| That was the year when...
|
|
| • |
UK: The Great
Train Robbery netted the infamous gang a cool £2.6m |
| • |
John F Kennedy was shot
and a thousand conspiracy theories were born |
| • |
The infamous Alcatraz
closed it's doors for the last time as a prison |
| • |
The British government
revealed that newspaper correspondant Kim Philby was a
Soviet spy |
| • |
Civil rights leader Medger
Evers murdered outside his home |
| 1963 was a time of great political unrest
with the assassinations of JFK and Medgar Evers sparking
race riots across the country. In the UK the Profumo scandal
broke causing John Profumo to resign and Dr Stephen Ward
to commit suicide. |
| You Have been Watching... |
| • |
Tom Jones (Best Film Oscar) |
| • |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
