1960s Timeline

Dec. 11, 1963 - Bill Bradley (pictured) rescued Princeton twice tonight as the Tigers defeated Lafayette, 69-64, in a double-overtime...

Dec. 11, 1963 - Sharp-shooting John Havlicek and defensive star Bill Russell combined tonight to guide the Boston Celtics to their 19th...

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, 1963 - George Halas, the 68-year-old pro football pioneer and Hall of Fame member whose Chicago Bears are close to another...

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, 1963 - President Johnson told the nation’s top defense strategists today that America’s most urgent task is elimination of...

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, 1963 - The rating of the Chicago Bears’ crack defensive unit was reflected today in the NFL All-Star team selected for The...

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, 1963 - Frank Sinatra Sr. made a surprise flight to Los Angeles from Reno tonight and plunged into a frenzy of activity as...

Dec. 10, 1963 - Baltimore’s Gus Johnson (pictured) broke the basket, but San Francisco won the game at Oakland Auditorium tonight. With...

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, 1963 - Nellie Fox, long-time Chicago White Sox second baseman, was traded to the Houston Colts today for two farm hands....

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, 1963 - Two prominent California attorneys, Melvin Belli of San Francisco (pictured) and Sam Brody of Los Angeles, said today...

Dec. 10, 1963 - Alabama’s first-string quarterback, Joe Namath, has been suspended from the team, Coach Paul Bryant said last night....

Dec. 10, 1963 - President Johnson asked Congress today to authorize a 50-cent coin bearing the likeness of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The...

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, 1963 - Commissioner Joe Foss of the American Football League today formally challenged the rival National Football League to play...

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...