time to act". NY Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR. Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion resigns. Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools. 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school. 2 Russian space missions return to Earth. Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth. Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII . Little Stevie Wonder (13) releases "Fingertips". 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London. President Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner). Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games. Khrushchev visits East-Berlin. "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 257 performances. US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code. Juan Marichal (Giants) beats Warren Spahn (Braves), 1-0 in 16 innings. US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba. All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants). Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding. Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300. 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas. Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1 for heavyweight boxing title. US, Russia & England sign nuclear Test ban treaty. Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000. British spy Kim Philby found in Moscow. Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda". US, USSR & Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing Jacqueline Kennedy becomes 1st, First Lady to give birth since Mrs Cleveland. Geat Train Robbery in England, £2.6 million ($7.3 million). Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie," radio stations label it obscene. Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?". Stan Musial announces he will retire at end of year. James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from U. of Mississippi. Martial law declared in S Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas. Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds & given a 1 yr suspended license for speeding. Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial. Hotline between U.S. and Soviet leaders goes into operation. Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS. CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes. Major league baseballs 100,000th game. American Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week on Saturday. Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools. 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama. Stan Musial hits a HR in his 1st at bat as a grandfather. Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, SD, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls & a boy. Church bombed in Birmingham AL, kills 4 African-American girls. "Fugitive" premieres on ABC TV. Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1. Lee Harvey Oswald travels on Continental Trailways bus to Mexico. At 10:59 AM census clock, records US population at 190,000,000. Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico. "New Phil Silvers Show," debuts on CBS-TV. "Judy Garland Show," debuts on CBS-TV. "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV. 2nd session of Ecumenical council, `Vatican II,' opens in Rome. Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,629th & 3,630th hit. Rolling Stones 1st tour. Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees. Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die & 100,000 injured. JFK signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty. Dam in Piave Valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die. Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba & Haiti, kills 6,000. Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand". South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela & 8 others on conspiracy. 225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest. Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park," premieres in NYC - "110 in the Shade" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 330 performances. KRO shows 1st Bonanza. Anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets scattered in Dallas. NY Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP. Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for Beatles. Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone JFK flies to Texas. Lyndon B Johnson sworn in as the 36th US president. American President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House. LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK). 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald. JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand". LBJ sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of JFK. Instant replay is used for the first time in a Army-Navy game. Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped. 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show. Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped. Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK. Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners. Greek & Turks riot in Cyprus. Walt Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" is released. US furnishes cereal to USSR. Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar. Green Bay Packers win NFL championship. Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years). In 1963 the measles vaccine was developed. The Warriors left for San Francisco and the Nationals move into Philadelphia to take their place changing their name to the 76ers.During 1963, there were more than 200 guest appearances on American Bandstand, with a number of artists making their national television debuts. The Hula-Hoop is patented. Bob Dylan walked off the set of the Ed Sullivan Show after network censors rejected the song he planned on performing. Dionne Warwick's fourth single, "Anyone Who Had a Heart," released in December 1963, was Warwick's first top 10 pop hit (#8) in the U.S. and also an international million seller.
Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon. "Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 873 performances. "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 774 performances. 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents. 1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA. Beatles release "Please, Please Me" & "Ask Me Why". Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb. "Milk & Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 543 performances. Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars. 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet. 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7"). US launches communications satellite Syncom 1. USSR informs JFK it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba. Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract. US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees signs a baseball contract worth $100,000. Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training. Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse. 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska. Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game. Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese. 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (NYC). Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed. Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone". NY Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000. USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km. Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic. 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft & G Peck win. Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen. Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston. John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity & liberty. US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty). Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators. Castro arrives in Moscow. 17th Tony Awards: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" win. 1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest. Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August). "Dr No" premieres in US. Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama. Bob Dylan walks out of the "Ed Sullivan Show". Race riot in Birmingham Alabama. Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer). 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth . Jomo Kenyatta elected 1st Prime Minister of Kenya. Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed. Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India). British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler. State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested. American Heart association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes. Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show". Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY. JFK signs law for equal pay for equal work for men & women. Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama. JFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is "time to act". NY Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR. Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion resigns. Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools. 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school. 2 Russian space missions return to Earth. Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth. Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII . Little Stevie Wonder (13) releases "Fingertips". 1st demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London. President Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner). Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games. Khrushchev visits East-Berlin. "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 257 performances. US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code. Juan Marichal (Giants) beats Warren Spahn (Braves), 1-0 in 16 innings. US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba. All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants). Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding. Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300. 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas. Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1 for heavyweight boxing title. US, Russia & England sign nuclear Test ban treaty. Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000. British spy Kim Philby found in Moscow. Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda". US, USSR & Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing Jacqueline Kennedy becomes 1st, First Lady to give birth since Mrs Cleveland. Geat Train Robbery in England, £2.6 million ($7.3 million). Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie," radio stations label it obscene. Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?". Stan Musial announces he will retire at end of year. James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from U. of Mississippi. Martial law declared in S Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas. Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds & given a 1 yr suspended license for speeding. Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial. Hotline between U.S. and Soviet leaders goes into operation. Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS. CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes. Major league baseballs 100,000th game. American Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week on Saturday. Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools. 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama. Stan Musial hits a HR in his 1st at bat as a grandfather. Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, SD, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls & a boy. Church bombed in Birmingham AL, kills 4 African-American girls. "Fugitive" premieres on ABC TV. Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1. Lee Harvey Oswald travels on Continental Trailways bus to Mexico. At 10:59 AM census clock, records US population at 190,000,000. Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico. "New Phil Silvers Show," debuts on CBS-TV. "Judy Garland Show," debuts on CBS-TV. "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV. 2nd session of Ecumenical council, `Vatican II,' opens in Rome. Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,629th & 3,630th hit. Rolling Stones 1st tour. Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees. Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die & 100,000 injured. JFK signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty. Dam in Piave Valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die. Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba & Haiti, kills 6,000. Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand". South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela & 8 others on conspiracy. 225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest. Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park," premieres in NYC - "110 in the Shade" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 330 performances. KRO shows 1st Bonanza. Anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets scattered in Dallas. NY Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP. Brian Epstein & Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for Beatles. Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone JFK flies to Texas. Lyndon B Johnson sworn in as the 36th US president. American President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House. LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK). 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald. JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand". LBJ sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of JFK. Instant replay is used for the first time in a Army-Navy game. Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped. 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show. Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped. Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK. Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners. Greek & Turks riot in Cyprus. Walt Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" is released. US furnishes cereal to USSR. Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar. Green Bay Packers win NFL championship. Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years). In 1963 the measles vaccine was developed. The Warriors left for San Francisco and the Nationals move into Philadelphia to take their place changing their name to the 76ers.During 1963, there were more than 200 guest appearances on American Bandstand, with a number of artists making their national television debuts. The Hula-Hoop is patented. Bob Dylan walked off the set of the Ed Sullivan Show after network censors rejected the song he planned on performing. Dionne Warwick's fourth single, "Anyone Who Had a Heart," released in December 1963, was Warwick's first top 10 pop hit (#8) in the U.S. and also an international million seller.