Picketers Protest Madame Nhu in Washington
Oct. 18, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, South Vietnam’s controversial First Lady, accused today a “handful of people” within the Kennedy...
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Oct 18, 2023
Mantle Undergoes Knee Surgery in Manhattan
Oct. 18, 1963 - Mickey Mantle quietly slipped into New York late Wednesday afternoon and, this morning, was operated on for the removal...
Oct 18, 2023
Rockefeller Opens Campaign in New Hampshire
Oct. 18, 1963 - Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller today opened a crucial phase of his battle for the Republican Presidential nomination,...
Oct 17, 2023
President and Children Welcome First Lady Home
Oct. 17, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, tanned and beaming, received a warm welcome home tonight from the President and their two...
Oct 17, 2023
Knicks Lose Opener to Bullets as Guerin Sits
Oct. 17, 1963 - The Knicks lost their opener, and what else is new? The score was 115-113. The opposition was the Baltimore Bullets,...
Oct 17, 2023
Aged Minister Becomes First Negro Eligible to Vote in Louisiana Parish Since 1902
Oct. 17, 1963 - An elderly Baptist clergyman became today the first Negro eligible to vote in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, since...
Oct 17, 2023
JFK Welcomes Tito to Washington
Oct. 17, 1963 - President Kennedy gave President Tito a cordial but swift day of tribute at the White House today that pleased the...
Oct 17, 2023
Nhu Says CIA Backs Buddhists in South Vietnam
Oct. 17, 1963 - Ngo Dinh Nhu (pictured), powerful and controversial brother of South Vietnam’s President, Ngo Dinh Diem, said today that...
Oct 17, 2023
Rangers Shut Out Wings at Garden
Oct. 17, 1963 - Jacques Plante, the goalie who wants to win friends in New York, owned a considerable portion of Manhattan Island today...
Oct 16, 2023
Celtics Top Bullets in Baltimore
Oct. 16, 1963 - Boston’s defending champions spoiled Baltimore’s return to the NBA, 109-95, as Willie Naulls, Bill Russell, and John...
Oct 16, 2023
Dodgers Get Record Winning Share of ’63 World Series
Oct. 16, 1963 - The world champion Los Angeles Dodgers will receive an all-time high of $12,794 per man for their winning share of the...
Oct 16, 2023
New York Mets’ Owner Wins “President’s Citation”
Oct. 16, 1963 - Mrs. Joan Whitney Payson (pictured center in June with Casey and Edna Stengel), owner of the New York Mets baseball team...
Oct 15, 2023
NBA Season Opens Tomorrow Night
Oct. 15, 1963 - The new-look NBA, sporting two franchise shifts, several coaching changes, and a new commissioner, opens its 18th season...
Oct 15, 2023
Vice President Johnson Visits NYC
Oct. 15, 1963 - Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson did not talk or look tonight like a man who is at all concerned over the rumor that...
Oct 15, 2023
Robert Kennedy Testifies on Behalf of Civil Rights Bill
Oct. 15, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy pleaded with the House Judiciary Committee today to put aside partisanship and agree...
Oct 15, 2023
The New York Mirror Closes Down
Oct. 15, 1963 - The New York Mirror, the newspaper with the second largest circulation in the country, ceased publication with today’s...
Oct 14, 2023
Dr. King Threatens More Birmingham Demonstrations
Oct. 14, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, bitterly denouncing Birmingham’s rejection of his desegregation demands, threatened tonight to...
Oct 14, 2023
Massive Crowd Turns Out for Piaf Funeral
Oct. 14, 1963 - Thousands of admirers pushed, shoved, and trampled each other today to pay a last tribute to Edith Piaf, who died Friday...
Oct 14, 2023
General Eisenhower Celebrates 73rd Birthday
Oct. 14, 1963 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured in 1942) marked his 73rd birthday today, mingling work with festivities....
Oct 14, 2023
Brown Runs Roughshod Over Giants at Yankee Stadium
Oct. 14, 1963 - “Jim Brown is the greatest runner I ever saw.” Blanton Collier, the Cleveland coach, and Al Sherman, his New York...
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