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December 7, 1963

On December 7, 1963, instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The year's #1 song was "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys. Garry Kasparov, Conan O'Brien, Rachel Whiteread would arrive in the same year.

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1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1963rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 963rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1960s decade.

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On December 7, 1963

  1. 1963 Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

    Video reproduction of an earlier live occurrence during an event

    Instant replay or action replay is a video reproduction of something that recently occurred, both shot and broadcast live.

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Others born in 1963

Garry Kasparov 1963– Russian chess player and author
Conan O'Brien 1963– American television host, comedian, and writer
Rachel Whiteread 1963– English sculptor
Ken Caminiti 1963– American baseball player (died 2004)
Rosalind Gill 1963– English sociologist and academic
Sean Lock 1963– English comedian and actor (died 2021)

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