September 15, 1963
That fall of 1963, gas ran $0.30 a gallon and Kennedy was in the White House — the partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty had just taken effect, limiting nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere, underwater, and in space. On television, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was winning Emmy Awards, and Charles M. Schulz's "Happiness Is a Warm Puppy" sat at the top of the nonfiction bestseller list. The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees in four games to win the World Series, and off the coast of Iceland, a volcanic eruption on the ocean floor broke the surface and created an entirely new island, Surtsey, from scratch.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — September 15, 1963
NY Times Headlines — Week of September 15, 1963
Soviet Insists U.S. Pull Out Its Troops In Vietnam Dispute; Soviet Demands U.S. Quit Vietnam Tass Releases Editorial Hanoi Bids U.N. Solve Crisis
U.N. Session Is On; Assembly Elects Venezuelan Chief; Sosa Rodriguez Unopposed --He Says Nuclear Pact Changes Fears To Hope Moscow Is Optimistic Izvestia Notes 'Fair Winds' --Seating Of Red China Is Raised By Albania Castro Foes Demonstrate U.N. Assembly Elects Venezuelan President As Session Opens In A Hopeful Mood New Chief Hails Test Ban Accord Dr. Sosa Rodriguez Asserts Agreement Has Changed Men'S Fears To Hope High Officials To Confer
Washington Is Surprised By President'S Proposal; Offered As Prestige Project Washington Surprised At Retreat From Insistence That U.S Reach Moon First Value Of Priority Stressed Earlier President Had Seen Scant Hope Of Cooperation In Exploration Of Space Recent Position Reversed
Soviet Condemns China On Test Ban; Rejects As 'Absurd' Peking Charge Moscow Betrayed Reds By Signing Pact Soviet Denounces China On Test Ban Peace Efforts Pledged
Kennedy Asks Joint Moon Flight By U.S. And Soviet As Peace Step; Urges New Accords In U.N. Speech; Cold War 'Pause' President Says Clouds Have Lifted A Little Since His '61 Talk Policy Change Indicated Advance In Two Years U.S.-Soviet Expedition To Moon Suggested By Kennedy At U.N. Silent On Rocket Suggeation
World Events — September 1963
Time Person of the Year — 1963
On the radio
Billboard Charts — September 15, 1963
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1963–64 Season
Emmy Winners — 1963
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — September 15, 1963
Ebert 4-Star Films — September 15, 1963
On the field
Sports Champions — September 15, 1963
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