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Peter Pan
Peter Pan is broadcast on TV live and in color from the 1954 version of the stage musical starring Mary Martin on March 7. Disney released an animated version the previous year. -
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle is in the middle of his career as a famous New York Yankees outfielder and American League All-Star for the sixth year in a row. -
California Baseball
California baseball begins as the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants move to California and become the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. They are the first major league teams west of Kansas City -
Space Monkey
Space Monkey: Able and Miss Baker return to Earth from space aboard the flight Jupiter AM-18 -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the November 8 general election -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan: After a New York Times review by critic Robert Shelton, Bob Dylan is signed to Columbia Records -
John Glenn
John Glenn: Flew the first American manned orbital mission termed "Friendship 7" on February 20. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X makes his infamous statement "The chickens have come home to roost" about the Kennedy assassination, thus causing the Nation of Islam to censor him. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon back again: Former Vice President Nixon is elected in the 1968 presidential election of the United States -
Crack Cocaine 1983
Crack cocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s
