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1 / 16President Kennedy is assassinated on November 22, 1963 while travelling in a motorcade through downtown Dallas, Texas. His assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is quickly caught, but is shot to death himself a few days later.

News

President Kennedy is assassinated on November 22, 1963 while travelling in a motorcade through downtown Dallas, Texas. His assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is quickly caught, but is shot to death himself a few days later.

2 / 16Four young girls are killed in an explosion when Ku Klux Klan members dynamite a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama causing wide public outrage and condemnation for the action.

News

Four young girls are killed in an explosion when Ku Klux Klan members dynamite a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama causing wide public outrage and condemnation for the action.

3 / 16The March On Washington is held on August 28th where Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech to a crowd of 250,000.

News

The March On Washington is held on August 28th where Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech to a crowd of 250,000.

4 / 16Towering hairdos known as beehives or B-52's are in fashion. American girl group The Ronettes demonstrate.

Fashion

Towering hairdos known as beehives or B-52's are in fashion. American girl group The Ronettes demonstrate.

5 / 16Termed "The Great Train Robbery" by the UK press, a gang of criminals halt the Glasgow to London mail train and make off with an estimated 2.6 million pounds.

News

Termed "The Great Train Robbery" by the UK press, a gang of criminals halt the Glasgow to London mail train and make off with an estimated 2.6 million pounds.

6 / 16Zip Codes are introduced in the United States. The Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) was a system to make mail delivery more efficient.

News

Zip Codes are introduced in the United States. The Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) was a system to make mail delivery more efficient.

7 / 16John Profumo resigns from the UK House of Commons after admitting he lied when he denied having an affair with Christine Keeler. British intelligence had warned Profumo to break off the relationship because Keeler was also sleeping with Russian naval attache Yevgeni Ivanov at the time.

News

John Profumo resigns from the UK House of Commons after admitting he lied when he denied having an affair with Christine Keeler. British intelligence had warned Profumo to break off the relationship because Keeler was also sleeping with Russian naval attache Yevgeni Ivanov at the time.

8 / 161963 advertisement for Cadillac.

Advertising

1963 advertisement for Cadillac.

9 / 161963 advertisement for Avon cosmetics entitled Avon Calling.

Advertising

1963 advertisement for Avon cosmetics entitled Avon Calling.

10 / 16Detail from 1963 Coca Cola advertisement.

Advertising

Detail from 1963 Coca Cola advertisement.

11 / 161963 advertisement for 7-Up soda.

Advertising

1963 advertisement for 7-Up soda.

12 / 16Photo from the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds showing actor Tippi Hedren.

Movies

Photo from the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds showing actor Tippi Hedren.

13 / 16A photo from the 1963 epic film Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

Movies

A photo from the 1963 epic film Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

14 / 16A fall 1963 fashion image from Seventeen Magazine.

Fashion

A fall 1963 fashion image from Seventeen Magazine.

15 / 16Fashion image of 1963 beach wear.

Fashion

Fashion image of 1963 beach wear.

16 / 16Women preparing for 1963 Puerto Rico Day Parade in New York.

Lifestyle

Women preparing for 1963 Puerto Rico Day Parade in New York.