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|align=left| April || style="background:#fed;"| NM marries Lady Jean Campbell and they move into his apartment at 142 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn. | |align=left| April || style="background:#fed;"| NM marries Lady Jean Campbell and they move into his apartment at 142 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn. | ||
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|align=left| Mid-August || style="background:#fed;"| NM submits the first (of 14) columns, titled [[The Big Bite|“The Big | |align=left| Mid-August || style="background:#fed;"| NM submits the first (of 14) columns, titled [[The Big Bite|“The Big Bite,”]] for publication in the November [[w:Esquire (magazine)|''Esquire'']]. | ||
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|align=left| August 18|| style="background:#fed;"| NM’s third daughter, Kate, born to Jean Campbell. | |align=left| August 18|| style="background:#fed;"| NM’s third daughter, Kate, born to Jean Campbell. | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="18"|1963||align=left| January-February || style="background:#fee;"| [[w:Playboy|''Playboy'']] publishes in two parts the NM-Buckley debate. | | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="18"|1963||align=left| January-February || style="background:#fee;"| [[w:Playboy|''Playboy'']] publishes in two parts the NM-Buckley debate. | ||
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|align=left| February || style="background:#fee;"| “Ten Thousand Words a | |align=left| February || style="background:#fee;"| “Ten Thousand Words a Minute,” NM’s account of the first Patterson-Liston fight, is published in ''Esquire''. | ||
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|align=left| March || style="background:#fee;"| NM meets Beverly Bentley. | |align=left| March || style="background:#fee;"| NM meets Beverly Bentley. | ||
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|align=left|May 31 || style="background:#fee;"| NM presents “An Existential Evening” at [[w:Carnegie Hall|Carnegie Hall]], discussing the [[w:Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], [[w:John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy]] and [[w:Communism|Communism]] with the audience. | |align=left|May 31 || style="background:#fee;"| NM presents “An Existential Evening” at [[w:Carnegie Hall|Carnegie Hall]], discussing the [[w:Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], [[w:John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy]] and [[w:Communism|Communism]] with the audience. | ||
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|align=left| Summer || style="background:#fee;"| “The First Presidential | |align=left| Summer || style="background:#fee;"| “The First Presidential Paper,” NM’s essay on heroes and leaders, is published in [[w:Dissent (American magazine)|''Dissent'']]. | ||
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|align=left| July-August || style="background:#fee;"| NM and Beverly drive cross-country and back, stopping in Arkansas, Las Vegas (where they see Liston defeat Patterson for the second time), San Francisco and Georgia. | |align=left| July-August || style="background:#fee;"| NM and Beverly drive cross-country and back, stopping in Arkansas, Las Vegas (where they see Liston defeat Patterson for the second time), San Francisco and Georgia. | ||
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|align=left| July 2 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''President Johnson signs the [[w:Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act]] against discrimination.''' | |align=left| July 2 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''President Johnson signs the [[w:Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act]] against discrimination.''' | ||
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|align=left| Mid-July || style="background:#dfd;"| NM break off work on the revision to the novel to cover the [[w:Republican National Convention|Republican Convention]] in San Francisco. His account, “In the Red | |align=left| Mid-July || style="background:#dfd;"| NM break off work on the revision to the novel to cover the [[w:Republican National Convention|Republican Convention]] in San Francisco. His account, “In the Red Light,” appears in the November ''Esquire''. | ||
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|align=left| August 7 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The U.S. Congress passes the [[w:Gulf of Tonkin Resolution|Tonk Gulf Resolution]] in authorizing the President to use military force in Vietnam.''' | |align=left| August 7 || style="background:#dfd;"| '''The U.S. Congress passes the [[w:Gulf of Tonkin Resolution|Tonk Gulf Resolution]] in authorizing the President to use military force in Vietnam.''' | ||
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|align=left| March 15 || style="background:#ffd;"| Official publication date of ''An American Dream'' by Dial Press. | |align=left| March 15 || style="background:#ffd;"| Official publication date of ''An American Dream'' by Dial Press. | ||
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|align=left| March 19 || style="background:#ffd;"| [[The Big Comeback of Norman Mailer|“The Big Comeback of Norman | |align=left| March 19 || style="background:#ffd;"| [[The Big Comeback of Norman Mailer|“The Big Comeback of Norman Mailer,”]] a positive review by [[w:John W. Aldridge|John W. Aldridge]], appears in [[w:Life (magazine)|''Life'']]. NM pays to reprint the heart of the review in the spring number of [[w:Partisan Review|''Partisan Review'']] to “accompany” [[w:Elizabeth Hardwick (writer)|Elizabeth Hardwick’s]] negative review. | ||
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|align=left| March 27 || style="background:#ffd;"| The novel rises to number four on the bestseller list of the [[w:Chicago Daily News|''Chicago Daily News'']]. | |align=left| March 27 || style="background:#ffd;"| The novel rises to number four on the bestseller list of the [[w:Chicago Daily News|''Chicago Daily News'']]. | ||