Guess The Year No. 6

[Carl]

The following events all took place in the same year, can you guess the year ?

• US President John F Kennedy visits his ancestral homeland in County Wexford, Ireland

• UK Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns from government, admitting he lied to Parliament about his relationship with call girl, Christine Keeler

• Susan Maughan spends 19 weeks in the UK charts with her hit, Bobby's Girl

• Rock and pop TV show, Ready Steady Go!, presented by Keith Fordyce and Cathy McGowan, premieres on UK TV channel ITV

• Labour Leader Hugh Gaitskell dies after a sudden deterioration in his health

Answer will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[Carl]

ANSWER

The year was 1963.