Rangers Win the Brawl, Lose the Game to Montreal at Madison Square Garden
Dec. 30, 1963 - The New York Rangers outbattled the Montreal Canadiens but couldn’t outscore them as they lost a wild 6-2 game last night...
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Dec 29, 2023
Giant Coach Allie Sherman Defends His Players
Dec. 29, 1963 - Allie Sherman leaped immediately to the defense of his star quarterback, Y.A. Tittle, after today’s championship game....
Dec 29, 2023
Larry Morris Named NFL Championship Game’s Most Valuable Player
Dec. 29, 1963 - In the Chicago dressing room today after the Bears’ victory over the Giants in the NFL championship game, linebacker...
Dec 29, 2023
🚨Bears Win NFL Championship Game over Giants, First Title for Chicago Since 1946
Dec. 29, 1963 - The Chicago Bears won the championship of the National Football League today by defeating the New York Giants, 14-10,...
Dec 29, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Dec. 29, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Ben Cartwright doubts his fitness to run the Ponderosa when his impatience results in a logging...
Dec 29, 2023
An Ebullient President Johnson Gives Out Ten-Gallon Hats
Dec. 29, 1963 - In Stonewall, Texas today, President Johnson perched a ten-gallon Texas hat on the head of West German Chancellor Ludwig...
Dec 29, 2023
Richard Harris to Join Charlton Heston in Cast of “Major Dundee”
Dec. 29, 1963 - Richard Harris, last seen as the tough rugby player in the British film “This Sporting Life” and previously as a sailor...
Dec 29, 2023
Time Magazine Names Dr. Martin Luther King Man of the Year
Dec. 29, 1963 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, the civil rights leader who became a symbol of the Negro revolution in 1963, has been...
Dec 28, 2023
Boston Patriots Win AFL Eastern Division Title with Victory over Bills
Dec. 28, 1963 - After four years of coming close and on the brink of frustration once more, the Boston Patriots finally came through with...
Dec 28, 2023
Guy Lombardo To Help T.V. Viewers Ring in 1964
Dec. 28, 1963 - A television set owner who turns on his set and finds Guy Lombardo on the screen knows instantly that an old year is...
Dec 28, 2023
Edward G. Robinson Replaces Spencer Tracy on “Cheyenne Autumn”
Dec. 28, 1963 - Edward G. Robinson has been signed to replace the ailing Spencer Tracy in “Cheyenne Autumn,” Warner Brothers announced...
Dec 28, 2023
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Erhard Hold Cordial Meeting in Texas
Dec. 28, 1963 - President Johnson and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany, meeting today at Bergstrom Air Force Base near Austin,...
Dec 28, 2023
Royals Top Celtics as “The Big O” Does It Again
Dec. 28, 1963 - Cincinnati made a myth of Boston’s basketball invincibility once again last night in Cincinnati Gardens. Oscar...
Dec 27, 2023
Rangers Top League-Leading Black Hawks as Henry Scores Two Goals
Dec. 27, 1963 - Camille Henry, at 150 pounds the smallest man in the NHL, beat the biggest team tonight. His two goals in the third...
Dec 27, 2023
New York Giants Relaxed and Confident in Advance of Championship Game
Dec. 27, 1963 - The New York Giants, who will battle the Bears Sunday at Wrigley Field for the NFL championship, were a relaxed and...
Dec 27, 2023
President Johnson Prepares To Meet New West German Chancellor
Dec. 27, 1963 - President Johnson made it clear today that the two days of talks he is starting tomorrow with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of...
Dec 27, 2023
Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman To Wed
Dec. 27, 1963 - Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine plan to be married in Hollywood next July. Mr. Borgnine said in New York today that his...
Dec 27, 2023
Khrushchev Predicts U.S. Defeat in Vietnam
Dec. 27, 1963 - Premier Khrushchev predicted today that the U.S. would be expelled from South Vietnam with “even less ceremony” than were...
Dec 27, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Dec. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Barbara “Bunny” Blake (Maggie McNamara) is a Hollywood star whose hometown fan club in...
Dec 27, 2023
Celtics Coast To Victory over Lakers
Dec. 27, 1963 - The Boston Celtics led through all but the opening five minutes last night as they coasted to their third straight...
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