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1963
The 20th Century Almanac · The Sixties

1963

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas and Lyndon Johnson took the oath aboard Air Force One, while Martin Luther King delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech at the March on Washington. Medgar Evers was murdered, the nuclear test-ban treaty was signed, and Tom Jones won Best Picture.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Tom Jones
Nobel · Literature
Seferis
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. NY Yankees Serie
No. 1 Song
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Top TV
The Beverly Hill Billies (CBS)
Academy · Actor
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Major Events of 1963

13 events
French Veto Common MaketNgo Dinh Diem AssasinatedKenya IndependentOAU FoundedNuclear TestFeminine MystiqueU of Alabama IntegratedMedgar Evers SlainMarch on WashingtonKennedy visits BerlinKennedy AssassinatedVaccine for MeaslesUSS Thresher Sinks

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1963

Champions

NBABoston Celtics vs. LA Lakers Series: 4-2
NCAA FootballTexas Record: 11-0-0
Heisman TrophyRoger Staubach, navy QB points: 1,860
Stanley CupToronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings Series: 4-1 US Open Golf: Julius Boros Score: 293 Course: The Country Club Location: Brookline, MA
World SeriesLos Angeles Dodgers vs. NY Yankees Series: 4-0

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. Cleopatra
  2. The Longest Day
  3. Irma La Douce
  4. Lawrence of Arabia
  5. How the West Was Won
  6. Mutiny on the Bounty
  7. Son of Flubber
  8. To Kill a Mockingbird
  9. Bye Bye Birdie
  10. Come Blow Your Horn

Top Television

  1. The Beverly Hill Billies (CBS)
  2. Bonanza (NBC)
  3. The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
  4. Petticoat Junction (CBS)
  5. The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
  6. The Lucy Show (CBS)
  7. Candid Camera (CBS)
  8. The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
  9. The Danny Thomas Show (CBS)
  10. My Favorite Martian (CBS) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); © 1996-2025

Academy Awards

Honoring 1963
Best Picture
Tom Jones
Best Director
Tony Richardson
Tom Jones" Best Actor Sidney Poitier
Best Actress
Patricia Neal
Hud

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
The prize was divided equally between: ZIEGLER, KARL, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut fÙr Kohlenforschung (Max-Planck-Institute for Carbon Research) MÙlheim/Ruhr, b. 1898, d. 1973; and NATTA, GIULIO, Italy, Institute of Technology, Milan, b. 1
Literature
SEFERIS, GIORGOS (pen-name of SEFERIADIS, GIORGOS), Greece, b. 1900 (in Smyrna, Turkey), d. 1971: "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture"
Peace
The prize was divided equally between COMITƒ INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX-ROUGE (INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE REDCROSS) Geneva, founded 1863. LIGUE DES SOCIƒTƒS DE LA CROIX-ROUGE (LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES) Geneva. PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE
Physics
The prize was divided, one half being awarded to: WIGNER, EUGENE P., U.S.A., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, b. 1902 (in Budapest, Hungary), d. 1995: "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particl

Pulitzer Prizes

Fiction
William Faulkner ... "The Reivers"
History
Constance McLaughlin Green ... "Washington, Village & Capital" International Reporting: Hal Hendrix ... "Miami News" National Reporting: Anthony Lewis ... "New York Times"
Public Service
"Chicago Daily News"