Fond Memories From 1963

SONGS: Blue Velvet ... Go Away Little Girl ... He's So Fine ... Hey Paula ... It's My Party ... Louie Louie ... My Boyfriend's Back ... Puff (The Magic Dragon) ... Sugar Shack ... Walk Right In

HEADLINES: 1st Class postage raised from 4 to 5 cents (1/7) ... Two Soviet reconnaissance planes flew over Alaska (3/13) ... Federal penitentiary, Alcatraz, closed (3/21) ... The submarine U.S.S. Thresher sank in the Atlantic (4/10) ... Gov. Wallace stepped aside for National Guard troops (6/11) ... James Meredith received diploma from Univ. of Miss. (8/18) ... 'I have a dream' speech by Martin Luther King (8/28) ... National Professional Football Hall of Fame dedicated (9/7) ... Pres. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas motorcade (11/22) ... Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed on TV by Jack Ruby (11/24) A.D. 1963 The United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Union sign a limited nuclear test ban treaty; the United States and Soviet Union agree to connect the White House and Kremlin via a hot line. See Disarmament; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated; Vice-President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as president. At a civil rights march in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his I Have a Dream speech. See also Black Americans. Lester B. Pearson becomes Canada's prime minister. Sir Alec Douglas-Home succeeds Harold Macmillan as prime minister of Great Britain. African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela is convicted of plotting revolution and sentenced to life imprisonment. See also South Africa. UN forces defeat Katanga separatists in the Congo (Zaire). Kenya and Zanzibar become independent; Malaysia, a federation of Malaya, North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak, and Singapore, is proclaimed. The Organization of African Unity (OAU) is formed at a conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. See also Africa. Pope Paul VI is elected to succeed John XXIII. Congress passes the Clean Air Act, which enables the study and regulation of air pollution. John Charnley develops the idea of the total hip replacement. See Biomedical Engineering. Touch-tone telephones are introduced. The Beatles' performance at the London Palladium brings the group national fame, and they soon become international figures; Bob Dylan releases his second album, which contains Blowin' in the Wind and A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall.

LEADERS: John F. Kennedy was President ... Lyndon B. Johnson was Vice President

TOP: Movie: Tom Jones ... Actor: Sidney Poitier ... Actress: Patricia Neal ... Won World Series: Los Angeles NL ... Heavyweight Champ: Sonny Liston ... Derby Winner: Chateaugay ... Miss America: Jacquelyn Mayer ... Won Golf US Open: Julius Boros ... NFL Champ: Chicago Bears ... AFL Champ: San Diego Chargers

BIRTHS: Vanessa Williams - Miss America (3/18) ... Julian Lennon - Singer (4/8) ... Lisa Whelchel - Actress (5/29) ... Whitney Houston - Singer (8/9) ... Tatum O'Neal - Actress (11/5) ... Jennifer Beals - Actress (12/19)

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