November 7, 1963: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer. It was a "cast of thousands" movie, and a caper film, with everyone in pursuit of $350,000 buried by a dying crook played by Jimmy Durante. (That's worth about $3.4 million in 2022 money.)
Aside from Durante, the main cast includes Spencer Tracy, Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas and Jonathan Winters. (Apparently, Tracy wanted top billing rather than alphabetical order, despite some other rather large egos involved.)
In supporting roles: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Jim Backus, William Demarest and Peter Falk. In cameos: Rochester's longtime "boss" Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown, Selma Diamond, Norman Fell, Stan Freberg, Leo Gorcey of the Bowery Boys, Sterling Holloway, Edward Everett Horton, silent film legend Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, ZaSu Pitts, Madlyn Rhue, Arnold Stang, future "Maytag Repairman" Jesse White, and all of the last lineup of the Three Stooges: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita.
Actress-dancer Barrie Chase, 89, is the last surviving member of the cast.
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November 7, 1963 was a Thursday. English soccer star John Barnes was born.
Baseball season was over. Football was in midweek. One NBA game was played: The New York Knicks lost to the San Francisco Warriors, 110-88 at the Cow Palace outside San Francisco in Daly City, California. Wilt Chamberlain had a quiet night by his standards: 23 points and 16 rebounds.
The NHL's entire "Original Six" were in action:
* The New York Rangers lost to the Detroit Red Wings, 1-0 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit.
* The Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks played to a tie, 2-2 at the Montreal Forum.
* And the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins, 4-3 at the Boston Garden.
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