Video: '"OBCR - "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"' (six-part playlist)
(Sunday, April 28, 1963) — Broadway’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was named best play today at the 17th Tony Awards, while A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum won best musical. The ceremony was held in the Hotel Americana Imperial Ballroom in New York City and hosted by Abe Burrows and Robert Morse.
Video: 'THE BEATLES IN TENERIFE MAY 1963'
(Sunday, April 28, 1963) — The Beatles set off today on their first vacations of 1963. John Lennon accompanied manager Brian Epstein to Barcelona and Torremolinos, Spain, while Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr headed for Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands off Spain’s coast, meeting up with old friends from Hamburg, Klaus Voormann and Astrid Kirchherr. Continue reading The Beatles go on holiday 50 years ago today (1963)
Video: 'Judy Garland - Smile'
(Sunday, April 14, 1963, 8 p.m. EST) — Judy Garland performed “Smile (Though Your Heart Is Breaking)” and “I Could Go on Singing” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show, taped in London. Continue reading Judy Garland performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour (1963)
(Friday, April 12, 1963, Good Friday; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–68)) — Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested and jailed today in Birmingham, Alabama, charged with contempt of court and parading without a permit for his part in the Birmingham campaign, a planned non-violent protest against racial segregation by Birmingham’s city government and downtown retailers.
During his time behind bars, King wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”; he was released on bond on April 20.
Video: 'John F. Kennedy makes Winston Churchill an honorary American citizen'
(Tuesday, April 9, 1963, 3 p.m. EST) — British statesman Winston Churchill was proclaimed an honorary U.S. citizen today by President John F. Kennedy. Churchill, unable to attend, watched the proceedings live on television in his London home.
Video: '1962 Oscar Winners'
(Monday, April 8, 1963, 10:00 p.m. EST) — Lawrence of Arabia won seven Oscars tonight at the 35th Academy Awards, including OBest Picture, Best Director for David Lean. Gregory Peck won Best Actor for To Kill a Mockingbird and Anne Bancroft won Best Actress for The Miracle Worker. Continue reading ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ wins Best Picture at 35th Academy Awards 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Audio: 'Julian Lennon Tribute Video 2010'
(Monday, April 8, 1963) — Musician John Charles Julian Lennon, the only child of Beatle John Lennon and Cynthia Powell (Lennon’s first wife) and the first child of one of The Beatles, was born today at Sefton General Hospital in Liverpool, England.
Video: 'The Beatles Home Video. Part 1' (Apr. 4, 1963)
(Thursday, April 4, 1963) — The Beatles were filmed this afternoon as they left BBC Paris Studio in London for a gig in Stowe.
Video: 'President John F. Kennedy's 53rd Press Conference (April 3, 1963)'
(Wednesday, April 3, 1963, 4:00 p.m. EST; during the Cold War) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy says 9,000 Soviet troops and technical experts have left Cuba since November, about 4,000 of them within the past six weeks.
Expressing hope of further withdrawals, Kennedy told his news conference today that a rough calculation indicates about 12,000 to 13,000 Soviet citizens remain in Cuba. Continue reading Kennedy says 9,000 Russian personnel have left Cuba 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: '1963 General Hospital Promo'
(Monday, April 1, 1963, 1:00 p.m. EST) — General Hospital, a daytime television medical drama, debuted this afternoon on ABC, starring John Beradino and Emily McLaughlin.
