Class of 1963 50th Class Reunion

1963 Facts and Events

• President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas; Vice President Lyndon Johnson becomes President. The accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot and killed a short time later.

• Civil rights protests continue throughout the South, during which nonviolent activists are frequently met with beatings and arrests

• 200,000 people march on Washington in support of civil rights; Dr. Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech

• Dr. Michael DeBakey pioneers use of artificial heart for use during heart surgery

• First successful liver transplant

• World Series: Los Angeles over New York Yankees, 4-0

• Jack Nicklaus wins his first Masters golf tournament; with over $125,000 in winnings, Arnold Palmer becomes golf’s all-time top money winner

• Movies: Dr. Strangelove, The Birds, Tom Jones

• Songs: Go Away Little Girl, He’s So Fine, It’s My Party, Blue Velvet, My Boyfriend’s Back, Call Me Irresponsible

• TV Shows: My Favorite Martian, 77 Sunset Strip, McHale’s Navy, The Fugitive, Petticoat Junction

• Books: In the Clearing, Robert Frost; The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John Le Carré; The American Way of Death, Jessica Mitford

• "Pop" artists Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns gain national notoriety, as does the entire genre of Pop Art

• Audio cassettes introduced

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