Potpourri from 1963

Aldus Huxley and Dick Powell die

Post card mail is 4 cents, air mail is 8 cents

"The Pepsi Generation" slogan is started 

My Favorite Martian premieres along with The Fugitive (David Janssen) 

Alfred Hitchcock's, "The Birds" opens at the movies 

Marlon Brando stars in "The Ugly American" 

TV show, Candid Camera is popular

Peter, Paul, and Mary make "Blowin' In The Wind" a hit 

Sugar Shack and Surfin' USA are hit singles 

The laser is used for eye surgery

Valium is introduced by Roche labs

Stan Musial retires from baseball 

The Football Hall Of Fame Begins 

Frank Sinatra's son is kidnapped at Lake Tahoe, ransomed for $240,000 

"Hootenannies" become popular, Joan Baez and Bobby Dylan 

"I Want To Told Your Hand" makes the Beatles a U.S. success 

New Words; Beetle Mania, Fake Out, Rat Fink 

Trimline phones and "Weight Watchers" make their first appearance

 

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