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Welcome to Retroville! It’s 1963!
IN THE NEWS:
- President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas as his motorcade passes through Dealy Plaza
- Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th President
- Lee Harvey Oswald, accused Kennedy assassin, is shot by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, as Oswald is escorted through the Dallas Police parking garage
- Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his “I have a dream” speech in Washington D.C. on the Mall before a crowd of more than 200,000 black and white spectators
- Red Phone (the Hotline) is installed at the Kremlin and the White House in an effort to prevent accidental war
- Russian Cosmonaut Valentina becomes the first woman in space
- Michael E. DeBakey implants the first artifical heart in a human at a Houston hospital (the patient lives for four days)
- Los Angeles Dodgers defeat NY Yankees in the World Series
- The U.S. now has 15,000 military advisors in Viet Nam
- Pope John XXIII dies at 78
- Pope Paul VI installed as Pope
ON THE RADIO:
- CBS Radio Mystery Theater
- Guy Lombardo Orchestra
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Meet the Press
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sky King
ON TELEVISION:
- Jerry Lewis Show
- My Favorite Martian
- Judy Garland Show
- Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color
- Outer Limits
- The Fugitive
- Petticoat Junction
- Patty Duke Show
- Beverly Hillbillies
- Twilight Zone (reintroduced)
- Dr. Who
- John F. Kennedy’s funeral becomes the highest rated program with 93% of Americans watching the ceremonies
FADS & FASHION:
- Mousetrap
- Easy-Bake ovens
- Bowl-a-Matic
- Rat Fink (the game)
- Smiley faces
WHAT THINGS COST:
- Car: $2,3,00
- Gasoline: 30 cents per gallon
- House: $19,300
- Bread: 21 cents per loaf
- Milk: $1.04 per gallon
- Postage Stamp: 4 cents
- Average Annual Salary: $6,998
- Minimum Wage: $1.25 per hour
ACADEMY AWARD – BEST PICTURE:
- Toms Jones – by Tony Richardson
TONY AWARD – BEST MUSICAL:
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – based on a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondeim, choreographed by Jack Cole, starring Zero Mostel, John Carradine, Raymond Walburn, and Jack Gillford
PULITZER PRIZES:
- The Reivers by William Faulkner (fiction)
- Washington: Village and Capital by Constance McLaughlin Green (history)
- Henry James by Leon Edel (biography)
- Pictures From Breughel by William Carlos Williams (poetry)
- The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman (non-fiction)
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE:
- The League of Red Cross Societies, Geneva; and
- The International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, founded in 1863
TOP SONGS:
- He’s So Fine by the Chiffons
- Walk Like a Man by The Four Seasons
- Dominique by The Singing Nun
