On 28 August 1963, before the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, attended by about 250,000 people, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the greatest speeches in American history. Departing from his text at the urging of the singer Mahalia Jackson, he described his dream that his four little children would one day live in a nation where they would not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. The march helped to build support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King was assassinated in Memphis in 1968.
Before and after
- 9 August 1963Birth of Whitney Houston
- 21 August 1963Xá Lợi Pagoda raids
- 21 August 1963Birth of Mohammed VI of Morocco
- 28 August 1963March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- 28 August 1963Martin Luther King delivers 'I Have a Dream'
- from 25 September 1963 to 20 February 1964Sand War
- 1 October 1963Founding of Nigeria
- 10 October 1963Death of Édith Piaf
- from 14 October 1963 to 30 November 1967Aden Emergency
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1960Founding of Somalia
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 2015Rise of Wikipedia Asian Month
The era
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