Reminisce Extra – September 2019

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10 REMINISCE.COM * SEPTEMBER 2019

DIETGURU

FASTANDSTYLISH

CIVILRIGHTSLEADER

SanFranciscoclosed.

MARCH 28 Alfred

Hitchcock’savian

horrorTheBirdsopens

inNewYork.

APRIL 1 General

HospitaldebutsonABC.

APRIL 8 Lawrenceof

Arabiawinsbestpicture

atthe 35 thAcademy

Awards.

APRIL 9 President

KennedygrantsWinston

Churchillhonorary

Americancitizenship.

MAY 1 Coca-Cola

introducesTaB,top,its

firstdietcola.

MAY 15 JeanNidetch,

bottomright,founds

WeightWatchers.

JUNE 12 Civilrights

activistMedgarEvers,

topright,ismurdered

outsidehishomein

Jackson,Mississippi.

JUNE 12 Cleopatra,a

243 -minuteepicstarring

ElizabethTaylor,opens.

JAN. 2 TheVietCong

winsitsfirstmajorvictory

againstSouthVietnam

andU.S.forcesinthe

BattleofApBac.

JAN. 14 GeorgeWallace

becomesAlabama

governorwithavowof

“segregationforever.”

JAN. 30 Forhisdoctoral

thesis,IvanSutherland

detailsSketchpad,a

computerprogramfor

drawingdirectlyonthe

screenwithalightpen.

FEB. 8 Thepresident

banstraveltoCuba.

FEB. 19 TheFeminine

MystiquebyBetty

Friedanreawakensthe

women’sliberation

movement.

MARCH 5 Country

singerPatsyClinedies

inaplanecrashnear

Camden,Tennessee.

MARCH 21 Attorney

GeneralRobertKennedy

ordersAlcatrazprisonin

JULY 1 Thepostoffice

introducesZIPcodes.

AUG. 5 TheU.S.,U.K.

andSovietUnionsign

theLimitedNuclearTest

BanTreaty.

AUG. 28 TheRev.Martin

LutherKingJr.delivers

his“IHaveaDream”

speechattheLincoln

Memorial.

SEPT. 12 ThePorsche

901 (laterrenamedthe

911 ),left,debutsatan

autoshowinGermany.

OCT.3-4Hurricane

FloracontinuesintoHaiti

andCuba,withafinaltoll

exceeding 7 , 000 deaths.

NOV. 18 BellTelephone

introducesthefirst

electronicpush-button

phoneintheU.S.

NOV. 29 President

Johnsonestablishes

theWarrenCommission

toinvestigateJohnF.

Kennedy’sassassination.

Tenmonthslater,it

concludesthatgunman

LeeHarveyOswald

actedalone.

DEC. 26 Capitol

Recordsreleasesthe

Beatles’“IWanttoHold

YourHand,”withtheB

side“ISawHerStanding

There,”intheU.S.;

250 , 000 copiessellin

threedays.

CIVIL RIGHTS, EPIC MOVIES AND ANATIONALTRAGEDY

T

he country mourns the assassination ofPresidentJohn

F. Kennedy on Nov. 22 in Dallas, Texas.Hissuccessor,

Lyndon B. Johnson, inherits the war inVietnamand

growing unrest over civil rights for AfricanAmericans.

A new oral polio vaccine is added to lumpsofsugar.

TV’s The Outer Limits and My Favorite Martian exploreour

fascination with science fiction. The lava lamp mesmerizesand

the yellow smiley face pops up. Stevie Wonder hashisfirstNo. 1

hit with Fingertips. Maxwell House cooks up freeze-driedcoffee.

And Kenner rolls out the Easy-Bake Oven in timeforChristmas.

BYDEBRASTEILEN

Time

Capsule

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