Saturday, March 26, 2005





In 1963 (the year you were born)


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



What Happened the Year You Were Born?


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