Timeline Friday 22 November 1963

Events on Friday 22 November 1963 8

• 1894 – 1963 Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) Died 22 November 1963, aged 69 Aldous Huxley was an English writer best known for the dystopian novel Brave New World. He spent his later years in California writing about psychedelics, mysticism and human potential. His death was overshadowed by the assassination of John F. Kennedy on the same day.
• 1898 – 1963 C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) Died 22 November 1963, aged 64 C.S. Lewis was a British writer and scholar best known for the Chronicles of Narnia children's books and his works of Christian apologetics. He taught at Oxford and Cambridge for most of his career. Like Aldous Huxley, his death was overshadowed by the assassination of John F. Kennedy the same day.
• 1917 – 1963 JFK US president, assassinated John F. Kennedy was the 35th US President, navigating the Cuban Missile Crisis before his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
• 1917 – 1963 John F. Kennedy 35th President — assassinated in Dallas John F. Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – Nov 22, 1963) was the 35th President 1961-1963, the youngest elected at 43 and first Catholic. He navigated the Cuban Missile Crisis and launched the space race, before being assassinated in Dallas.
• 1961 – 1963 Kennedy presidency 35th President — assassinated 1963 John F. Kennedy served as the 35th President from January 20, 1961 until his assassination on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. He managed the Cuban Missile Crisis, established the Peace Corps and committed the US to landing on the Moon.
• 1963 – 1969 L.B. Johnson presidency 36th President — 1963 to 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency on November 22, 1963 after Kennedy's assassination. He signed the Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965) and Medicare, but escalated US involvement in Vietnam.
• 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as US president Johnson takes office hours after Kennedy's assassination Lyndon B. Johnson took the presidential oath aboard Air Force One in Dallas just hours after John F. Kennedy was shot. He would go on to push through major civil rights and social welfare legislation. Johnson was elected in his own right the following year.
• 1963 With The Beatles Second album — November 22, 1963 With The Beatles was released on November 22, 1963 — the same day as President Kennedy's assassination. It became the second album to sell a million copies in the UK, replacing their own debut at number 1.