James Garner: Actor on the Rise
Nov. 17, 1963 - James Garner (pictured with his wife Lois) ambled slowly along the hotel corridor — closely followed by a very small,...
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Nov 17, 2023
Bears Beat Packers for Second Time This Season
Nov. 17, 1963 - Nothing could stop the Chicago Bears today as they stormed over the Green Bay Packers in a manner few teams have been...
Nov 17, 2023
President Kennedy to Swing through Florida Tomorrow
Nov. 17, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured at Cape Canaveral yesterday) will make a “nonpolitical” swing through Florida tomorrow and...
Nov 17, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Nov. 17, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Little Joe struggles with his conscience, trying to believe that his friend, Seth Pruitt (Richard...
Nov 16, 2023
President Kennedy Visits Cape Canaveral
Nov. 16, 1963 - At Cape Canaveral, Fla., today, President Kennedy (pictured being greeted there by Air Force General Leighton Davis)...
Nov 16, 2023
Top of the Charts: “Deep Purple” by Nino Tempo & April Stevens
Nov. 16, 1963 - Hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 today is “Deep Purple,” a recording by Nino Tempo & April Stevens (pictured). The...
Nov 16, 2023
Soviet Authorities Release Yale Professor Accused of Espionage
Nov. 16, 1963 - Soviet authorities announced today the release and expulsion of Frederick C. Barghoorn, a Yale University professor, and...
Nov 16, 2023
Armless Place-Kicker Receives Letter from President Kennedy
Nov. 16, 1963 - Classical High School’s armless place-kicker has received a fan letter from President Kennedy. Fifteen-year-old Chris...
Nov 15, 2023
76ers Come Back to Beat Lakers in Philadelphia
Nov. 15, 1963 - The Philadelphia 76ers overcame a 67-52 third-quarter deficit tonight behind the shooting of Hal Greer and Lee Shaffer to...
Nov 15, 2023
Vice President Johnson Raises Funds for Democrats in California
Nov. 15, 1963 - The California Democratic party’s campaign for 1964 appears to be off to a good start almost a year before the election....
Nov 15, 2023
Whitey Ford Named Yankees’ “Playing Coach of Pitchers”
Nov. 15, 1963 - Whitey Ford, the Yankees’ ace left-hander for the past decade, today was named “playing coach of pitchers” for the 1964...
Nov 15, 2023
President Kennedy Pays Surprise Visit to CYO Convention
Nov. 15, 1963 - President Kennedy made a surprise visit this morning to the national convention of the Catholic Youth Organization and...
Nov 15, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
Nov. 15, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” Barbara Polk (Constance Ford, right) takes care of her mean-spirited Uncle Simon (Cedric...
Nov 15, 2023
President Kennedy Speaks at AFL-CIO Convention
Nov. 15, 1963 - President Kennedy told the leaders of American labor today that providing jobs was the most important issue in the...
Nov 15, 2023
U.S. To Withdraw 1,000 Servicemen from South Vietnam in December
Nov. 15, 1963 - The withdrawal of 1,000 U.S. servicemen from South Vietnam will start Dec. 3, Maj. Gen. Charles J. Timmes announced...
Nov 14, 2023
Rangers Drop Sixth Straight to Leafs at MSG
Nov. 14, 1963 - The New York Rangers lost their sixth straight game tonight, a 5-4 decision to the 1962 Stanley Cup champions, the...
Nov 14, 2023
President Forgoes Customary Escort in NYC
Nov. 14, 1963 - Traveling without a motorcycle escort, President Kennedy got a commuter’s-eye view of New York rush-hour traffic this...
Nov 14, 2023
George C. Scott Reaches Out Directly to Public
Nov. 14, 1963 - George C. Scott, star of CBS-TV’s “East Side/West Side,” said today he had received about 1,000 letters so far in...
Nov 14, 2023
President Kennedy Dedicates Highway at Mason-Dixon Line
Nov. 14, 1963 - President Kennedy cut a blue and gray ribbon stretched across the Mason-Dixon line today, opening the missing link of a...
Nov 14, 2023
The Pushbutton Telephone Is Here
Nov. 14, 1963 - The era of the pushbutton telephone dawns next Monday. On that date, residents of Carnegie and Greensburg in western...
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