October 2, 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 — October 2, 1963
NY Times Headlines — Week of October 2, 1963
Valachi Names 5 As Crime Chiefs In New York Area; Accuses Genovese, Gambino, Bonanno, Magliocco And Luchese As Bosses Calls 2 Others Killers Tells Senators Of Burning And Bloodletting When He Joined Cosa Nostra Describes Initiation Valachi Tells Senate'S Inquiry On Crime 5 Men Control The New York Underworld Informer Details Cosa Nostra Rite Accuses 2 Men Still Living As Killers In 4 Unsolved Slayings In The 1930'S First Slaying 'Contract' 'Moonlighting' Gangster Gang Short Of Men 'Godfather' Selected
Vietnam Victory By The End Of '65 Envisaged By U.S.; Officials Say War May Be Won If Political Crisis Does Not Hamstring Effort Warn On Repression Mcnamara And Taylor Tell The President And Security Council Of Their Mission Based On Recommendations Policy May Be Reviewed President Gets Vietnam Report
Honduras Seized By Armed Forces, President Exiled; Villeda Morales Is Deported To Costa Rica, Bowing To Threat To Bomb Palace His Family Cared For Honduras Seized By Armed Forces Fighting In The Streets Move Was Well-Planned 'One Sector' Holds Out Central Americans Alert Honduran Crisis
World Events — October 1963
Time Person of the Year — 1963
On the radio
Billboard Charts — October 2, 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 — October 2, 1963
Ebert 4-Star Films — October 2, 1963
On the field
Sports Champions — October 2, 1963
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