Sunday, July 21, 1963
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News Headlines This Week: |
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Jul 1 - US postal service institutes the (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code
Jul 8 - US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba
Jul 15 - Paul McCartney is fined �17 for speeding
Jul 18 - Failed military coup in Syria
Jul 19 - NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km
Jul 19 - Phila Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300
Jul 21 - 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas AC Dallas
Jul 22 - Beatles release "Introducing the Beatles"
Jul 22 - Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson to retain heavywieght championship
Jul 25 - US, Russia & England sign nuclear test ban treaty
Jul 26 - US Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched
Jul 30 - British spy Kim Philby found in Moscow
Jul 21 - Roger Lynn Craiger is born!
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Songs for 1963 |
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Blue Velvet
by Bobby Vinton
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He's So Fine
by Chiffons
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My Boyfriend's Back
by Angels
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I Will Follow Him
by Little Peggy March
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Dominique
by Singing Nun
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Fingertips (Pt. 2)
by Little Stevie Wonder
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Sugar Shack
by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs
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Hey Paula
by Paul & Paula
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Sukiyaki
by Kyu Sakamoto
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Walk Like a Man
by Four Seasons
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| 1963 Prices |
US
President |
| Bread: |
$0.21/loaf |
John F. Kennedy |
| Milk: |
$1.04/gal |
US
Vice President |
| Eggs: |
$0.96/doz |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Car: |
$2,300 |
Academy Award Winners
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| Gas: |
$0.30/gal |
| Best Picture: | Tom Jones |
| | Directed By Tony Richardson |
| Best Actor: | Sidney Poitier |
| | in Lilies Of The Field |
| Best Actress: | Patricia Neal |
| | in Hud |
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| House: |
$19,300 |
| Stamp: |
$0.05/ea |
| Avg Income: |
$6,998/yr |
| Min Wage: |
$1.25/hr |
| DOW Avg: |
763 |
| People born on July 21 |
| 1815 - Stewart Van Vliet, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901 |
| 1920 - Isaac Stern Kremenetz, Russia, violinist (debut SF Symph) |
| 1924 - Don Knotts Morgantown WV, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company) |
| 1515 - St Philippus Nerius, [Philippo Neri], Italian merchant/priest |
| 1898 - Sara Carter, Virginia, vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family) |
| 1938 - Janet Reno, US attorney general (1993- ) |
| 1620 - Jean Picard, French astronomer |
| 1899 - Ernest Hemmingway Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel 1954) |
| 1693 - Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, Engl minister of finance |
| 1802 - David Hunter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 |
| 1961 - Henry Ellard, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins) |
| 1817 - Joseph K Barnes, Major General (Union Army), died in 1883 |
| 1826 - James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General (Union volunteers) |
| 1898 - Ernest Willem Mulder, composer |
| 1828 - John Rutter Brooke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
| 1963 - Roger Lynn Craiger, Washington D.C., precious son. |
| 1856 - Louise Blanchard Bethune 1st US woman architect |
| 1944 - Tony Scott, director (Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder) |
| 1915 - Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist |
| 1952 - Robin Williams Chicago Ill, comedian (Mork & Mindy, Awakenings) |
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On TV in 1963 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
The Flinstones |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
Leave it to Beaver |
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| The Beverly Hillbillies |
Gunsmoke |
Bonanza |
The Twilight Zone |
The Andy Griffith Show |
| Perry Mason |
The Fugitive |
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Hot New Toys in 1963 |
| Dick Tracy Wrist Radio |
Jetsons Fun Pad Game |
Frosty The Sno-cone Machine |
| Operation Moon Base Playset |
Weird-Ohs |
Sea Monkeys |
| Mouse Trap |
Bowl-A-Matic |
Stratego |
| Beany Copter |
Air Blaster Gun |
Astro Ray Gun |
| Easy-Bake Oven |
Rat Fink |
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Top Books in 1963 |
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The Rise of the West
by William H. McNeill
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A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
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Six Easy Pieces
by Richard P. Feynman
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The Making of the English Working Class
by E. P. Thompson
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
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