Princeton Tops Lafayette as Bradley Shines
Dec. 11, 1963 - Bill Bradley (pictured) rescued Princeton twice tonight as the Tigers defeated Lafayette, 69-64, in a double-overtime...
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Dec 11, 2023
Celtics Dominate Hawks in Boston
Dec. 11, 1963 - Sharp-shooting John Havlicek and defensive star Bill Russell combined tonight to guide the Boston Celtics to their 19th...
Dec 11, 2023
Black Hawks Top Rangers at Hull Scores 200th Goal
Dec. 11, 1963 - Stan Mikita’s 3 goals, Ken Wharram’s 2 goals, Glenn Hall’s fine goaltending, and Bobby Hull’s 200th career goal paced the...
Dec 11, 2023
Halas Named NFL Coach of the Year
Dec. 11, 1963 - George Halas, the 68-year-old pro football pioneer and Hall of Fame member whose Chicago Bears are close to another...
Dec 11, 2023
On Sale Today: “Volume 2” by Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass
Dec. 11, 1963 - On sale today is “Volume 2,” the second long-playing record by Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass, produced by A&M Records. As...
Dec 11, 2023
LBJ: Eliminate Communist Subversion from South Vietnam and Caribbean
Dec. 11, 1963 - President Johnson told the nation’s top defense strategists today that America’s most urgent task is elimination of...
Dec 11, 2023
Frank Sinatra Jr. Holds News Conference
Dec. 11, 1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr., looking tense and drawn, told a news conference today that he was scared but was well threated...
Dec 11, 2023
Bears Heavily Represented on All-Star Team
Dec. 11, 1963 - The rating of the Chicago Bears’ crack defensive unit was reflected today in the NFL All-Star team selected for The...
Dec 11, 2023
🚨Frank Sinatra Jr. Released Unharmed
Dec. 11, 1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr., kidnapped Sunday night at a Lake Tahoe gambling casino, was released unharmed about 3 a.m. today after...
Dec 10, 2023
Break May Be Near in Sinatra Kidnapping Case
Dec. 10, 1963 - Frank Sinatra Sr. made a surprise flight to Los Angeles from Reno tonight and plunged into a frenzy of activity as...
Dec 10, 2023
Warriors Top Bullets in Oakland
Dec. 10, 1963 - Baltimore’s Gus Johnson (pictured) broke the basket, but San Francisco won the game at Oakland Auditorium tonight. With...
Dec 10, 2023
Giants Prepare for Steelers
Dec. 10, 1963 - “I think it will be the toughest game we’ve had all year. They really hit you.” The speaker at Yankee Stadium today was...
Dec 10, 2023
White Sox trade Nellie Fox to Colts
Dec. 10, 1963 - Nellie Fox, long-time Chicago White Sox second baseman, was traded to the Houston Colts today for two farm hands....
Dec 10, 2023
Knicks’ Gene Conley Questioned by FBI over “Bomb” Remark
Dec. 10, 1963 - Gene Conley, the Red Sox pitcher and New York Knicks’ center, has a habit of getting into unusual situations. Like the...
Dec 10, 2023
Two Prominent California Attorneys To Defend Jack Ruby
Dec. 10, 1963 - Two prominent California attorneys, Melvin Belli of San Francisco (pictured) and Sam Brody of Los Angeles, said today...
Dec 10, 2023
Namath Suspended from Crimson Tide Football Team
Dec. 10, 1963 - Alabama’s first-string quarterback, Joe Namath, has been suspended from the team, Coach Paul Bryant said last night....
Dec 10, 2023
President Johnson Asks Congress for 50-Cent Piece with JFK’s Likeness
Dec. 10, 1963 - President Johnson asked Congress today to authorize a 50-cent coin bearing the likeness of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The...
Dec 10, 2023
Search for Frank Sinatra Jr. Continues
Dec. 10, 1963 - Agents of the FBI and sheriff’s squads pressed a search in the snow-covered mountains around Lake Tahoe last night for...
Dec 9, 2023
AFL Commissioner Challenges NFL to “World Series” Game
Dec. 9, 1963 - Commissioner Joe Foss of the American Football League today formally challenged the rival National Football League to play...
Dec 9, 2023
FBI “Risk List” Did Not Include Oswald
Dec. 9, 1963 - The FBI gave the Secret Service a “risk list” of Dallas individuals in advance of President Kennedy’s fatal trip, but the...
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