What Happened In 1963 - On This Day
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- May 27 Jomo Kenyatta is elected as the first Prime Minister of Kenya
- Jun 5 A state of siege is declared in Iran, and Ayatollah Khomeini is arrested
- Jun 10 US Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy
- Jun 11 US President John F. Kennedy says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act"
- Jun 16 Soviet space mission Vostok 6 is launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard, who becomes the first woman in space
- Jul 22 Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Aug 28 Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom civil rights march at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.- Sep 16 Federation of Malaysia formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Nov 22 While riding in an open-topped motorcade in Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
- Aug 24 24th Venice Film Festival: "Hands Over the City," directed by Francesco Rosi, wins the Golden Lion
- Jan 11 Beatles release the single "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why"; peaks at #2 in UK, and #3 in US
- Jan 16 Los Angeles night club and music venue The Whiskey A-Go-Go opens (inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2006)
- Feb 16 The Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
- Feb 23 Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti makes his debut at the Vienna State Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata"
- Mar 22 The Beatles release their first album, "Please Please Me"
- Apr 19 Johnny Cash releases single "Ring of Fire" written by his future wife June Carter and Merle Kilgore
- May 10 Decca Records signs The Rolling Stones on the advice of Beatles guitarist George Harrison [1]
- Jun 22 "Little" Stevie Wonder aged 13 releases his first single "Fingertips" (first live non-studio recording to go to No. 1 on Billboard)
- Oct 17 The Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at EMI Studios in London
- Feb 27 Mickey Mantle of the NY Yankees signs a baseball contract worth $100,000
Hotline communication link between the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the Kremlin in Moscow is installed. Often known as the "red telephone," no phones are ever used, relying instead on Teletype equipment, fax machines, and later, secure email.
August 30, 1963
Rand Paul
January 7
David Baszucki
January 20
Anthony Albanese
March 2
Viktor Orbán
May 31
Maria Ressa
October 2
Mike Pompeo
December 30
Quentin Tarantino
March 27
Conan O'Brien
April 18
Jet Li
April 26
Mike Myers
May 25
Elisabeth Shue
October 6
Marla Maples
October 27
Seal
February 19
Jason Newsted
March 4
Vanessa Williams
March 18
Fatboy Slim
July 31
James Hetfield
August 3
Whitney Houston
August 9
Hakeem Olajuwon
January 21
Michael Jordan
February 17
Garry Kasparov
April 13
Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou
August 8
Mark McGwire
October 1
Brian Boitano
October 22
John Lennon utters his famous quip at a Royal Variety Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London: "For our last number, I'd like to ask your help. Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And for the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry"
November 4, 1963
Sylvia Plath
February 11
Medgar Evers
June 12
W.E.B. Du Bois
August 27
John F. Kennedy
November 22
Aldous Huxley
November 22
C. S. Lewis
November 22
Jean Cocteau
October 11
Patsy Cline
March 5
Edith Piaf
October 10
Paul Hindemith
December 28
Rogers Hornsby
January 5
Ernie Davis
May 18
Jack Hobbs
December 21
Closure of Alcatraz
The last prisoners walk down Broadway as Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closesMarch 21
Vietnamese Monk Burns Himself Alive
Thích Quảng Đức moments after setting fire to himself in Saigon as an act of protestJune 11
Kennedy's Clarion Call for Freedom
Former US President John F. Kennedy was renowned for his oratory – typified by his electrifying "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech delivered on this day.June 26
The Assassination of President Kennedy
The shocking public killing of President Kennedy in 1963 was a momentous event in world history, giving birth to dozens of conspiracy theories.November 22
- Jan 12 American comedian and actor Bob Newhart (33) weds American actress Virginia "Ginnie" Quinn (22), until her death in 2023
- Jan 12 Country singer Willie Nelson (29) weds singer Shirley Collie (31) in Las Vegas; divorce in 1971
- Feb 2 Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (23) weds documentary filmmaker Eleanor Jessie Neil (26) in Las Vegas, Nevada
Martin Luther King Jr.
Time Personof the Year
Patricia Neal
Oscar for Best Actress
Pete Rozelle
Sportspersonof the Year
Sidney Poitier
Oscar for Best Actor
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