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Dec 29, 2023

🚨Bears Win NFL Championship Game over Giants, First Title for Chicago Since 1946

Dec. 29, 1963 - The Chicago Bears won the championship of the National Football League today by defeating the New York Giants, 14-10,...

Dec 29, 2023

An Ebullient President Johnson Gives Out Ten-Gallon Hats

Dec. 29, 1963 - In Stonewall, Texas today, President Johnson perched a ten-gallon Texas hat on the head of West German Chancellor Ludwig...

Dec 29, 2023

Richard Harris to Join Charlton Heston in Cast of “Major Dundee”

Dec. 29, 1963 - Richard Harris, last seen as the tough rugby player in the British film “This Sporting Life” and previously as a sailor...

Dec 29, 2023

Time Magazine Names Dr. Martin Luther King Man of the Year

Dec. 29, 1963 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, the civil rights leader who became a symbol of the Negro revolution in 1963, has been...

Dec 28, 2023

Boston Patriots Win AFL Eastern Division Title with Victory over Bills

Dec. 28, 1963 - After four years of coming close and on the brink of frustration once more, the Boston Patriots finally came through with...

Dec 28, 2023

Edward G. Robinson Replaces Spencer Tracy on “Cheyenne Autumn”

Dec. 28, 1963 - Edward G. Robinson has been signed to replace the ailing Spencer Tracy in “Cheyenne Autumn,” Warner Brothers announced...

Dec 28, 2023

President Johnson and West German Chancellor Erhard Hold Cordial Meeting in Texas

Dec. 28, 1963 - President Johnson and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany, meeting today at Bergstrom Air Force Base near Austin,...

Dec 28, 2023

Royals Top Celtics as “The Big O” Does It Again

Dec. 28, 1963 - Cincinnati made a myth of Boston’s basketball invincibility once again last night in Cincinnati Gardens. Oscar...

Dec 27, 2023

Rangers Top League-Leading Black Hawks as Henry Scores Two Goals

Dec. 27, 1963 - Camille Henry, at 150 pounds the smallest man in the NHL, beat the biggest team tonight. His two goals in the third...

Dec 27, 2023

New York Giants Relaxed and Confident in Advance of Championship Game

Dec. 27, 1963 - The New York Giants, who will battle the Bears Sunday at Wrigley Field for the NFL championship, were a relaxed and...

Dec 27, 2023

President Johnson Prepares To Meet New West German Chancellor

Dec. 27, 1963 - President Johnson made it clear today that the two days of talks he is starting tomorrow with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of...

Dec 27, 2023

Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman To Wed

Dec. 27, 1963 - Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine plan to be married in Hollywood next July. Mr. Borgnine said in New York today that his...

Dec 27, 2023

Khrushchev Predicts U.S. Defeat in Vietnam

Dec. 27, 1963 - Premier Khrushchev predicted today that the U.S. would be expelled from South Vietnam with “even less ceremony” than were...

Dec 27, 2023

Celtics Coast To Victory over Lakers

Dec. 27, 1963 - The Boston Celtics led through all but the opening five minutes last night as they coasted to their third straight...

Dec 26, 2023

76ers Come Back To Beat Warriors as Costello Makes Killer Play

Dec. 26, 1963 - Larry Costello (right), a 6-1 pipsqueak in a game of giants, caught the San Francisco Warrior defense completely by...

Dec 26, 2023

Film Stars Flee Blazing Circus Tent

Dec. 26, 1963 - John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, and other film personalities fled a blazing circus tent today at Aranjuez, Spain. Paramount...

Dec 26, 2023

On Sale in U.S. Today: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles

Dec. 26, 1963 - On sale today in U.S. record stores is “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” a single by the English rock band The Beatles. The...

Dec 26, 2023

Packer Coach Vince Lombardi Gets New 5-Year Contract

Dec. 26, 1963 - Vince Lombardi, who led the Green Bay Packers from the cellar to two NFL championships, received a new five-year contract...

Dec 26, 2023

Movies: “How to Murder Your Wife”

Dec. 26, 1963 - Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisa (pictured) have been signed to star in and Richard Quine will direct “How To Murder Your...

Dec 26, 2023

Former President Truman Holds Forth

Dec. 26, 1963 - Former President Harry S. Truman said today it was too soon for him to formally assess John F. Kennedy’s career in the...