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Dec 9, 2023
Steelers Top Cowboys, Remain in Race
Dec. 9, 1963 - Theron Sapp’s 24-yard touchdown burst in the last two minutes provided the final touch to a back-to-the-wall fourth-down...


Dec 9, 2023
TV: “The Making of the President 1960”
Dec. 9, 1963 - “The Making of the President 1960,” a filmed report of events covered in Theodore White’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book,...

Dec 9, 2023
Lions Knock Browns Out of Contention
Dec. 9, 1963 - The Detroit Lions knocked Cleveland out of contention for the NFL’s Eastern Conference title yesterday by routing the...

Dec 9, 2023
Hoffa Denies Kennedy Quote
Dec. 9, 1963 - James R. Hoffa (pictured right in 1958) said today the press had taken out of context a statement he issued after...

Dec 9, 2023
One Air Officer Dead, Three Missing in Vietnam
Dec. 9, 1963 - The U.S. Air Force listed one officer as dead and two officers and an airman as missing in the crash of a reconnaissance...

Dec 9, 2023
Yankees Announce Home Schedule
Dec. 9, 1963 - More night games than ever before (34) and an innovation aimed at suburban trade — six games starting at 6 p.m. — mark the...

Dec 9, 2023
Bills Crush Jets, 45-14, as Gilchrist Scores Five Touchdowns
Dec. 9, 1963 - All season long, this has been one of the questions most often asked around the American Football League — what’s wrong...

Dec 9, 2023
Patriots Gain Sole Possession of Eastern Division Lead with Win over Oilers
Dec. 9, 1963 - The Boston Patriots jumped into the driver’s seat in the American Football League’s Eastern Division title race by...


Dec 9, 2023
FBI: Oswald Killed JFK, Acted Alone
Dec. 9, 1963 - An FBI report went to a special Presidential commission today and named Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin of President...

Dec 9, 2023
🚨Frank Sinatra Jr. Kidnapped
Dec. 9, 1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr., 19-year-old son of the famed entertainer, was kidnapped at gunpoint from his Nevada motel last night...

Dec 8, 2023
Giants Eviscerate Redskins at Yankee Stadium, 44-14
Dec. 8, 1963 - The New York Giants used seven pass interceptions and three fumble recoveries to light up the scoreboard at Yankee Stadium...

Dec 8, 2023
President Johnson Well Protected
Dec. 8, 1963 - President Johnson’s 2-hour-20-minute visit to New York City today, his first trip outside Washington since becoming...

Dec 8, 2023
Louisiana Likely To Remain in Democratic Column Next Year
Dec. 8, 1963 - Louisiana appeared today to be virtually certain of remaining in the Democratic column in next year’s Presidential...

Dec 8, 2023
Cardinals Destroy Eagles at Busch Stadium
Dec. 8, 1963 - Charley Johnson threw touchdown passes of 78, 58, 43, and 17 yards today as the Cardinals routed the Philadelphia Eagles,...

Dec 8, 2023
President Johnson Attends Funeral for Lehman, Security Heavy
Dec. 8, 1963 - Final tribute was paid today to Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor of New York, at a funeral service attended by President...

Dec 8, 2023
Sources in Saigon: War Against Communists Going Badly
Dec. 8, 1963 - Sources in South Vietnam indicated today that the war against the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas is going badly, and...


Dec 8, 2023
Kennedy Children Go Christmas Shopping
Dec. 8, 1963 - John F. Kennedy Jr. and his older sister, 6-year-old Caroline, got a brief look today at what Santa Claus might bring them...


Dec 8, 2023
Lodge Leaves Himself Available as Contender for GOP Nomination
Dec. 8, 1963 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, left himself available today as a potential contender for the...

Dec 7, 2023
Bruins Top Rangers at Boston Garden on Prentice’s Heroics
Dec. 7, 1963 - A former Ranger wing, Dean Prentice (pictured), scored two goals late in the final period tonight before 12,121 at Boston...

Dec 7, 2023
Navy Tops Army in Philadelphia
Dec. 7, 1963 - The clock ran out on Army two yards short of the decisive touchdown, and Navy scored its fifth straight victory over the...
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