Giants and Bears Work Out in Snow in Advance of Championship Contest
Dec. 23, 1963 - Del Shofner, Sam Huff, and Alex Webster, three members of the New York Giants who have been on the injury list, went...
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Dec 23, 2023
National Board of Review Names “Tom Jones” Best Film of 1963
Dec. 23, 1963 - “Tom Jones” has been chosen as the best motion picture of 1963 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. The...
Dec 23, 2023
TV: Tonight on “East Side/West Side”
Dec. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “East Side/West Side,” social worker Neil Brock (George C. Scott) tries to help a lonely old woman whose house...
Dec 23, 2023
Raiders Sneak By Oilers, 52-49, in Highest-Scoring Game in AFL History
Dec. 23, 1963 - Mike Mercer’s 39-yard field goal in the fourth quarter gave the Raiders a 52-49 victory over the Houston Oilers yesterday...
Dec 23, 2023
Kilduff Tells of Moments after President Kennedy’s Death in Dallas
Dec. 23, 1963 - In a radio interview taped for broadcast today by the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Assistant Press Secretary...
Dec 23, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Outer Limits”
Dec. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “The Outer Limits,” tycoon John Dexter (Ralph Meeker) spears a dolphin-like sea creature in the Caribbean. It...
Dec 23, 2023
As Official Mourning Period for President Kennedy Ends, Political Speculation Takes Center Stage
Dec. 23, 1963 - The end of the official period of mourning for President Kennedy raised the curtain on politics yesterday, and the...
Dec 22, 2023
Warriors Top 76ers as Chamberlain Leads Scoring with 40
Dec. 22, 1963 - Behind by 24-28 after the first quarter, the San Francisco Warriors outscored the Philadelphia 76ers by a 15-1 margin...
Dec 22, 2023
Chargers Win Western Division of AFL
Dec. 22, 1963 - The San Diego Chargers won the Western Division championship of the American Football League today by defeating the...
Dec 22, 2023
Chiefs Destroy Jets in Kansas City
Dec. 22, 1963 - Lenny Dawson threw 4 touchdown passes today to lead the Chiefs to a 48-0 rout of the New York Jets in an AFL game played...
Dec 22, 2023
Boxing To Disappear from Television Screens in 1964
Dec. 22, 1963 - Boxing, the sport that played a major role in popularizing television 16 years ago, will disappear from the national...
Dec 21, 2023
With Russell Still Ailing, Celtics Fall to Knicks in Providence
Dec. 21, 1963 - The Boston Celtics have finally lost to a team other than the Cincinnati Royals, 66 days after the NBA season began. With...
Dec 21, 2023
Mrs. Kennedy Replaces Prayer Card Photograph
Dec. 21, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy has replaced the serious photograph of the late President on his prayer card with a more...
Dec 21, 2023
McNamara Returns from Vietnam, Reports to President Johnson
Dec. 21, 1963 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara returned from South Vietnam today and gave President Johnson a sober report about...
Dec 21, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Lieutenant”
Dec. 21, 1963 - Tonight on “The Lieutenant,” Lt. Rice (Gary Lockwood) is given a difficult unit to command after the previous commander...
Dec 21, 2023
Hurricane Carter KO’s Emile Griffith in Non-Title Fight
Dec. 21, 1963 - Rubin (Hurricane) Carter twice smashed welterweight champion Emile Griffith to the canvas last night and scored a...
Dec 20, 2023
Royals Top Bullets in Cincinnati as “The Big O” Shines
Dec. 20, 1963 - The Royals survived a sluggish first half, got key second-half performances from Jerry Lucas and Jack Twyman plus the...
Dec 20, 2023
Attorney General Gives Christmas Party at Justice Department
Dec. 20, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy gave a Christmas party today, a party that was planned long before an assassin’s...
Dec 20, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”
Dec. 20, 1963 - Tonight on “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” Gerald Swinney (Bob Newhart, left) is a henpecked husband subjected to the...
Dec 20, 2023
McNamara “Optimistic Over Progress To Be Made” in Vietnam
Dec. 20, 1963 - Revamped battle plans led Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to express hope today for tough campaigning by South...
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