That Was the Year That Was: 1963

1/5 -- Rogers Hornsby dies at 66

1/28 -- Last state, South Carolina, ends segregation in schools

1/29 -- Robert Frost dies at 88

2/21 -- Medicare submitted to Congress by JFK

4/10 -- Nuclear-powered submarine Thresher sinks in Atlantic

5/15-16 -- Gordon Cooper orbits Earth 22 times

6/23 -- JFK's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech

6/23 -- Julius Boros wins U.S. Open

7/21 -- Jack Nicklaus wins PGA

8/5 -- Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 407.45 mph

8/27 -- W.E.B. DuBois dies at 95

8/28 -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech

9/29 -- Stan Musiel retires at 42

10/2-6 -- Dodgers sweep Yankees in World Series

11/22 -- JFK assassinated in Dallas; LBJ becomes president

11/24 -- Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated on live TV

11/25 -- JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery

11/29 -- Warren Commission established by LBJ

12/4 -- Use of English in masses approved by Catholic Church

12/31 -- NFL Championship: Bears 14, Giants 0