“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy
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Events • President John F Kennedy assassinated in the United States • The Warren Commission is established to investigate the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy • American Express introduces Credit Cards Into The UK. • Lyndon Johnson Becomes President • Indiana State Fair Coliseum Explosion kills 74 • The Profumo Crisis in the UK causing resignations from the cabinet caused by war minister John Profumo having an affair with Christina Wheeler who was also involved with a Soviet Navy officer • Alcatraz federal penitentiary known as “The Rock” closes • Berlin Wall Opened For 1 Day Passes • The Sabin oral Polio Vaccine which is taken with a lump of sugar is given nationwide in US and UK
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• In the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright rules that a fair trial “cannot be realized if the poor man charged with [the] crime has to face his accusers without a lawyer to assist him.” • Members of Ku Klux Klan dynamite Baptist Church in Birmingham,
Alabama killing 4 young girls causing US Wide public outrage and Condemnation for the action. • Studebaker the US Car Maker goes out of business and Ends production
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• The United States and the Soviet Union agree to establish a “hot line” direct communication system between the two nations to prevent a possible Nuclear War. • Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I have a dream” speech • Jack Ruby murders John F. Kennedy’s suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswaldon November 24th live on television. • James Meredith becomes the fi rst African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi
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Popular Culture • This was the year an Insurance fi rm State Mutual Life Insurance invented the Smiley Face, its now found on anything and everything around the world including T Shirts. • The Beatles release their fi rst album Please Please Me.
Technology • AT&T introduces touch tone phones • Flymo Sells fi rst Hover Mower • The fi rst prototype Learjet takes off Zip codes implemented in US • Lava Lamp or The Astro Lamp Launched by Edward Craven Walker • Tape Cassette Netherlands used to record and play audio • Pull Tab Can As Used For Soda U.S.A. Alcoa Company
Popular Films
Cleopatra, The Longest Day, Lawrence of Arabia , Mutiny on the Bounty , To Kill a Mockingbird
Popular Musicians The Beatles, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, The Drifters, Jim Reeves
Cost Of Living 1963 Average Cost of new house $12,650 Average Income per year $5,807 Gas per Gallon 29 cents Average Cost of a new car $3,233 Loaf of bread 22 cents Bedroom Air Conditioner $149.95 63’ Aston Martin
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