On Wednesday September 2, 1963, CBS Evening News with Walter
Cronkite became network television’s first half-hour weeknight
news broadcast, lengthened from its original 15 minutes.

Singer Jimmy Clanton was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and became
known as the “swamp pop R&B teenage idol”. His 1958 hit song “Just A
Dream” reached the number four position on the Billboard chart, sold a 
million copies and was awarded a gold disc.

"Signs" was recorded by the Canadian rock group Five Man Electrical
Band. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was
released during an era of social and political change.

Theodore Roosevelt, then U.S. Vice President, delivered a speech at the
Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 1901 in which included the famous phrase…”Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far”. He was referring
to the idea of negotiating peacefully, but carry a “big stick”, or the military, for
political power. The speech was made twelve days before the assassination
of President William McKinley, which subsequently thrust Roosevelt into  
the Presidency.