A compendium of the year's milestone stories and watershed events in
popular culture and politics. This year alone saw The Beatles' first No
1, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech, the BBC's launch of
Doctor Who, the Great Train Robbery, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley begin
operating, the Profumo Affair rocks politics, Valentina Tereshkova is
the first woman in space, the coldest winter since 1740, James Bond
becomes an international phenomenon, 70,000 protest against nuclear
weapons in London, Harold Wilson is elected, onset of new politics and
satire, and the assassination of JFK. Arranged in a chronological,
month-by-month format, 1963: The Year That Was pieces together these
happenings, exploring their immediate and long-term effects and
implications.