Movies: “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
Nov. 7, 1963 - Opening today is “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” a comedy produced and directed by Stanley Kramer with a story and...
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Nov 7, 2023
DNC Plans Star-Studded Fundraiser for President Kennedy in January
Nov. 7, 1963 - The Democratic National Committee is planning another big celebration — and fundraising affair — to mark the third...
Nov 7, 2023
President Kennedy Calls for Greater Efforts to Assist Handicapped
Nov. 7, 1963 - President Kennedy called for greater efforts today to employ the handicapped. He appealed to labor, private industry, and...
Nov 6, 2023
Lakers Top Knicks as Baylor Shines
Nov. 6, 1963 - The real Elgin Baylor stood up tonight, and it was a good thing because the Lakers couldn’t have won without him. Even...
Nov 6, 2023
Demonstrators Protest Wallace TV Appearance in New York
Nov. 6, 1963 - A hundred civil rights pickets clashed with the police in New York City early today outside a television studio where...
Nov 6, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Patty Duke Show”
Nov. 6, 1963 - Tonight on “The Patty Duke Show,” Cathy (Patty Duke) helps Brooklyn Heights High School's best basketball player (Larry...
Nov 6, 2023
First Lady to Join President Kennedy for November Swing Through Texas
Nov. 6, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy will join President Kennedy in a Democratic Party fundraising swing into Texas Nov. 21 and 22,...
Nov 6, 2023
Most Predict Liston Victory over Clay — But Not Jack Sharkey
Nov. 6, 1963 - The proposed Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston heavyweight title fight was called a dangerous mismatch today by a California...
Nov 5, 2023
Clay and Liston Sign for Title Fight at Hilarious Press Conference
Nov. 5, 1963 - In Denver today, heavyweight champion Sonny Liston and challenger Cassius Clay signed at a packed, hilarious news...
Nov 5, 2023
[VIDEO] Nov. 5, 1963 | JFK Film on Bill of Rights
Nov. 5, 1963 - President Kennedy filmed a short speech today in observance of Bill of Rights Day, Dec. 15, for distribution to theaters...
Nov 5, 2023
Staunch Segregationist Elected to Replace Governor Barnett in Mississippi
Nov. 5, 1963 - Lieutenant Governor Paul Johnson Jr. (pictured), who has pledged to continue Governor Ross Barnett’s massive resistance to...
Nov 5, 2023
Coup Planner Surfaces in Saigon
Nov. 5, 1963 - Ton That Dinh (pictured), the paratrooper general who planned the coup that toppled President Ngo Dinh Diem, showed his...
Nov 5, 2023
Movies: “Take Her, She’s Mine”
Nov. 5, 1963 - James Stewart and Sandra Dee are receiving a real “Texas style” welcome this week as they attend a series of premieres of...
Nov 5, 2023
TV: Blacklist Is the Topic on Upcoming “Defenders” Episode
Nov. 5, 1963 - A drama about a blacklisted actor who finds he is unemployable because of anti-Communist pressures will be televised on...
Nov 5, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”
Nov. 5, 1963 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble (David Janssen) and a young woman (Brenda Vaccaro) are kidnapped by vicious thieves (Lou...
Nov 5, 2023
Auburn University Ordered to Admit Negro Student
Nov. 5, 1963 - A Federal judge ordered Auburn University today to admit its first Negro student in January and to accept students in the...
Nov 5, 2023
Movies: “The Prize”
Nov. 5, 1963 - “The Prize,” MGM’s adaptation of the novel by Irving Wallace, has been booked as the first film to be shown in 1964 at the...
Nov 4, 2023
[VIDEO] Nov. 4, 1963 | The Beatles' Royal Performance
Nov. 4, 1963 - The Beatles peformed tonight at the Royal Variety Performance, a televised charity event held annually in the U.K. to...
Nov 4, 2023
Roger Craig Traded from Mets to Cardinals for George Altman and Bill Wakefield
Nov. 4, 1963 - Roger Craig obtained his long-awaited freedom from the New York Mets today. The most respected 22-game loser of recent...
Nov 4, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Nov. 4, 1963 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” after Gomer (Jim Nabors, pictured) gets fired from the filling station and loses his...
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