Northside High School is renamed for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall (When John Marshall died in Philadelphia, PA in 1835, the Liberty Bell was tolled until it cracked).

NISD decides to name high schools for Supreme Court Justices, junior highs for Texas Governors, and elementaries for the subdivisions in which they are located.

Northside Jr. High School is renamed Sul Ross Middle School.

First NISD biligual education program.

The NISD board approves educating all students, no matter what their handicap, to begin the Special Education program.

John F. Kennedy is elected President of the United States, the youngest and the first Catholic President.

"Ben Hur" movie wins a record 11 Academy Awards.

WWII war criminal Adolf Eichmann is captured in Argentina.

Mini-computer is invented.

Glenoaks and Westwood Terrace Elementary Schools open.

Pat Neff Jr. High School opens.

NISD board suspends policy of naming junior high schools after Texas Governors.

The towel-less hand dryer if invented.

John Tower becomes the first Republican Senator from Texas since Reconstruction.

Russian kosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the first man in outer space.

Henry B. Gonzalez is elected to U.S. House of Representatives.

Sam Rayburn Jr. High School opens.

John Glenn Elementary and Thunderbird Hills Elementary School (now Powell) open.

NISD purchases TV antenna systems for 14 schools.

Campbell's Tomato Soup gets rave reviews.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. begins the non-violent peace movement.

NASA opens the Manned Spacecraft Center (later renamed the Johnson Space Center in 1973) in Houston.

Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech to 250,000 people in Washington, D.C.

President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas.

Postal Service introduces 5-digit zip code.

Spiderman is a hit cartoon.

Methodist Hospital opens in San Antonio.

Oliver Wendell Holmes High School opens. Mrs. Jack Jordan writes the words to the Alma Mater.

Ed Cody becomes Superintendent.

The Vietnam War escalates to include ground troops.

U.S. Congress passes Civil Rights Act.

Sidney Poitier becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (for "Lillies of the Field").

NISD board approves tennis and golf coaches for each high school.

Board approves plan for art teachers.

A vocational shop building at Marshall and a special education classroom at Leon Valley Elementary are approved.

Beatlemania hits America.

Watts riots in Los Angeles, CA.

San Antonio native Ed White becomes the first American to walk in Space.

Colonies North Elementary School and (new) Sul Ross Junior High School open.

West San Antonio Heights Elementary School closes and African American students are transferred to 10 district schools.

Marshall High School principal establishes skirt length policy.

Holmes High School students challenge the "hair" policy.

A loaf of bread costs 22 cents.

U.S. Supreme Court decides in Miranda v. Arizona that suspects must be read their rights.

Men have long hair, and the mini skirt is in fashion for women.

Barbara Jordan becomes the first African American woman elected to the Texas Senate.

Meadow Village Elementary and John Jay High School open.

NISD board expands the Vocational Agriculture Program at Marshall to include a show barn.

Bob Dylan is America's favorite singer.

LBJ appoints Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court. His is the first Afican American Supreme Court Justice.

First Super Bowl is played.

Forest Hills (later renamed for Eduardo Villarreal) Elementary School opens.

Locke Hill School is renamed Locke Hill Elementary School

Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated.

Sesame Street debuts.

Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital opens.

Bexar County Teaching Hospital opens. It is later renamed Medical Center Hospital.

Shenandoah (now Howsman) and Oak Hills Terrace Elementary Schools open.

Northside Stadium is built at Alamo Downs Race Track site.

Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon.

The Internet begins with four linked computers.

The Partridge Family TV show is a huge success.

Cigarettes are banned from being advertised on TV.

Bar codes are invented for use in retail stores.