Remember?
There
is a great line, in an episode of the television series M*A*S*H,
where Colonel Potter (played by Harry Morgan) says, "Sometimes
it's just nice to talk to someone who remembers the same presidents
that you do." It's
true!
Here are a few news headlines from our senior year. Do you remember them?
| 09/02/1963 | George Wallace prevented the integration of Tuskegee High School by encircling the building with state troopers. |
| 11/02/1963 | A military coup toppled the South Vietnamese government; Premier Ngo Dinh Diem was killed; and a military-controlled provisional regime was established. |
| 11/18/1963 | Touch-tone service for telephones introduced. |
| 11/22/1963 | President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas. |
| 11/24/1963 | Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 11/25/1963 | President Kennedy buried at Arlington National Cemetery. |
| 11/29/1963 | President Johnson named the members of the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy. |
| 12/12/1963 | Kenya gained independence from Britain. |
| 01/08/1964 | President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared his "War on Poverty." |
| 01/11/1964 | US Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government warning that smoking may be hazardous to your health. |
| 01/23/1964 | The 24th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, eliminating the poll tax. |
| 02/09/1964 | The Beatles made their first television appearance in the United States on the Ed Sullivan Show. |
| 02/17/1964 | The US Supreme Court issued its "one man, one vote" decision. |
| 02/25/1964 | Cassius Clay (now Muhammad Ali) becomes the heavyweight champion of the world by defeating Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Florida. |
| 03/14/1964 | A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby "guilty" of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 03/17/1964 | The U.S. National Security Council recommends the bombing of North Vietnam. President Johnson approves only the planning phase by the Pentagon. |
| 04/05/1964 | General Douglas MacArthur died in Washington at age 84. |
| 04/13/1964 | Sidney Poitier wins an Academy Award for Lillies of the Field. |
| 04/17/1964 | Ford Motor Company introduced the Mustang. |
| 05/27/1964 | The first prime minister of India, Jawaharal Nehru, dies. |