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1963
1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar).
Events
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March-April
May-June
July-August
September-October
November
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November 2 - South Vietnamese President Ngo Dihn Diem is assassinated following a military coup
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November 6 - Vietnam War: Coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam
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November 7 - Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, 11 miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days
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November 9 - 1963 Miike coal-mine explosion : In Japan, a coal mine explosion kills 458 and sends 839 carbon monoxide poisoning victims to the hospital
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November 14 - A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates a new island, Surtsey
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November 16 - Newspaper strike begins in Toledo, Ohio
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November 18 - Dartford Tunnel opens
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November 22 - John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn-in as the 36th President of the United States
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November 22 - C.S. Lewis, Christian Author and Scholar, dies
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November 22 - Aldous Huxley, British writer dies
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November 23 - The first episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
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November 24 - John F. Kennedy assassination: Alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is mortally shot by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas on live national television
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November 24 - Vietnam War: Newly sworn in US President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically
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November 25 - John F. Kennedy assassination: The late US President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery
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November 29 - John F. Kennedy assassination: US President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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November 29 - A Douglas DC-8 carrying Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831 crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal, killing all 118 on board (for many years this was the worst air disaster in Canada's history).
December
unknown date
Year in topic
1963 is the year dubbed "Annus Mirabilis" by British poet Philip Larkin.
Births
January-February
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January 14 - Steven Spielberg, director
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January 21 - Hakeem Olajuwon, basketball player
- January 21 - Detlef Schrempf, basketball player
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January 23 - Gail O'Grady , actress
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January 26 - Andrew Ridgely, musician
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January 30 - Thomas Brezina Austrian author
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February 9 - Travis Tritt, country music singer
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February 11 - Todd Benzinger , American baseball player
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February 17 - Michael Jordan, basketball legend
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February 19 - Seal, singer
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February 20 - Charles Barkley, American basketball player
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February 21 - William Baldwin, actor
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February 22 - Vijay Singh, golfer
March-April
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March 1 - Dan Michaels, producer, saxophonist, member of the rock band The Choir and also The Swirling Eddies, owner of Galaxy21 Music .
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March 4 - Jason Newsted, former bassist of Metallica
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March 6 - D.L. Hughley, actor, comedian
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March 10 - Neneh Cherry, musician
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March 12 - Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner
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March 14 - Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer
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March 18 - Vanessa L. Williams, actress, singer, Miss America
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March 20 - Kathy Ireland, supermodel and actress
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March 27 - Quentin Tarantino, actor, director, writer, producer
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March 27 - Xuxa, Brazilian television personality
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April 4 - Jack Del Rio, American football player and coach
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April 4 - Graham Norton, talk show host
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April 9 - Joe Scarborough, American cable news host
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April 13 - Garry Kasparov, World Chess Champion 1985-2000
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April 18 - Conan O'Brien, American television entertainer
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April 21 - Ken Caminiti, baseball player (d. 2004)
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April 21 - Roy Dupuis, actor
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April 26 - Jet Li, martial arts fighter, actor
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April 27 - Cali Timmins, actress
May-August
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May 8 - Helena Blagne Zaman , Slovene singer
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May 9 - Barry Douglas Lamb, rock musician, author, Christian preacher
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May 11 - Natasha Richardson, actress
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May 12 - Vanessa A. Williams, actress
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May 24 - Joe Dumars, basketball star
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May 25 - Mike Myers, actor, comedian
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June 6 - Jason Isaacs, actor ( Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets )
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June 9 - Johnny Depp, actor (Edward Scissorhands, Pirates of the Caribbean)
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June 13 - Bettina Bunge, tennis player.
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June 17 - Greg Kinnear, actor (As Good As It Gets, Mystery Men)
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June 18 - Bruce Smith, American football player
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June 23 - Colin Montgomerie, golfer.
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June 25 - George Michael, singer
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June 27 - Meera Syal, comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress
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July 16 - Phoebe Cates, actress
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July 24 - Karl Malone, basketball
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July 30 - Lisa Kudrow, American actress
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August 3 - James Hetfield, Metallica frontman and co-founder
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August 6 - Kevin Mitnick, computer cracker
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August 19 - John Stamos, actor
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August 23 - Kenny Wallace, NASCAR race car driver
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August 24 - Hideo Kojima, video game director
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August 30 - Paul Oakenfold, DJ
September-December
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September 10 - Randy Johnson, baseball pitcher, five-time Cy Young Award winner
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September 21 - Cecil Fielder, baseball player
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September 29 - Dave Andreychuk, NHL player
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October 1 - Mark McGwire, baseball star
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October 10 - Daniel Pearl, journalist (d. 2002)
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October 22 - Brian Boitano, figure skater
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October 26 - Natalie Merchant, singer/songwriter/musician
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October 31 - Fred McGriff, baseball player
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November 13 - Vinny Testaverde, American football quarterback
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November 18 - Dante Bichette, baseball player
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November 19 - Terry Farrell, actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
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November 21 - Nicolette Sheridan, actress (Knots Landing, Desperate Housewives)
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November 24 - Iris Erlingsdottir , OMD, writer, journalist
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December 2 - John Kennedy Morrisey , entertainer/athlete/storyteller
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December 13 - Ilkka Remes , writer
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December 16 - Benjamin Bratt, actor (Law & Order)
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December 18 - Brad Pitt, actor
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December 23 - Jim Harbaugh, American football player
Deaths
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January 5 - Rogers Hornsby, Baseball Hall of Famer
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January 29 - Robert Frost, American poet (b. 1874)
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January 30 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (b. 1899)
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February 11 - Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist (suicide) (b. 1932)
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March 4 - William Carlos Williams, American writer (b. 1883)
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March 5 - Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas , country music singers
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April 6 - Otto Struve, astronomer (b. 1897)
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April 9 - Eddie Edwards, jazz musician (b. 1891)
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May 12 - Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (b. 1882)
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May 31 - Edith Hamilton, educator and author (b. 1867)
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June 3 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
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June 11 - Thich Quang Duc, Vietnamese Bhuddist monk (suicide)
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August 5 - Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
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September 11 - Suzanne Duchamp, French Dada painter (b. 1889)
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October 11 - Edith Piaf, French singer (b. 1915)
- October 11 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (b. 1889)
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November 1 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (b. 1901)
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November 15 - Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (b. 1888)
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November 22 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
- November 22 - Aldous Huxley, English novelist (b. 1894)
- November 22 - C.S. Lewis - English novelist, Christian apologist (b. 1898)
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November 24 - Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy assassin (shot) (b. 1939)
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December 1 - Amy Elizabeth Thorpe , American spy in World War II
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December 2 - Thomas Hicks, American marathon runner (b. 1875)
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December 5 - Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji, Hindu saint (b. 1828)
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December 5 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (b. 1905)
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December 28 - Paul Hindemith, German composer (b. 1895)
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