When did Doctor Who first air?
196320th century · 1900s
Doctor Who first airs.
The day after JFK was assassinated.
1963
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Around the same time
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- When did Walmart open its first store?1962
- When did John Glenn become the first American to orbit Earth?1962
- When did the Beatles release their first album?1963
- When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his 'I Have a Dream' speech?1963
- When was President John F. Kennedy assassinated?1963
- When did the Beatles play on The Ed Sullivan Show?1964
- When did the Ford Mustang go on sale?1964
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