I'm turning 50 in just a few days. So this is just a list of what I think are the 50 most awesome things that came out in 1963, The Year Of Awesomeness!
50. Zip codes
49. John F Kennedy's "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" speech
48. The modern hang glider
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47. Chip Ahoy Cookies
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50. Zip codes
49. John F Kennedy's "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" speech
48. The modern hang glider
47. Chip Ahoy Cookies
46. Captain Crunch
45. Midge Hadley, the ONE and ONLY Barbie doll to get pregnant!
44. Lava lamps
43. The Pink Panther movie series
42. The first movie version of "Lord Of The Flies"
41. Touch tone telephones
40. Computer mouse
39. Instamatic cameras
38. Valium
37. "The Feminine Mystique"
36. The Organisation Of African Unity
35. "The Fugitive"
34. "Cat's Cradle"
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33. The Avengers
32. Iron Man
31. Smiley, the yellow smiley face
30. "My Boyfriend's Back"
29. "A Christmas Gift For You"
28. "Be My Baby"
27. "Where The Wild Things Are"
26. "The Outer Limits"
25. Astro Boy
24. "Ring Of Fire"
23. Abington School District v Schempp
22. Women traveling in space
21. "The Birds"
20. The Planet Of The Apes - The movie came out in 1968, but the book that started it all came out in 1963.
19. Bob Marley and The Wailers - though they went by The Teenagers in 1963
18. Johnny Depp
17. James Bond movies in America - James Bond started out in books in 1953. The first James Bond movie, "Dr No", came out in 1962. But it didn't reach America until 1963. Yeah, it's a stretch, but it's my list, so I can stretch it as far as I want!
16. X-Men
15. Quentin Tarantino
14. "Surfin USA"
13. Doctor Who
12. "Heat Wave"
11. The Kinks
10. "Surfin Bird"
9. 'Blowin In The Wind"
8. The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" - This version is actually a cover of a song that came out in 1955
7. Beatles albums - The Beatles released a single in 1962, but they didn't make an album until 1963.
6. Dead donor liver transplants
5. Gordon Gano
4. The March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom
3. "I Have A Dream"
2. My oldest and closest friend who I met in elementary school
1. Me!
Other cool stuff that came out in 1963, The Year Of Awesomeness:
- the BBC globe ident
- Lesotho's King Letsie III
- professional skateboard competitions
- Roger Corman's "The Raven" starring Vincent Price
- Tennessee Tuxedo
- the movie version of "Day Of The Triffids"
- The Irish Rovers
- Alan Arkin's film career
- Brad Pitt
- Kenya
- discovery of quasars
- Kurt Russell's film career
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