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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.
•  February 8, 1963 – The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Qassem is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
•  May 15, 1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space.
•  July 26, 1963 – The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
•  August 8, 1963 – Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.
•  October 7, 1963 – John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
•  November 27, 1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson makes his first address to Congress as president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy five days prior.
•  December 12, 1963 – Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
•  December 19, 1963 – Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
•  December 31, 1963 – The Central African Federation officially collapses and splits into Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.

•  January 6, 1963 – Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (d. 2010)
•  March 1, 1963 – Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer
•  June 6, 1963 – Jason Isaacs, English actor
•  June 22, 1963 – John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
•  August 31, 1963 – Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer
•  October 23, 1963 – Gordon Korman, Canadian-American Author
•  November 5, 1963 – Tatum O'Neal, American actress
•  November 7, 1963 – John Barnes, English footballer
•  November 22, 1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor and director
•  December 15, 1963 – David Wingate, American basketball player