Top News of 1963

  Pope John XXIII Dies, Pope Paul VI is Elected  
  250,000March For Civil Rights In Washington. 
  Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas 
  Lee Harvey Oswald Arrested, Lyndon Johnson Takes Oath 0f Office 
  Texan Jack Ruby Shots Oswald During Live News Coverage 
  Soviet Missiles Out Of Cuba, Troops Will Stay 
  N.Y. News Papers Struck For 114 Days 
  Supreme Court Decides Poor Must Have Lawyers 
  Governor George Wallace Is Adamant On Race As Negroes Resist 
  Kennedy Sends Troops To Calm Alabama 
  Sniper Kills Negro Leader Medgar Evers 
   
 

  Other Items in the News in 1963

  Aldus Huxley dies 
  Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" is a big hit. 
  Valium is introduced by Roche Labs 
  Beatles have there first big success, "I Want To Hold our Hand" 
  First metal tennis Introduced 
  Celtics win fifth straight NBA title 
  Soviet Union puts first women in space 
  Martin Luther King "I Have A Dream" 
  Greatest train robbery, England, 5 million in cash and jewels In 15 minutes 
  Direct "HOTLINE" between Washington and Moscow operational 

 

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