Tuesday, June 11, 1963

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The Headlines

Soviet Threat Balks U.N. On Observers for Yemen; Demand Forces Adjournment

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How the West Was Won

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On This Day

• John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.

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• American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.

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• Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
• Gene Wilder (1933)
• Jacques Cousteau (1910)
• Richard Strauss (1864)
• Ben Jonson (1572)

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Tech Check

Touch-Tone Phone, Computer Mouse (Prototype) & Instant Replay.

Cost of Living (1960)