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Surfing in Hawaii, 1963.

arts & entertainment

The ‘Peril and Ecstasy’ of Surfing,1963

Malcolm X Leads Muslims in Prayer, Chicago, 1963, from Black Muslims.

arts & entertainment

How Gordon Parks’ Photographs Implored White America to See Black Humanity

Children demonstrate how to watch a solar eclipse in 1963

nature

Safety First, Fashion Second as Schoolkids View an Eclipse

August 23, 1963 Life Magazine spread about Barbie

lifestyle

Here is Every Single One of Barbie’s Outfits From 1963

Natalie Wood, 1963

people

Natalie Wood: Portraits of a Legend

John and Jackie Kennedy at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.

history

JFK Assassination: John and Jackie Kennedy in Texas, Nov. 22, 1963

Film still from Abraham Zapruder's home movie of JFK's assassination in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963.

history

JFK Assassination: How LIFE Brought the Zapruder Film to Light

Steve McQueen takes a lunch break during a motorcycle race with Bud Ekins, his friend and stuntman for The Great Escape, 1963.

people

LIFE with Steve McQueen: Rare Photos of the King of Cool, 1963

Children watch the story of "Saint George and the Dragon" at an outdoor puppet theater in Paris, 1963.

destinations

Paris in 1963: Children at a Puppet Show, and More

Martin Luther King Jr. (seated, at right) watches the Shirelles perform during the Salute to Freedom benefit concert in Birmingham, Ala., August 5, 1963.

history

March on Washington: Rare Photos of a Star-Studded Fundraiser, 1963

Pennsylvania Station, New York, 1963.

arts & entertainment

Penn Station, 1963: Walker Evans’ Portraits of a Lost Treasure

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