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Jump on our Virtual Newsstand as we journey back to 1963. See and read the comic books on sale month by month, and find out the major news of the day.

January: The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman (British Railways No. 60103) makes last scheduled run, before being preserved.

February: Suffering from severe depression American-born poet, & wife of Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath commits suicide in London.

March: Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds film poster Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" staring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy & Suzanne Pleshette is released.

April: Yugoslavia changes its official name to the "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" & Josip Broz Tito is named President for Life.

May: Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor uses fire hoses & police dogs on protestors in Birmingham, Alabama.

June: Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space piloting Vostok 6 during a three day mission.

July: ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes introduced into service by the United States Postal Service. There are now over 42,000 Codes.

August: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech to over 250,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

September: The United States Senate ratifies the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty between the Soviet Union, United Kingdom & U.S.

October: Édith Piaf ('The Little Sparrow'), singer & one of France's greatest international stars dies of liver cancer aged 47.

November: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated & Texas Governor John B. Connally seriously wounded in Dallas, Texas.

December: The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane program by the United States Air Force cancelled just after construction has begun.

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January

The Flying Scotsman
The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman (British Railways No. 60103) makes last scheduled run, before being preserved more ...

February

Grave Of Sylvia Plath
Suffering from severe depression American-born poet, & wife of Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath commits suicide in London more ...

March

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds film poster
Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" staring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy & Suzanne Pleshette is released more ...
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April

Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslavia changes its official name to the "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" & Josip Broz Tito is named President for Life more ...

May

Eugene Bull Connor
Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor uses fire hoses & police dogs on protestors in Birmingham, Alabama more ...

June

Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space piloting Vostok 6 during a three day mission more ...

July

Mr Zip
ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes introduced into service by the United States Postal Service. There are now over 42,000 Codes more ...

August

Martin Luther King Making I Have A Dream Speach
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech to over 250,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial more ...
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September

Kennedy Signs Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The United States Senate ratifies the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty between the Soviet Union, United Kingdom & U.S. more ...

October

Edith Piaf
Édith Piaf ('The Little Sparrow'), singer & one of France's greatest international stars dies of liver cancer aged 47 more ...

November

Kennedy Motorcade In Dallas
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated & Texas Governor John B. Connally seriously wounded in Dallas, Texas more ...

December

X-20 Artists Impression
The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane program by the United States Air Force cancelled just after construction has begun more ...

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1963
Tereshkova first woman in space - US ZIP codes introduced - President Kennedy assassinated - Hitchcock's "The Birds" is released more ...
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