Today in 1963

We've compiled moments from 1963 — a pivotal year in U.S. history — and are tweeting them as they happened then. A project by @NPRCodeSwitch, tweets by @katchow

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Guy Lombardo and his orchestra will perform their traditional New Year's Eve celebration at Times Square, broadcasted by @CBS.

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In San Francisco, "night-spot managers [reduced] prices to lure more customers." One hotel dropped its dining deal from $17.50 to $12.50.

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Most night clubs are at capacity this New Year's Eve and customers will pay about the same as last year, reports the @WSJ.

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"We have no choice but to use our bodies to stop the parade," members of Philadelphia's chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality said.

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One city official said he wasn't sure if the city could prohibit blackface at Philadelphia's parade.

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Earlier, parade officials said they wouldn't award prizes to participants in blackface.

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From the @AP: A civil rights group is protesting blackface comedy in Philadelphia's New Year's day parade.

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Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona says he'll formally announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination early next month.

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At this time, the only other declared candidate for the Republican nomination is former Minnesota governor, Harold Stassen.

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Gov. Rockefeller said yesterday that he will enter Oregon's primary as part of his effort to win the Republican presidential nomination.

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Viewers from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan told researchers that American TV shows portray the U.S. in too "rosy" of a light.

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U.S.-made TV shows create a "generally favorable impression" of American life in Japan and four European countries, reports the @nytimes.

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The @AP reports that 21 people died in a hotel fire in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday night and that 66 people were injured.

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Pres. Johnson: "I am unconvinced that we are getting the maximum possible output per employee... I think we can do better."

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Pres. Johnson said 9 out of 10 gov't employees do a "full day's work for a day's pay but [he wants] that 10th man to measure up also."

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President Johnson's crackdown on U.S. hiring puts pressure on federal agencies, reports the @washingtonpost.

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Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York is also seeking the Republican Party's presidential nomination.

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Sen. Barry Goldwater is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination tomorrow, reports the @LATimes.

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The arrested guardsmen were federalized by the late President Kennedy to enforce orders to desegregate the University of Alabama.

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Three blasts in late Nov. went off "about a block from the hall where Negro Vivian Malone lives," reports the @AP. No injuries were reported