Sports
NBA: Boston Celtics vs. LA Lakers Series: 4-2
NCAA Football: Texas Record: 11-0-0
Heisman Trophy: Roger Staubach, navy QB points: 1,860
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings Series: 4-1
US Open Golf: Julius Boros Score: 293 Course: The Country Club Location: Brookline, MA
World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. NY Yankees Series: 4-0
Chart-Toppers: 1963
1."Go Away Little Girl" ... Steve Lawrence
2."Walk Right In" ... The Rooftop Singers
3."Hey Paula" ... Paul and Paula
4."Walk Like a Man" ... The Four Seasons
5."Our Day Will Come" ... Ruby and the Romantics
6."He's So Fine" ... The Chiffons
7."I Will Follow Him" ... Little Peggy March
8."If You Wanna Be Happy" ... Jimmy Soul
9."It's My Party" ... Lesely Gore
10."Sukiyaki" ... Kyu Sakamot
Top Movies of 1963
1. Cleopatra
2. The Longest Day
3. Irma La Douce
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. How the West Was Won
6. Mutiny on the Bounty
7. Son of Flubber
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
9. Bye Bye Birdie
10. Come Blow Your Horn
Academy Awards
Best Picture: "Tom Jones"
Best Director: Tony Richardson ... "Tom Jones"
Best Actor Sidney Poitier ... "Lilies of the Field"
Best Actress: Patricia Neal ... "Hud"
Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
The prize was divided equally between: ZIEGLER, KARL, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut fÙr Kohlenforschung (Max-Planck-Institute for Carbon Research) MÙlheim/Ruhr, b. 1898, d. 1973; and NATTA, GIULIO, Italy, Institute of Technology, Milan, b. 1903, d. 1979: "for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers"
Literature
SEFERIS, GIORGOS (pen-name of SEFERIADIS, GIORGOS), Greece, b. 1900 (in Smyrna, Turkey), d. 1971: "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture"
Peace
The prize was divided equally between COMITƒ INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX-ROUGE (INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE REDCROSS) Geneva, founded 1863. LIGUE DES SOCIƒTƒS DE LA CROIX-ROUGE (LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES) Geneva.
PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE
The prize was awarded jointly to: ECCLES, Sir JOHN CAREW, Australia, Australian National University, Canberra, b. 1903, d. 1997; HODGKIN, Sir ALAN LLOYD, Great Britain, Cambridge University, Cambridge, b. 1914, d. 1998; and HUXLEY, Sir ANDREW FIELDING, Great Britain, London University, b. 1917: "for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane"
Physics
The prize was divided, one half being awarded to: WIGNER, EUGENE P., U.S.A., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, b. 1902 (in Budapest, Hungary), d. 1995: "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles"; and the other half jointly to: GOEPPERT-MAYER, MARIA, U.S.A., University of California, La Jolla, CA, b. 1906 (in Kattowitz, then Germany), d. 1972; and JENSEN, J. HANS D., Germany, University of Heidelberg, b. 1907, d. 1973: "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure"
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: William Faulkner ... "The Reivers"
History: Constance McLaughlin Green ... "Washington, Village & Capital"
International Reporting: Hal Hendrix ... "Miami News"
National Reporting: Anthony Lewis ... "New York Times"
Public Service: "Chicago Daily News"
Most Popular Books
Fiction
1."The Shoes of the Fisherman"... Morris L. West. Morrow
2."The Group"...Mary McCarthy. Harcourt, Brace & World
3."Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour-An Introduction"...
J. D. Salinger. Little, Brown
4."Caravans"... James A. Michener. Random House
5."Elizabeth Appleton"... John O'Hara. Random House
6."Grandmother and the Priests"... Taylor Caldwell. Doubleday
7."City of Night"...John Rechy. Grove Press
8."The Glass-Blowers"...Daphne du Maurier. Doubleday
9."The Sand Pebbles"... Richard McKenna. Harper & Row
10."The Battle of the Villa Fiorita"...Rumer Godden. Viking Press
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Nonfiction
1."Happiness Is a Warm Puppy"... Charles M. Schulz. Determined
Productions
2."Security Is a Thumb and a Blanket"... Charles M. Schulz.
Determined Productions
3."J.F.K.: The Man and the Myth" Victor Lasky. Macmillan
4."Profiles in Courage: Inaugural Edition" ... John F. Kennedy. Harper & Row
5."0 Ye Jigs & Juleps! "...Virginia Cary Hudson. Macmillan
6."Better Homes and Gardens Bread Cook Book"... Meredith Publishing Co.
7."The Pillsbury Family Cookbook"... Harper & Row
8."1 Owe Russia $1200"... Bob Hope. Doubleday
9."Heloise's Housekeeping Hints".... Prentice-Hall
10."Better Homes and Gardens Baby Book:"... Meredith Publishing Co.
Most Popular Television Shows
1. The Beverly Hill Billies (CBS)
2. Bonanza (NBC)
3. The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
4. Petticoat Junction (CBS)
5. The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
6. The Lucy Show (CBS)
7. Candid Camera (CBS)
8. The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
9. The Danny Thomas Show (CBS)
10. My Favorite Martian (CBS)
