- Nuclear Test Ban treaty.
-
President Kennedy visits Berlin: "Ich bin ein Berliner".
-
Betty Friedan Publishes The
Feminine Mystique
-
France and West
Germany
sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan.
22).
-
Pope John XXIII dies
(June 3), and is succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who
becomes Paul
VI.
- British Secretary of
War John
Profumo resigns in the wake of an affair with Christine
Keeler, a teenage showgirl who was also involved with the Soviet
naval attaché (June).
- Washington-to-Moscow "hot line" communications link opens,
designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug. 30).
-
Kenya achieves
independence.
- There are 15,000 US
military advisers in South
Vietnam.
- 32 independent African nations establish the
Organization
for African Unity.
U.S. EVENTS
- President
Kennedy shot and killed in Dallas, Tex.
Lyndon B.
Johnson becomes President same day (Nov. 22).
- Lee Harvey Oswald,
accused Kennedy assassin, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby (Nov.
24).
- Michael E.
De Bakey implants artificial heart in
human for first time at Houston hospital (April 21).
- US Supreme Court rules
no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible
verses in public schools (June 17).
- A quarter of million people participate in the civil rights
March on Washington. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. makes his "I
have a dream" speech
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)
SPORTS
World Series
LA Dodgers d. NY Yankees (4-0)
NBA Championship
Boston d. LA Lakers (4-2)
Stanley Cup
Toronto d. Detroit (4-1)
Wimbledon Women: Margaret Smith d. B.J. Moffitt (6-3 6-4) Men: Chuck McKinley d. F. Stolle (9-7 6-1 6-4)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Chateaugay
NCAA Basketball Championship
Loyola-IL d. Cincinnati (60-58 OT)
NCAA Football Champions
Texas (11-0-0)
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