It will be 1963 on Aug. 16, 2009 for the new season of Mad Men
MAJOR EVENTS:
**President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas; Vice President Lyndon Johnson becomes President. The accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot and killed a short time later.
**Civil rights protests continue throughout the South, during which nonviolent activists are frequently met with beatings and arrests. 200,000 people march on Washington in support of civil rights; Dr. Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech.
**U.S., Soviet Union and Britain sign a nuclear test ban treaty
**Scandals in British Parliament leads to resignations of key officials
**"Great train robbery" in Britain yields £2.5 million for thieves
**Kenya gains independence
**Pope John XXIII dies; Cardinal Montini elected Pope, takes name of Paul VI
**Washington-Moscow "hot line" established
**Congress expands its investigation of organized crime
**President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas; Vice President Lyndon Johnson becomes President. The accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot and killed a short time later.
**Civil rights protests continue throughout the South, during which nonviolent activists are frequently met with beatings and arrests. 200,000 people march on Washington in support of civil rights; Dr. Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech.
**U.S., Soviet Union and Britain sign a nuclear test ban treaty
**Scandals in British Parliament leads to resignations of key officials
**"Great train robbery" in Britain yields £2.5 million for thieves
**Kenya gains independence
**Pope John XXIII dies; Cardinal Montini elected Pope, takes name of Paul VI
**Washington-Moscow "hot line" established
**Congress expands its investigation of organized crime
Oh and this also happened in 1963: Betty Friedan publishes her highly influential book The Feminine Mystique, which describes the dissatisfaction felt by middle-class American housewives with the narrow role imposed on them by society. The book becomes a best-seller and galvanizes the modern women's rights movement.
and on June 10 Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for employers to pay a woman less than what a man would receive for the same job.
and on June 10 Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for employers to pay a woman less than what a man would receive for the same job.
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