1963

Year 1963 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the.

Events of 1963

 * - : scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumably poisoned), in bushland near the,.
 * - The night club in, the first  in the , is opened.
 * - becomes governor of . In his inaugural speech, he defiantly proclaims "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!"  Also on 14th January Often noted as "the worlds most famous locomotive" the Flying Scotsman in her British Railways guise as No. 60103 with sparkling brunswick green livery makes her last scheduled run before going into the hands of Sir Alan Pegler for a life in preservation
 * - and  sign the.
 * - Black student enters  in, the last U.S. state to hold out against racial integration.
 * - French President vetoes the 's entry into the.

February

 * - Travel, financial and commercial transactions by citizens to  are made illegal by the  Administration.
 * - The 's Domestic Operations Division is created.
 * - An destroys the village of, , killing 500.
 * - takes office as the 41st president of the.
 * - is enacted in.
 * - A large cloud that some say resembles the face of Jesus is seen on Sunset Mountain,.

March

 * - 's marriage to American filmmaker  is annulled.
 * - In, Country superstar (Virginia Patterson Hensley) is killed in a plane crash along with fellow performers Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and Cline's manager and pilot Randy Hughes while returning from a benefit performance in Kansas City, KS for country radio disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call.
 * - In, 6 people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President . De Gaulle pardons 5 of them but the other conspirator is executed by few days later.
 * - erupts on, killing 11,000.


 * - : The rules that the poor must have lawyers.
 * - The federal  in  closes; the last 27 prisoners are transferred elsewhere at the order of.
 * - release the album .
 * - Dansevise by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (music by Otto Francker, text by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen) wins the for.


 * - In Britain, Dr. Beeching issues a report calling for to the UK's rail network.

April

 * - volunteers kick off the  against  with a.
 * - is proclaimed to be a, and  is named.
 * - The U.S. nuclear submarine  sinks 220 miles east of with all hands (129 dead).
 * -, , and others are arrested in a Birmingham protest for "parading without a permit".
 * - The Soviet nuclear powered submarine collides with the Finnish merchant vessel  in the Danish straits. Although both vessels are severely damaged both can make it to port.
 * - 70,000 marchers arrive in from, to demonstrate against.
 * - Martin Luther King, Jr. issues his "".
 * – In, , members of the Quebec terrorist group, the , bomb a recruitment center, killing night watchman Wilfred V. O'Neill.
 * - - First election of the Supreme Institution of the, known as the whose Seat is at the  on  in ,.
 * - becomes 's 14th.
 * - A is held in.
 * - becomes first.

May
May 15 - I was born (PG)
 * - debuts its first diet drink,  cola.
 * - Thousands of, many of them children, are arrested while protesting segregation in .  Sheriff  later unleashes fire hoses and police dogs on the demonstrators.
 * - launches near  a 3 stage rocket with a maximum flight altitude of more than 62 miles (the only sounding rocket developed in Germany).
 * - , the first James Bond film, was shown in theaters.
 * - A outbreak was recognized at, , lasting until July that year.
 * - : launches  on , the last mission (on  NASA Administrator  tells Congress the program is complete).
 * - visits the.
 * - The is established in,.

June

 * - dies.
 * - First annual is held in.
 * - established by Florida legislature.
 * - In,   commits  to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the  administration.
 * - Governor  stands in the door of the University of Alabama to protest integration, before stepping aside and allowing s  and  to enroll.
 * - President makes an historic civil rights speech, in which he promises a Civil Rights Bill, and asks for "the kind of equality of treatment that we would want for ourselves."
 * - is murdered in  (his killer is convicted in 1994).
 * -  carries Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman, into space.
 * - : The rules that state-mandated Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional.
 * - (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds  as the 262nd.

July

 * - s are introduced in the U.S.
 * - Diplomatic relations between the and the ese governments are raised to embassy level.
 * - The accepts  as a  practice.


 * - 16-year-old Pauline Reade is abducted by and  in ,
 * - An  in,  leaves 1,800 dead.
 * - launches, the world's first.
 * – : n president-for-life declares that he will crush.
 * - The Soviet newspaper  reports that has been given asylum in.

August

 * - The, , and sign a.
 * - takes place in,.
 * - : becomes the first black person to graduate from the.
 * - : The loyal to, brother of President , vandalises  pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
 * - delivers his "" speech on the steps of the  to an audience of at least 250,000 during the.

September

 * - prostitute  is arrested for . On  she is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
 * - The (CEIPI) is founded.
 * - The opens in  with 17 charter members.
 * - boss  is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on, ).
 * - : The, in , kills 4 and injures 22.
 * - is formed through the merging of the  and the British  of,  (renamed ) and.
 * - In, , demonstrations are quelled with 300 dead.
 * - Rioters burn down the British Embassy in, to protest the formation of.
 * - is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the  of  and.
 * - The U.S. Senate ratifies the.
 * - The Denning Report on the is published in.
 * - The second period of in  opens.

October

 * - becomes a ; The  is established
 * -, one of the worst storms in history, hits  and  killing nearly 7,000 people.
 * - In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
 * - The, signed on , takes effect.
 * -  is shown in theaters.
 * - 74 die in a gas explosion at a coliseum in,.

November
November 8- France Launches Felix the cat In to space. He came back alive, but the other cat did not. Felix had electronic nurons in his head to measure impulses during launch.
 * - : ese President is assassinated following a military.
 * - : Coup leader General takes over as leader of.
 * - : In, 11 miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
 * - explosion: In, a  explosion kills 458 and sends 839  victims to the hospital.
 * - A triple-train disaster in, kills 161.
 * - A volcanic eruption under the sea near creates a new island,.
 * - Conductor dies. On his next Young People's Concert, scheduled to be telecast November 29,, a former pupil of Reiner's, will pay tribute to him.
 * - A newspaper strike begins in.
 * - The opens in the U.K.


 * - : In,  is assassinated,  Governor  is seriously wounded, and   becomes the 36th President. All television coverage for the next three days is devoted to the assassination, its aftermath, the procession of the horsedrawn casket to the Capitol Rotunda, and the funeral of President Kennedy. Stores and businesses shut down for the entire weekend and Monday, in tribute.
 * - Deaths of and . Both of these go unnoticed in the media, due to the assassination of President Kennedy.
 * - 12-year-old John Kilbride is abducted by and
 * - The first episode of the television series  is broadcast in the.
 * - The kills 63 elderly people near Fitchville,.
 * - Alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy,, is shot dead by in  on live national . Later that night, a hastily arranged program, A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts, featuring actors, opera singers, and noted writers, all performing dramatic readings and/or music, is telecast on.
 * - : New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the intends to continue supporting  militarily and economically.
 * - U.S. President Kennedy is buried at . Schools around the nation do not have class on that day, millions watch the funeral on live international television.
 * - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the to investigate the  of President Kennedy.
 * - Flight 831, a  carrying 118, crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from  near, killing all on board (the worst  for many years in 's history).

December

 * - The begins its investigation.
 * - The second period of closes.
 * - The Seliger Forschungs-und-Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH demonstrates rockets for military use to military representatives of non-NATO-countries near . Although these rockets land via parachute at the end of their flight and no allied laws are violated, the protests this action.
 * - In the United States, the  program is cancelled.
 * - becomes independent, with  as prime minister.
 * - gains independence from  as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan.
 * - Emergency: inter-communal fighting erupts between  and.
 * - The cruise ship  burns 180 miles north of, with the loss of 128 lives.
 * - releases his full-length animated film , about the boyhood of . It is the next-to-last animated film personally supervised by Disney, and does not become one of his big hits.
 * - ' and ' are released in the U.S., marking the beginning of full-scale Beatlemania.

Undated

 * January - April - Britain had the
 * End of the of  manned.
 * and prove  of s is slowed by their motion. (See 's  and ).
 * Full deployment of, the semi-automated ground environment.
 * cable goes into operation.
 * officially begins operation.
 * , in, begins construction.
 * The divorce case of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll causes scandal in the.
 * invents the ubiquitous face symbol.
 * The (RDNA) is founded.
 * The is founded.
 * standardised by Central Language Board in.

Ongoing
(none)

January-February

 * -, baseball player
 * -, baseball player
 * -, German musician
 * -, American musician; lead guitar player for from  to  (d. )
 * -, American film director
 * -, English motoring journalist and television show host
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Nigerian basketball player
 * -, German basketball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, Dutch boxer
 * -, Portuguese football manager
 * -, English musician
 * -, Austrian author


 * -, American vocalist (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American comedian
 * -, English singer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Fiji golfer

March-April

 * -, American record producer and saxophonist ( and )
 * -, 4-Time PRCA World Champion Bull Rider
 * -, American bassist
 * -, American actor
 * -, UK-based singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * March 6 -, American jockey
 * -, Swedish musician
 * -, Brazilian runner
 * -, Argentine musician
 * -, Australian cricketer
 * -, American singer
 * -, Canadian composer
 * -, American bassist
 * -, American beauty queen, actress, and singer
 * -, American tennis player and coach
 * -, American model and actress
 * -, Dutch football player and manager.
 * -, American guitar virtuoso (d. )
 * -, Japanese writer
 * -, British musician
 * -, American actor, director, writer, and producer.
 * -, Brazilian television personality
 * -, Argentinian musician
 * -, Australian supermodel
 * -, Brazilian composer, and


 * -, American metal guitarist
 * -, American football player and coach
 * -, Irish talk show host
 * -, English disc jockey
 * -, musician son of
 * -, American newscaster
 * -, Swiss Federal Councillor
 * -, American guitarist
 * -, American poker player
 * -, American singer
 * -, Russian chess player
 * -, Canadian footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, American television entertainer
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, Estonian musician
 * -, Chinese martial artist and actor
 * -, Australian-born American football player
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, American race car driver

May-June

 * -, Massachusetts inmate proclaiming innocence for more than two decades
 * -, African American musician, jazz drummer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian vocalist
 * -, English musician, author, and preacher
 * -, English-born actress
 * -, Austrian actress and politician
 * -, American race car driver and announcer
 * -, American radio personality (The Show)
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American football coach
 * -, Canadian actor and comedian
 * -, Hong Kong socialite & actress


 * -, Hungarian heavy metal singer
 * -, British actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, German tennis player
 * -, American professional wrestler who goes by
 * -, American actor
 * -, American football player
 * -, American mixed martial artist
 * -, Scottish golfer
 * -, American comic book artist
 * -, Serbia-born American soccer player
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, English singer
 * -, a businessman, a former  activist who became one of Russia's
 * -, English comedian, writer, singer, and actress
 * -, Swedish guitarist, composer, and bandleader

July-August

 * -, son of
 * -, English guitarist
 * -, American actress
 * -, American jockey
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American guitarist
 * -, English football referee
 * -, Irish football commentator
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress


 * -, American rapper
 * -, English singer
 * -, American singer
 * -, British disc jockey
 * -, American computer hacker
 * -, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American comedian
 * -, Swedish singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer
 * -, German field hockey player
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, Japanese video game director
 * -, British disc jockey
 * -, American actor
 * -, British race car driver
 * -, American guitarist
 * -, British actor

September-October

 * -, Dutch musician
 * -, Dutch politician
 * -, American rapper (d. )
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Irish author
 * -, English actor
 * -, British historian
 * -, English musician
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Scottish actor
 * -, English politician
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, American bassist and singer


 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American musician
 * -, English golfer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Norwegian guitarist
 * -, Hong Kong singer (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, Dutch swimmer
 * -, Japanese anime director
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, Canadian comedian
 * -, American figure skater
 * -, American singer, songwriter, and musician
 * -, Turkish footballer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, baseball player

November-December

 * -, American guitarist ()
 * -, British musician
 * -, American filmmaker
 * -, Scottish entertainer (d. )
 * -, Turkish footballer
 * -, American football player
 * -, Australian rugby player
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, British field hockey player
 * -, English actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian inventor
 * -, Canadian jazz singer
 * -, American football player


 * -, American novelist
 * -, American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. )
 * -, Welsh footballer
 * -, South African rugby coach
 * -, Russian soprano
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Belgian politician (d. )
 * -, Scottish footballer
 * -, American football player
 * -, American author
 * -, Danish-born drummer
 * -, Filipino billiard player
 * -, English artist and filmmaker
 * -, American football coach

January - June

 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, British mathematician (b. )
 * -, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, American poet and novelist (suicide) (b. )
 * -, Hungarian conductor (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, Russian-born astronomer (b. )
 * -, American jazz trombonist (b. )
 * -, American physiologist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Canadian runner (b. )
 * -, American Protestant pastor (b. )
 * -, German-born author (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Turkish poet (b. )
 * -, Vietnamese Buddhist monk (suicide) (b. )
 * -, American civil rights activist (b. )
 * -, Mexican actor (suicide) (b. )

July - December

 * -, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. )
 * -, American restaurateur (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, infant son of President and Mrs. Kennedy (b. 1963)
 * -, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. )
 * -, American saxophonist and conductor (b. )
 * -, Indian founder of the Khaksar Movement (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, Irish poet (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * - victims:
 * Addie Mae Collins (b. )
 * Carol Denise McNair (b. )
 * Carole Robertson (b. )
 * Cynthia Wesley (b. )
 * -, New Zealand cartoonist (b. )
 * -, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. )
 * -, French singer (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Spanish writer (b. )
 * -, Hungarian conductor (b. )
 * -, prisoner and Alcatraz "Birdman" (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, 35th (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, Irish-born British writer (b. )
 * -, American alleged assassin of President (b. )
 * -, American runner (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, Hindu saint (b. )
 * -, American jazz/blues singer (b. )
 * -, American journalist (b. )
 * December -, Northern Ireland footballer (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - International Committee of the, League of Red Cross Societies
 * - International Committee of the, League of Red Cross Societies
 * - International Committee of the, League of Red Cross Societies
 * - International Committee of the, League of Red Cross Societies
 * - International Committee of the, League of Red Cross Societies