1963 Calendar
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1963 Historical Event(s)
- January 25, 1963 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- March 16, 1963 – Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing 11,000.
- April 12, 1963 – The Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
- May 13, 1963 – The U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland is decided.
- May 25, 1963 – In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
- June 11, 1963 – Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
- September 29, 1963 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
- October 9, 1963 – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
- November 25, 1963 – President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
- December 12, 1963 – Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
Who Were Born On 1963?
- January 4, 1963 – Dave Foley, Canadian comedian and actor
- April 8, 1963 – Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (d. 2007)
- May 11, 1963 – Roark Critchlow, Canadian actor
- May 20, 1963 – David Wells, American baseball player
- July 27, 1963 – Karrin Allyson, American Jazz vocalist
- July 29, 1963 – Graham Poll, English football referee
- August 29, 1963 – Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer
- September 11, 1963 – Patrick McWilliams, Irish author
- December 30, 1963 – John van 't Schip, Dutch footballer and football coach