A Best of Houston nonprofit resale shop serving Houston since 1962. 
The Astros played their first game. Known at the time as the Colt .45s, they beat the Chicago Cubs 11-2.
The groundbreaking for the Astrodome was made not with shovels but with Colt.45s firing blanks.
President John F. Kennedy spoke in the Rice University football stadium. His speech was titled “We choose to go to the moon…”
NASA opened its Manned Spacecraft Center.
Houston voters rejected a proposed zoning ordinance.
Matthew Broderick, Clint Black, and Clyde Drexler turn 50 this year.