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Facts from 1963
Hononegah Class of 1963 Graduated!
Coca-Cola debuts its first diet
drink, TAB cola.
ZIP Codes are introduced in the U.S. in 1963
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04 ($0.05 as of
1/7/63)
Audio cassettes introduced
Unemployment: 5.5%
Academy Award, Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia
World Series - LA Dodgers d. NY Yankees (4-0)
1963 Football Championship
San Diego Chargers 51, Boston Patriots 10|
Jack Nicklaus wins his first Masters golf tournament; with over
$125,000 in winnings, Arnold Palmer becomes golf's all-time top money winner
Cassius Clay (the future Muhammad Ali) defeats Sonny Liston to win
heavyweight boxing title
Cost of things:
Gas - $ .29 cents/gallon
Bacon – $ .29 cents/pound
Oranges - $ .45 cents/dozen
Potatoes - $ .04 cents/pound
Average Cost of new house $12,650.00
Average Income per year $5,807.00
AT&T introduced touch tone phones
Pull Tab Can as used for soda (pop)
Popular TV Programs
Coronation Street
The Andy Griffith Show
The Flintstones
Mister Ed
The Avengers
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Popular Films
Cleopatra
The Longest Day
Lawrence of Arabia
Mutiny on the Bounty
To Kill a Mockingbird
August 28 - Civil rights rally in Washington, D.C.; Martin Luther King delivers "I have a dream" speech
November 22 – John F. Kennedy killed
Illinois Congressmen in 1963:
Everett Dirksen (Rep.)
Paul Douglas (Dem.)
Our House Rep: John B. Anderson
Wisconsin Congressmen in 1963:
Alexander Wiley (Rep.)
William Proxmire (Dem.)
1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become U.S. states
January 14 - George C. Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. In
his inaugural speech, he defiantly proclaims "segregation now,
segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever
April 21 - Michael E. De Bakey
implants artificial heart in human for first time at Houston hospital.
May 1 - Coca-Cola debuts its first diet
drink, TAB cola.
June 17 - US Supreme Court
rules no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible
verses in public schools
June 3 - Pope John XXIII
dies and is succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes
Paul VI.
July 1 - ZIP Codes are introduced in the U.S.
August 28 - Civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites in
Washington, D.C.;
Martin Luther King
delivers “I have a dream” speech
August 30 - Washington-to-Moscow “hot line” communications link opens, designed
to reduce risk of accidental war
November 22 - President
Kennedy
shot and killed by sniper in Dallas, Tex.
Lyndon B. Johnson.becomes
the 36th President. All television coverage for the next three days is devoted
to the assassination, its aftermath, the procession of the horse drawn casket to
the Capitol Rotunda, and the funeral of President Kennedy. Stores and businesses
shut down for the entire weekend and Monday, in tribute.
November 24 - New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United
States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.
There are 15,000 US military advisers in South
Vietnam.
December 26 - I Want to Hold Your Hand and I Saw Her Standing
There are released in the U.S., marking the beginning of full-scale
Beatlemania.
The
Rolling Stones
emerge with an aggressive, blues-derived style.
US GDP (1998 dollars):
$617.4 billion
Federal spending: $111.32 billion
Federal debt: $310.3 billion
Consumer Price Index: 30.6
Unemployment: 5.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04 ($0.05 as of 1/7/63)
World Series
LA Dodgers d. NY Yankees (4-0)
Academy Award, Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia, Sam Spiegel,
producer (Columbia)
The French Chef
with
Julia Child
debuts on educational television
Books:
Betty Friedan,
The Feminine Mystique.
James Baldwin,
The Fire Next Time
e e cummings,
73 Poems
Betty Friedan,
The Feminine Mystique
Sylvia Plath,
The Bell Jar
Thomas Pynchon,
V
John Rechy,
City of Night
Charles M. Schulz,
Happiness is a Warm Puppy
John Updike,
The Centaur
Kurt Vonnegut,
Cat's Cradle
Science: The first liver transplant is performed by F.D. Moore and T.E. Starzl.
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