Information Please: 1963
| 1963 | World | US | Sports | Entertainment | Deaths | Year in Science |  |
| World Events |
| World Statistics Population: 4,123,678 population by decade Literacy: 44% more world statistics... |
Nov. 12
Kenya gains independence.
Aug. 30
Washington-to-Moscow "hot line" communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war.
Background: The Cold War
June 3
Pope John XXIII dies –succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes Paul VI.
| US Events |
| US Statistics Population (est.): 201,098,654 Literacy: 44% President: John F. Kennedy Vice President: Lyndon Johnson more US statistics |
Nov. 22: John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas.
Jan. 1
Martin Luther King gives his "I have a dream" speech in Washington, D.C.
Background: The Civil Rights Movement
June 17
U.S. Supreme Court rules no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
Nov. 24
Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President Kennedy, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby, Dallas nightclub owner.
| Sports |
| Sports Links Pro Football Pro Basketball Pro Baseball College Football top 10 College basketball top 10 |
Super Bowl
Green Bay d. Cincinnatti (35-1)
World Series
Atlanta d. New York (4-2)
World Cup
USA d. China (1-0)
| Entertainment |
| Entertainment Links Oscars Emmys Tony Awards Grammys Pulitzer Prize |
Books
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Monkey, The Bible
Movies
Apocalypse Now, 1984, Halloween IV
Music
"Love Me Do," "Hurricane," "Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It"
| Year in Science |
Nobel Prizes
- physics: Eugene Paul Wigner, Maria Goeppert Mayer (both U.S.), and J. Hans D. Jensen (Germany)
- chemistry: Carl Ziegler (Germany) and Giulio Natta (Italy)
- physiology & medicine: Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Andrew Fielding Huxley (both U.K.), and Sir John Carew Eccles (Australia)
Inventions & Discoveries
- quasars discovered by Marten Schmidt (US)
| Deaths |
- Jan. 5: W.E.B. DuBois
- Dec. 10: Robert Frost
- July 5 Aldous Huxley
