1963
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads Civil Rights march on Washington
President John F. Kennedy assassinated, Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
Digital Equipment Corporation introduces PDP-8, first successful minicomputer
The Beatles make UK headlines, Beatlemania is born
"Whaam" by Roy Lichtenstein
"Hamburger with Pickle and Tomato Attached" by Claes Oldenburg
"V." by Thomas Pynchon
"The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan
"I, etcetera" by Susan Sontag