Flashback to 1963 - A Timeline of Life in America 

Not Nov. 22☮️

My sentiments as well. Turned 4 in 1960 and ended the decade as a 13 year old eighth grader.

Wow what was it like to watch demos destroy america first hand?

Me too!

I agree. It was a great year and a great time to be a kid.

Now its a collector's item.

@@svenmartin840 Lol! Monetarily no but sentimentally yes!

You must have some great memories....I've never been to the USA..I've never left England ..I love looking back and seeing how it used to be

I recall distinctly, as though it occurred yesterday, watching and witnessing the Beatles' American premier on the "Ed Sullivan Show" (Sunday evenings) in early 1964; around the same time Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammed Ali) knocked out Sonny Liston to win the World Heavy-Weight Boxing Championship (Clay was only 21 or 22 years old). Those were heady times, before the country was swirled up in the maelstrom of Vietnam.

What's baffling is that the Beatles' second album released only a few hours before Kennedy was killed

I'm pretty sure Hawaiian I was a seventies TV show.

@@glitchnyrmatrix7296 Actually, Hawaiian Eye aired on ABC from 1959-63. You must be thinking about Hawaii Five-O (1968-80) over at CBS.

I distinctly recall the referenced TV shows that played their "swan song" in 1963. My mother wouldn't let me watch "The Untouchables"; too violent. In the early to mid-1970's I watched reruns of "Untouchables"; enjoyed it but was astonished such a gratuitously violent show would have been allowed in late 1950's/early 1960's. Back then you could not even utter the word "damn" on television! As a side note: many of the TV show "newcomers" in 1962/1963, as well as some longtime mainstays got the same "sweeping out the door" in 1971, when networks purged much of the established programming and replaced it with more libertine content in keeping with relaxed TV standards.

@@michaelwascom62 1963, "The Bullwinkle Show." Boris Badenov tries to shoot Rocky Squirrel. Natasha: That's it? Just a gun? Boris: I can't be tricky all the time! I've got other things to think about!" (Boris shoots, but the gun merely pops out a flag marked "BANG!") Natasha: You forgot, dahlink! There's no violence allowed on television anymore!" Boris: Oh...INNOCENCE...! PURITY! HONOR! VIRTUE! Natasha: Boris, watch your language! There's a lady present! Boris: I can't help it, Natasha! When I get mad, I'm liable to say anything!"

I absolutely LOVED "The Rockie and Bullwinkle" Show! Jay Ward was a creative genius; the show was eons ahead of its time. I still enjoy watching the reruns today. R&B was thoroughly infused with double entendre, and appealed to adults as well as kids. I've read that as many asults as kids watched it on Saturday mornings. The show was an hilarious satire on (what was in the early-mid 1960's) contemporary culture. In some ways, it pre-saged "Saturday Night Live" and Britain's "Second City", which came ten years later in the 1970's. Oh! the memories ...

I remember so much of that year 🤗

Yep, I was in 6th grade and it came over the intercom...Anouncment... the President of the United States has been shot.

I was only 11 days old, was born on Veterans Day. So I guess in my play pen, grunting in my drawers.

I was in school it was so horrible

I still the real reason or conspiracy was not uncovered... Nobody believes in a "the magic bullet "

I also was in first grade when the teacher told us at the end of the school day I remember it like it was yesterday

I was 6 in first grade but for some reason I didn't go to school that day and was watching TV when the first Special Bulletin flashed across the screen and rudely interrupted my viewing pleasure.

Me too 6 years old when Kennedy was killed. My god where has the time gone.

I was home sick as well. Watching local TV when they broke in with the announcement. You're right. It was wall to wall coverage, so unrelentingly sad....

Boeuf Bourguigonne was the recipe the first time ever I saw Julia. B&W, NET. I can still remember the theme song...

Sadly, Big Daddy, you ARE.

The big 6-0 this year!

Me too - a great year indeed!

Meee toooo! 😄

Me too.😀🎂🎉

I got the record in 63' still have it today.

To hell with the gag four! It

I was in 8th grade. Remember they gave us the day off on the day his funeral was held.

@@jay-zeelterbilinsky3977 I thought Lyndon Johnson started the war in Vietnam?

@@ozzieray NO!Johnson escalated the war.Kennedy was going too withdraw all USA troops.Hopefully he's doing"hard time"down below.😈😈😈

@@ozzieray No that was Kennedy a (democrat) and it got handed to LBJ his VP after Kennedy was assassinated. Nixon (a republican) ended the war in 1973

I was in 1st grade when JFK was shot. I did not understand exactly what was going on, we were called into the cafeteria and told he died. Our parents were to come get us. My mom did not drive, she brought our red wagon and picked us up. We ( per my mom) had to sit quietly and say the rosary. We did not have a clue…lol I was 6, my bro was 4 and my mom was pregnant with my sister. My dad was out at sea on the Lexington. He was a 👩‍✈️ pilot. I don’t know if he was supposed to come home or not but the next day he was home for a few days. We went to church it seems like about 10 times that week. Yes, we were raised Catholic, I’m now an agnostic. I really did not understand about the death of JFK until I was in high school. Now my adult sons ask every end of November what and why. I told them to wiki it. Lol I was 6 what could I tell them? There are alway a lot of shows on TLC and A&E. I mean no disrespect, I was just so young.

Not to carp, really. The videos are good. But those two events were huge stories.

And the debut of the game show Let's Make a Deal hosted by Monty Hall on NBC daytime on December 30, 1963.

Pope John XXIII (23rd) died on June 3, at 81. A Buddhist monk poured gasoline on himself, and lit himself on fire in Saigon, S. Vietnam; which made headlines and the horrific pic of the flames surrounding him in many newspapers.

My brother Terence was born March of 63. 10 pound baby with macaroni blond curls! My brother & I loved him. After he was born we moved to NJ too.

It wasn't that bad...nothing compared to sh!thole we have today. In fact given the bad he mentioned in this video there was actually some really good times.

unsettled rest

You got that right!

Actually, the movie was titled, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Also The Thrill of It All also released that year.

don't forget Mcclintock starring john wayne and take her she's mine.

@@pernelldh Ooops I forgot 1 Mad! Lol, That movie's free here on RU-vid right now!

@@pernelldh I remember seeing "It's A MMMMW" as a kid back in the day at a local theater. Everything about this movie was spectacular and hilarious due to it's all comedic cast. The best part was when the whole audience noticed the "Big W" and everyone howled! This is one movie that can not be remade to surpass the 1963 version.

Also Dr Who.

Think Beatles were on Ed Sullivan in early 1964. The death of JFK remains a vivid and sad memory to this day for me.

The cartoon character Mr. Zip gave me the willies.

I remember when Brooklyn Ave. was called Brooklyn Ave. in Los Angeles. I guess also when Santa Barbara Blvd. was called Santa Barbara Blvd. Wow, I guess I'm getting old.

I was born on January 3rd, and can relate to your sentiments here! 😊👍

I was born Nov. 03, 1961 and was too young to know what happened. My Mom's father also died that year and I don't remember him either.

I was born exactly a year before u🤣

“The car wouldn’t start” is a problem no millennial ever heard of.

damnoldguy...my twin sister and I were also born on July 27, 1963. 🤗👍♌🌞🦁👑

Me too Sharon.

Agree. I was old enough to be shocked at the ugliness and extent of racism.

Put it on EBay or Amazon maybe?

No debate. Easy case. Brought a gun to work, ran away after the shooting on a homicidal spree.Oswald alone. People who think otherwise are paranoid and ignorant.

@Edward rossman, and others are sheep that believe everything hey are told. You probably believe he was "Not a crook".

Its the opposite. You believe everything you are told. Conspiracy theorists abound on this case. You are the type that gets brainwashed after being bombarded with conspiracy.

The Kennedy Assassination was the perfect crime. There were too many suspects, with too many motives and too many opportunities.

@UCW9TQjzZZAK9GSdP_sTzUyg You are an idiot. Try looking into the case.

Wow! Where did you folks live? Norfolk? Lincolnshire?

@@joelfrombethlehem We lived in Clacton-On-Sea, which is a small seaside town in Essex. I was born there & spent my entire childhood there until I moved out at 21 when I married. Look for the Clacton pier & amusement arcades, it is there on that very beach next to the pier that my mother saw the sea frozen in 1963 whilst she was pregnant with me & she gave birth to me a few weeks later whilst the weather was still in the deep freeze. Thank you for taking an interest in my story Joel.

Great show.

Let's Make a Deal (hosted by Monte Hall) premiered on NBC daytime on the penultimate day of the year

@@1985OldSkool I wondered when LMAD began. So now I know. Thank you.

Thank You.

Thanks

😢

Hi Charlie.......I would soon be leaving for Pakistan as a 20250.

Charlie my dad was in Germany that day. Kennedy was killed. Not everyone knew about Mr Kennedy being killed. Because of the time difference. And At 7pm the BBC started a new program. The same day. It was. Called Dr Who. I wonder if you saw the first episode?

I was only 4 but remember the black & white TV on for the funeral & my mom, aunts & Nan crying.

I was 12 when LBJ had John F Kennedy Killed😡 LBJ was going to be arrested and SEVERAL other reasons.Look it up I thought he had it done long ago!😪. JFK was a great man!.

I was 9 and at school, 4th grade and we were sent home. I only remember my mom being at home and very upset!

It was like 9/11. On that day, I was on the job (where I still work). Around 9:00 or so, the boss got on the intercom, and ordered everybody to shut everything down, and go straight home. "National emergency! Go straight home, and don't stop anywhere! Turn on any radio station for the latest news." Even the FM rock stations switched to news, which I've never heard of before. (FM hadn't quite caught on in 1963.)

Same here! Sept. '59.

@@samanthab1923 Wow what a coincidence, my month too, September 59. 👍

The Beatles suck!

Yes, 1963 starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

She co-wrote the book with two others.

"... permanently cancelled forever." A rare triple-negative.

When I was a kid, a Stingray was the absolute _coolest_ bike a kid could have. We were too poor to get one, but some of the kids at school had 'em.