| In the years WE were born: (1963) * Public schools in S.C. integrate. * Bomb explosion kills 4 young girls at a black church in Birmingham. * JFK is assassinated in Dallas. * Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous "I have a dream" speech. * The Andy Griffith Show is one of the Nielsen Top Ten. * Doris Day and John Wayne are top box-office stars. * "Puff (the Magic Dragon)" is a hit song. * The laser is developed for retinal operations. * The Beatles have their first big success with "I Want to Hold Your Hand." * Push-button phones first appear at some businesses. * Clemson beat South Carolina 20 to 24 (1964) * A new Volkswagen costs $1,695. * A loaf of bread costs about 24�. * Congress passes the Civil Rights Act. * U.S. planes attack North Vietnam after attack on U.S. Destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin. * Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize. * Malcolm X says: "I don't see an American dream; ... I see an American nightmare. ... Three hundred and ten years we worked in this country without a dime in return." * China explodes its first Atomic bomb. * IBM demonstrates a word processor that stores, corrects and retypes. * The U.S. Surgeon General links cigarette smoking and cancer. * The Ford Mustang first appeared. * The postal service introduced zip codes. * South Carolina beat Clemson 7 to 3 |