In The News  

John Glenn is the first American to orbit Earth (Friendship)
Ol' Miss desegregated ~

National Debt exceeds $300 billion ~

Supreme Court bans prayer in public schools ~

President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs ~

Supreme Court backs "one-man one-vote" apportionment of seats in state legislatures ~

Cuban Missile Crisis begins as U.S. becomes aware of missiles in Cuba; JFK makes televised speech about the crisis ~

  Famous Firsts  

Dulles Airport opens in D.C. ~

Lear jet introduced ~

Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do", released ~

NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks ~

First American indoor sub-four-min mile (Jim Beatty, 3 min., 58.9 sec.) ~

A laser beam is bounced off the moon for the very first time ~

The very first geosynchronous communcations satellite (Telstar I) ~

First quasar located by radio ~

First to steal 100+ bases in a season (Maury Wills, 104) ~

  American Life  

Marilyn Monroe sings "Happy Birthday" to JFK ~

Gas is 31 sents a gallon ~

Pop hits: "Peppermint Twist" by Joey Dee and the Starliters;
"Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler; "Johnny Angel" by Shelly Fabares ~

The Beverly Hillbillies and The Merv Griffin Show are tops on TV ~

Andy Warhol paints Campbell Soup Can ~

H. Ross Perot founds Electronic Data Systems ~

Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game ~

First baseball game at L.A.'s Dodger Stadium ~

Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News ~

New Ford is $2,453.00 ~

Madres shirts and wrap-around skirts are popular ~

  Entertainment  

Average price of a movie ticket is 70 cents ~

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are together for the first time in Cleopatra ~

Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft star in The Miracle Worker, based on the life of Helen Keller ~

The Music Man premieres in Mason City, Iowa ~

Mutiny on the Bounty, with Marlon Brando, opens ~

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is published ~

Nighttime version of Password, with Allen Ludden, premieres on CBS ~

West Side Story soundtrack album goes to number one and stays there for 54 weeks, more than 20 weeks longer than any other album ~

Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" ~

Peter, Paul, and Mary release their first hit, "If I Had A Hammer" ~

ABC's firstr color TV series The Jetsons ~

Johnny Carson hosts his first Tonight Show; Joan Crawford guests ~

The Osmond Brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show ~

  Born This Year  

Tom Cruise
Demi Moore
Jodie Foster
Paula Abdul
Garth Brooks
Roger Clemens
Evander Holyfield
Al Unser, Jr.

   

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