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MEMORIES
In 1963
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A Stamp Cost 4 Cents
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Lyndon B.
Johnson becomes president of the US
The atomic powered submarine, Thresher, sinks in the
North Atlantic killing 129
A civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites,
features Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
speech
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated as he rides in
a motorcade through downtown Dallas
Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique, launching
a middle-class feminist movement
Michael Jordan, Quentin Tarantino, Conan O'Brien, Johnny
Depp, and Brad Pitt are born
Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series
Chicago Bears win the NFL championship
Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup
The Beatles receive their first #1 hit single, when
"Please Please Me" tops the charts in the UK
Astroboy (known as Mighty Atom in Japanese) Japan's
first ever anime was launched
NBC expands its evening network news program to 30
minutes
The television remote control is authorized by the FCC
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Class of 1963 at 45th Reunion
Row 1 Cookie (Kellner) Friesner, Pam (Gierhart)
Schaffner, Mary Ruth (Weakley) Martens, Shirley (Sain) Clark, Marsha
Ansel, Bonnie (Newell) Voight, Linda Leach, Marilyn Clendenen Frances Senig
Row 2 Gary Miller, Jill (George) Schrader, Larry Wright, Bob Hanley,
Lester & Chester Estep, Larry Buchanan, Karen (MeCafferty) Heath, Susan
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