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1963 Calendar

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•  January 25, 1963 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
•  March 21, 1963 – Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes.
•  March 27, 1963 – Beeching Axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom’s rail network.
•  April 10, 1963 – 129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
•  June 1, 1963 – Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
•  June 24, 1963 – The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
•  July 19, 1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 metres (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
•  September 6, 1963 – The Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
•  September 16, 1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country,
•  December 22, 1963 – The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 mi north of Madeira with the loss of 128 lives.

•  February 19, 1963 – Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
•  March 21, 1963 – Shawon Dunston, American baseball player
•  March 26, 1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
•  April 4, 1963 – Graham Norton, Irish talk show host
•  April 30, 1963 – Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
•  July 18, 1963 – Mike Greenwell, baseball player
•  August 23, 1963 – Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
•  September 26, 1963 – Joe Nemechek, American NASCAR driver
•  October 17, 1963 – Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor
•  October 31, 1963 – Fred McGriff, American baseball player