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			==Events==
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			===January===
			{{Main\|January 1963}}
			* ] – ]: ] scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the ], Sydney, Australia.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/dr-bogle-and-mrs-chandler-mystery\|title=Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler mystery\|website=National Film and Sound Archive of Australia\|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref>
			* ] – ] – ]: The ] win their first major victory.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v03/d1\|title=Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume III\|website=Office of the Historian\|access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>
			* ] – A ] is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of ]. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963.
			* ] – ]: A military coup in ] results in the installation of coup leader ] as president.<ref>{{cite book\|author=Virginia Thompson\|title=West Africa's Council of the Entente\|publisher=Cornell University Press\|year=1972\|page=86}}</ref>
			* ] – A last quarter moon occurs between the ] and the ], only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee.
			* ] – Soviet spy ] is removed from his position as ] of the ],<ref>{{cite journal \|first=Mihai \|last=Demetriade \|title=Istoricul Serviciului de contrainformații penitenciare (1949–1967) \|journal=Caietele CNSAS \|volume=VIII \|issue=2 \|page=38 \|year=2015}}</ref> as a step in ensuring ]; the ] ] discusses way of neutralizing "Soviet intelligence networks which Gheorghe Pintilie had coordinated."<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Banu \|first=Florian \|chapter=Relațiile Securității cu serviciile omoloage din țările membre ale Pactului de la Varșovia \|title=Securitatea (1948–1989). Monografie \|editor=Banu, Florian \|editor2=Țăranu, Liviu\| publisher=Editura Cetatea de Scaun \|year=2016 \|page=335 \|isbn=978-606-537-357-0 }}</ref>
			* ] – France and West Germany sign the ].
			* ] – A ] covers 99.5% of the Sun and a narrow path (at most 19.6 km (12.2 mi)). It is visible in Chile, Argentina, South Africa and Madagascar, and is the 26th solar eclipse of ]. Gamma has a value of -0.48984.
			* ] – The ] shootings rock ]; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by ].
			* ] – French President ] vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the ].

			===February===
	Years: ] ] ] ] ] - '''1963''' - ] ] ] ] ]
			{{Main\|February 1963}}
	----
			* ] – The ]'s ruling in '']'' establishes the principle of ], one of the basic tenets of ].
			* ] – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to ] are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy Administration.
			* ] – Five Japanese cities located on the northernmost part of ] are merged and become the city of ], with a population of more than 1 million.
			* ] – ] crashes in the Florida ], killing all 43 aboard.
			* ] – ] becomes leader of the opposition ] in the United Kingdom;<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/days/1950-75/1963.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020628220806/http://www.expressandstar.com/days/1950-75/1963.html\|archive-date=2002-06-28\|title=Dallas: JFK is shot dead\|newspaper=]\|location=Wolverhampton}}</ref> in October 1964 he becomes prime minister.
			* ] – The 5.6 {{M\|w\|link=y}} ] affects northern Libya with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), causing 290–375 deaths and 375–500 injuries.
			* ] – ] takes office as the 41st president of the ].

			===March===
	'''Events:'''
			{{Main\|March 1963}}
	*] - The ] night club in Los Angeles, the first ] in the USA, is opened.
			* ] – In Paris, six people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President ]. De Gaulle pardons five, but the other conspirator, ], is executed by ] several days later.
	*] - ] becomes governor of ].
			* ] – Country music star ] is killed in ] along with country performers ], ], and manager Randy Hughes, during a flight from ], back to Nashville.
	*] - ] opens in ]
			* ] – ] erupts on ], killing approximately 1,500.
	*] - ] between France and Germany
			* ] – "''Dansevise''" by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (music by Otto Francker, text by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen) wins the ] (staged in London) for Denmark.
	*] - ] Domestic Operations Division is created.
			* ] – ] are legally allowed to drink alcohol in ].<ref>''Tracker'', "Footprints Tracker", August 2012, p. 46.</ref>
	* ] - ] becomes ]'s fourteenth ].
	*] - ] (]) becomes the first woman in space.
	*] - ] is elected by ].
	*] - ] delivers his "]" speech on the steps at the ] in ]
	*] - Opening of second period of ] in ].
	*] - ] succeeds ] as ]
	*] - Closing of second period of ].

			===April===
	'''Art, Culture & Fashion'''
			{{Main\|April 1963}}
	*]
			* ] – ] is proclaimed to be a ], and ] is named ].
	**'']''
			* ] – The ] ceremony is held. '']'' wins ].
	**]'s '']''
			* ] – The U.S. nuclear submarine '']'' sinks {{convert\|220\|smi\|nmi km\|abbr=on}} east of ]; all 129 aboard (112 crewmen plus yard personnel) die.
	**''Charade'' starring ] and ]
			* ] – ] issues his final ], '']'', entitled ''On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty'',<ref>{{cite book\|first=Ugo Colombo\|last=Sacco\|title=John Paul II and World Politics: 20 Years of a Search for a New Approach, 1978-1998\|publisher=Peeters Publishers\|year=1999\|page=6}}</ref> the first papal encyclical addressed to "all men of good will", rather than to Roman Catholics only.
	**''McLintock!'' starring ]
			* ] – The Soviet nuclear powered submarine '']'' collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S ''Finnclipper'' in the Danish Straits. Although severely damaged, both vessels make it to port.
	*]
			* ] – The ] is established.
	*]
			* ] – Martin Luther King, Jr. issues his "]".
	**] - The ] tape 10 tracks for their 1st album, including "Please, Please Me".
			* ] – In ], Canada, members of the terrorist group ] bomb a ] recruitment center, killing night watchman Wilfred V. O'Neill.
	*]
			* ]–] – The first election of the Supreme Institution of the ] (known as the ], whose seat is at the ] on ] in ], ]) is held.
	*]
			* ] – ] becomes the 14th ].
	**] - First television pictures transmitted from a U.S. manned space capsule ("Faith 7.") Due to the poor picture quality, only ] carries the transmission, and on tape-delay, not live
			* ] – ] is held in ].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Steinberg \|first1=S. \|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-65: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations \|date=26 December 2016 \|publisher=Springer \|isbn=978-0-230-27093-0 \|page=1162 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O43LDQAAQBAJ&dq=italy+general+election+%2228+april%22+1963&pg=PA1162 \|language=en}}</ref>
	**] – ] becomes first network to expand its evening network news from 15 to 30 minutes.
			* ] – ] becomes the first ].
	**] - ] expands its evening network news program to 30 minutes
	**] - regular television programming is suspended following news of ]'s assassination
	**] - first episode of ] is broadcast in the ].
	**] - ] murders ]'s suspected assassin ] live on television.
	**The television remote control is authorized by the ].

			===May===
	'''Births:'''
			{{Main\|May 1963}}
	*] - ], director
			* ] – ] introduces its first diet drink, ] cola.
	*] - ], American ] player.
			* ] – ] launches near ] a 3-stage rocket with a maximum flight altitude of more than {{cvt\|62\|mi\|disp=flip}} (the only sounding rocket developed in Germany).
			* ] – The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, ], kills 64 people.
			* ] – ]: The ] opens fire on Buddhists who defy a ban on the flying of the ] on ], the birthday of ], killing 9. Earlier, President ] allowed the flying of the ] in honour of his brother, Archbishop ], triggering the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
			* ] – A ] outbreak hits ], ], lasting until July.
			* ] – Kuwait becomes the 111th member of the ].
			* ] – ]: ] launches ] on ], the last Mercury mission (on ] NASA Administrator ] tells Congress the program is complete).
			* ] – ] beats ] 2–1 at ], London and wins the ] (football).
			* ] – ] visits the ].
			* ] – The ] is established in ], ].

			===June===
	'''Deaths:'''
			{{Main\|June 1963}}
	*] - ], ]r
			* ] – ]: The ] rains ] on the heads of Buddhist protestors, injuring 67 people. The United States threatens to cut off aid to the regime of ].
	*] - ], composer
			* ] – President of the United States ] signs ], authorizing the ] to continue issuing ].
	*] - ], poet/].
			* ] – The first annual ] ] is held in ], Canada.
	*] - ]
			]
	*] -
			* ] – In ], ] ] commits ] to protest the oppression of Buddhists by ]’s government.
	**], French singer
	**], ~~writer~~		* ]
			** The cancellation of ] effectively ends the United States' manned ] ].
	*] - ], President of ]
			** The New York Commodity Exchange begins trading silver ]s.
	*] -
			* ] – The ] makes its first appearance at the ]. It will go on to win its class ].
	**] is assassinated in ], by ]
			* ] – ] carries Soviet cosmonaut ], the first woman into space.
	** novelist ]
			* ] – In ''],'' the ] ruled that compulsory ] and Bible-reading violated the ].
	** ] - ], ] ], and English professor
			* ] – ] the first woman in space, returns to Earth, landing in the ].
	*] - ], shot by ]
			* ]
	*] - ], German ]
			** Establishment of the ] (officially, the Direct Communications Link or DCL; unofficially, the "red telephone"; and in fact a ] link) is authorized by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva by representatives of the Soviet Union and the United States.<ref>{{cite book\|chapter=Hot Line Agreements (1963, 1971, 1984)\|title=Historical Dictionary Of Arms Control And Disarmament\|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000lars\|url-access=registration\|first1=Jeffrey A.\|last1=Larsen\|first2=James M.\|last2=Smith\|publisher=Scarecrow Press\|year=2005\|page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|first=David\|last=Kahn\|title=The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet\|publisher=Simon and Schuster\|year=1996\|page=715}}</ref>
	*] - American poet
			** Swedish Air Force Colonel ] is arrested as a spy for the ].
			** War film '']'' (starring ] and ]) is premiered in London.<ref>{{cite news\|title=The Great Escape, premiere\|work=]\|location=London\|date=20 June 1963\|page=2}}</ref>
			* ] – ] (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds ] as the 262nd ].
			* ]
			** ] gives his "]" speech in ], Germany.<ref>{{cite book \| last = Williams \| first = Simon \| title = Shakespeare on the German stage \| publisher = Cambridge University Press \| location = Cambridge England New York \| year = 1990 \| isbn = 978-0-521-34386-2 \| page=351}}</ref>
			** ] is replaced by ] as prime minister of Israel.

			===July===
	'''Technology:'''
			{{Main\|July 1963}}
	*End of the ] of ] manned ]
			* ] – ]s are introduced by the ].
	*] and ] prove ] of ]s is slowed by their motion. (See ]'s ] and ]).
			* ] – Diplomatic relations between the ]i and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level.
	*], the world's first ] (]) ] is orbited by ].
			* ] – ]: Secret police loyal to ], brother of President ], attack American journalists including ] and ] at a demonstration during the ] in South Vietnam.
	*Full deployment of ], the semi-automated ground environment.
			* ] – South Africa: police raid ] to the north of ], arresting a group of ] leaders.
	*] cable goes into operation.
			* ] – American test pilot ], flying the ], reaches an altitude of 65.8 miles (105.9 kilometers), making it a sub-orbital spaceflight by recognized international standards.
	*Geneticist ] coins the word "]".
			* ]
	*] ] officially begins operation.
			** An ] in ], ] (present-day ]) leaves 1,800 dead.
			** ] launches ] 2, the world's first ] (]) ].
			* ] – The Soviet newspaper '']'' reports that British diplomat and ] ] has been given asylum in Moscow.

			===August===
	''']:'''
			{{Main\|August 1963}}
	*] - ], ], ]
			]
	*] - ], ]
			* ] – The United States, United Kingdom and ] sign the ].<ref name=PNTBT>{{cite web\|title=Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water\|url=http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/t/test_ban\|publisher=United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs\|access-date=2018-10-10}}</ref>
	*] - ], ], ]
			* ] – The ] takes place in ], England.
	*] - ]
			* ] – A huge and devastating ] hits the region around ], ]. According to government documents, two million hectares (4.94 million acres) are lost to burning and 110 persons perished.<ref>] ''(Portuguese language edition)'' Retrieved on July 3, 2020.</ref>
	*] - International Committee of the ], League of ] Societies
			* ] – '']'': President ] is overthrown in the ] after a three-day uprising in the capital, ].
			* ] – ]: The ] loyal to ], brother of President ], vandalise Buddhist pagodas across South Vietnam, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. In the wake of the raids, the ] by ] orders the ] to explore alternative leadership in the country, opening the way towards a coup against Diệm.
			* ] – American test pilot ] again achieves a sub-orbital spaceflight according to international standards, this time by piloting the ] to an altitude of 67.0 miles (107.8 kilometers).
			* ] – First games played in the ], the primary professional ] league in ], replacing the Oberliga.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=10 things on the Bundesliga \|url=https://www.bundesliga.com//faq/10-things-on-the-bundesliga \|access-date=2022-07-31 \|website=bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website \|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ] delivers his "]" speech on the steps of the ] to an audience of at least 250,000, during the ]. It is, at that point, the single ].
			* ] – The ] (a direct ] link) is inaugurated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy.<ref>{{cite news\|title='Hot Line' Ready For Use In East–West Crisis\|journal=Miami News\|date=1963-08-31\|page=4}}</ref>

			===September===
	'''Miscellaneous'''
			{{Main\|September 1963}}
	*] invents the ubiquitous ]
			* ] – ] comes into effect. This will become the foundation for further ].
			* ] – The ] (CEIPI) is founded.
			* ] – ] boss ] is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on ], ]).
			* ] – ]: The ], in ], kills 4 and injures 22.
			* ] – ] is formed through the merging of the ] and the British ] of ], ] (renamed ]) and ].
			* ] – Rioters burn down the British Embassy in ], to protest the formation of ].
			* ] – ] is founded at ] in ]
			* ] – ] is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the ''College of Petroleum and Minerals''.
			* ] – The ] ratifies the ].
			* ] – In the ], ] is deposed by a coup d'état led by the military with civilian support.
			* ] – The second period of the ] in Rome opens.

			===October===
			{{Main\|October 1963}}
			* ] – U.S. President ] toasts Emperor ] at a luncheon in ].
			* ]
			** ] becomes a ]; The ] is established.
			** The ] in the United States issues its final reports to President Kennedy.
			* ] – ]: A violent coup in ] pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform under President ] and begins two decades of military rule under General ].
			* ] – ], one of the worst Atlantic storms in history, hits ] and ], killing nearly 7,000 people.
			*] – ]: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady ] arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the ].<ref>{{cite book \|first=Howard \|last=Jones \|year=2003 \|title= Death of a Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn = 0-19-505286-2 \|location=New York City \|pages=372, 385}}</ref>
			* ] – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the ] causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
			* ] – ], signed on ], takes effect.<ref name=PNTBT/>
			* ] – A revolution starts in ], ], against British colonial rule.
			* ] – ] replaces ] as Chancellor of West Germany.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945\|publisher=Taylor & Francis\|year=2014\|page=312}}</ref>
			* ] – ] succeeds ] as ].<ref>{{cite book\| author=Mark Dunton\|title=Images of The National Archives: Prime Ministers of the 20th Century\|isbn=978-1-5267-2952-1\|publisher=Pen & Sword Books Limited\|year=2021\|page=59}}</ref>
			* ] – Fire at the Soviet Union's ] in an ] ]; seven people are killed.<ref>{{cite book \| last = Kiselev \| first = A. I. \| title = Astronautics: summary and prospects \| publisher = Springer \| location = Wien London \| year = 2003 \| isbn = 978-3-211-83890-7 \| page=538}}</ref>
			* ] – The car manufacturing firm ] is founded in Italy.
			* ] – ]: 81 die in a gas explosion during a ] show at the ] in ], United States.

			===November===
			{{Main\|November 1963}}
			* ] – ], a ], officially begins operation in ].
			* ] – ]: ], the ]ese President.
			* ] – ]: Coup leader General ] takes over as leader of ].
			* ]
			** 11 German miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days in what becomes known as the "]" ("miracle of ]").
			** The star-studded movie ] premieres in ].
			* ] – ] aircraft OH-LCA crashes before landing at ] on ].
			* ] – Two disasters in Japan:
			** ] explosion: A ] explosion kills 458 and sends 839 ] victims to the hospital.
			** ]: A triple train disaster in ] kills 161.
			* ] – ] makes an historic speech in ] ("]").
			* ] – A volcanic eruption under the sea near ] creates a new island, ].
			]
			* ] – ]: In a motorcade in ], ], U.S. President ] is fatally shot by ], and ] ] is seriously wounded at 12:30 ]. Upon Kennedy's death, Vice President ] becomes the 36th president of the United States. A few hours later, President Johnson is ] aboard ], as Kennedy's body is flown back to Washington, D.C. Stores and businesses shut down for the next four days, in tribute.
			* ]
			** The ] kills 63 elderly people near ], United States.
			** The long-running sci-fi television series '']'' ] on ] in the United Kingdom.
			* ]
			** ], assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by ] in ], an event seen on live national television.
			** ]: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting ] militarily and economically.
			* ] – ]: President Kennedy is buried at ]. Schools around the nation cancel classes that day; millions watch the funeral on live international television. Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral takes place on the same day.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Billy C. Mossman\|author2=M. W. Stark\|title=The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funerals, 1921-1969\|publisher=Department of the Army\|year=1972\|page=401}}</ref>
			* ]
			** U.S. President ] establishes the ] to investigate the ].
			** ], a ] crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from ] near ], killing all 118 on board, the worst ] for many years in Canada's history.
			** Foundation stone for ] is laid in East Pakistan (present-day ]).
			* ] – ]: ]' ]/] ] ] is re-elected with an increased majority to an unprecedented eighth term in office, defeating the ] led by ]. (This would be the final lower house election won by Menzies, who would retire from office during the term as the longest-serving ] in Australian history; he would be ] by ].)

			===December===
			{{Main\|December 1963}}
			*] – The ] begins its investigation into the ].
			* ] – The second period of the ] closes.
			* ] – The Seliger Forschungs-und-Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH demonstrates rockets for military use to military representatives of non-NATO-countries near ]. Although these rockets land via parachute at the end of their flight and no allied laws are violated, the ] protests this action.
			* ] – The first ] system to use ] instead of film is used by ], a CBS-TV director, during a live televised sporting event, the ] of ] played in Philadelphia, United States.
			* ] – A lightning strike causes the crash of ] near ], United States, killing 81 people.
			* ]
			** ] gains independence from the United Kingdom, as a constitutional monarchy under Sultan ].
			** ] narrowly escapes death while testing an NF-104A rocket-augmented aerospace trainer when his aircraft goes out of control at 108,700 feet (nearly 21 miles up) and crashes. He parachutes to safety at 8,500 feet after vainly battling to gain control of the powerless, rapidly falling craft. In this incident he becomes the first pilot to make an emergency ejection in the full pressure suit needed for high altitude flights.
			* ] – ] gains independence from the United Kingdom, with ] as prime minister.
			* ] – The ] begin.
			* ] – ]: Inter-communal fighting erupts between ] and ].
			* ] – The cruise ship ] burns {{convert\|180\|mi\|km}} north of ], with the loss of 128 lives.
			* ] – ] of the ] (CHP) forms the new government of ] (28th government, coalition partners; independents, İnönü has served ten times as a prime minister, this is his last government).
			* ] – ] dissolves.

			===Date unknown===
			* ] and J.H. Smith prove that the ] of ]s is slowed by their motion (see ]'s ] and ]).
			* The ] ] goes into operation.
			* ] writes the revolutionary ] program and runs it on the ] computer at ].
			* ] is abolished.
			* Construction of Moscow's ] begins.
			* The ] is founded.
			* The ] is standardised by the Central Language Board in ].
			* ] invents the ubiquitous ] face symbol.
			* The classic ] is first produced.
			* The ] is founded.
			* ]'s '']'' is published.
			* ] releases their Superhero assembly team The Avengers.

			==Births==
			{{BDToC\|births\|unknown=yes}}

			===January===
			]]]
			]]]
			* ]
			** ], Canadian actor and comedian
			** ], German singer (])<ref>{{cite news\|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/04/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-4-2019/5471546221584/\|title=UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 4, 2019\|work=]\|date=4 January 2019\|access-date=4 September 2019\|archive-date=5 January 2019 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190105012355/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/04/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-4-2019/5471546221584/\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Chinese actor, film director and screenwriter
			* ] – ], Kenyan long-distance runner (d. ])<ref name="EdwardsSparks1996">{{cite book\|author1=Glenn M. Edwards\|author2=Karen Jacobs Sparks\|title=Britannica Book of the Year\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AAW4yrfxzYC\|year=1996\|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica\|isbn=978-0-85229-628-8\|page=87}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Soviet Russian figure skater (d. ])
			* ]
			** ], American swimmer
			** ], East German swimmer
			* ] – ], American film director<ref>{{Britannica\|760671}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American cryptographer, cyber security expert and writer<ref name="fb">{{cite web \|title=Bruce Schneier <nowiki>\|</nowiki> Facebook \|url=https://www.facebook.com/bruce.schneier \|publisher=]}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], English-born economist<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024\|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2024/press-release/\|access-date=October 14, 2024\|website=NobelPrize.org\|language=en-US}}</ref>
			** ], English motoring journalist and television show host<ref>{{cite news\|title=My Secret Life: James May, TV presenter, age 45\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-james-may-tv-presenter-age-45-943442.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-james-may-tv-presenter-age-45-943442.html \|archive-date=May 1, 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|website=The Independent\|location=London\|access-date=16 January 2018\|date=27 September 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
			* ] – ], German ] guitarist and singer
			* ] – ], Paraguayan politician
			* ] – ], Nigerian basketball player<ref> at NBA.com</ref>
			* ] – ], American actress<ref name="allm">{{Cite web \|title=Gail O'Grady \| Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos \|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/gail-ogrady-p53444 \|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Brazilian academic and politician
			* ]
			** ], Portuguese football manager<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l3685.html \|title=Mourinho: José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix: Manager \|publisher=BDFutbol \|access-date=3 May 2018 \|archive-date=9 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109010957/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l3685.html \|url-status=live }}</ref>
			** ], English pop musician<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rttnews.com/Media/SlideShow/SlideShow.aspx?ID=1141&Slide=5 \|title=1963 – Andrew Ridgeley Born \|publisher=Rttnews.com \|access-date=24 December 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121437/http://www.rttnews.com/Media/SlideShow/SlideShow.aspx?ID=1141&Slide=5 \|archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>

			=== February ===
			]]]
			]]]
			]]]
			]]]
			* ] – ], American vocalist (d. ])
			* ] – ], Australian journalist
			* ] – ], Swiss alpine skier
			* ]
			** ], English cricketer (d. ])
			** ], Brazilian actress and singer
			* ] – ], American actor and voice actor<ref>{{cite book\|title=John Willis' Theatre World\|publisher=Crown Publishers\|year=1995\|page=199}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Canadian actor and director
			** ], Australian fashion designer
			* ] – ], Chinese-American physicist (d. ])
			* ] – ], Italian actor, television presenter and director
			* ]
			** ], Filipino politician, actor and film producer
			** ], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web\|author=Rick Morrissey\|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bulls/chi-michael-jordan-chicago-bulls-chapter-1-story.html\|title=Chapter 1: Brooklyn\|website=Chicago Tribune\|date=September 10, 2009\|access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref>
			** ], American actor and comedian
			* ] – ], English rugby union player
			* ] – ], English soul singer
			* ]
			** ], American basketball player<ref>{{Basketballstats\|nba=787}}</ref>
			** ], American politician and member of the ] from 1995 to 1999
			* ] – ], American actor, producer and writer<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.biography.com/people/billy-baldwin-585044\|title=Billy Baldwin: Film Actor, Actor, Television Actor (1963–)\|website=]\|publisher= ]\|access-date=March 4, 2019\|archive-date=March 23, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323050741/https://www.biography.com/people/billy-baldwin-585044 \|url-status=live}} </ref>
			* ] – ], Fijian golfer
			* ] – ], retired Georgian professional football player
			* ] – ], Brazilian singer and actress (], Virginie & Fruto Proibido)

			===March===
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			* ]
			** ], German singer
			** ], Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant<ref>{{cite web \|title=Aydan Sener , (1963 - ....) \|url=http://biyografi.tv/aydan_sener_biyografisi.asp\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013213645/http://biyografi.tv/aydan_sener_biyografisi.asp \|archive-date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], 31st ]
			** ], American PRCA World Champion Bull Rider<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Vicroy \|first=Kevin \|title=Richard "Tuff" Hedeman \|url=https://www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/bull-riding/richard-tuff-hedeman/ \|access-date=2022-07-31 \|website=ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy \|language=en-US}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Spanish long-distance runner
			* ] – ], American bassist
			* ] – ], Argentine footballer (d. ])
			* ] − ], Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter (d. ])
			*]
			** ], American music producer
			** ], Italian politician
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			** ], Albanian student leader (d. ])
			** ], English actress
			** ], American photographer<ref>{{cite news\|title= Maximum Exposure\| author= Sharkey, Alix\|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/feb/05/features.magazine\|newspaper= ]\|date= February 4, 2006\|access-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Iranian princess
			** ], British actor
			** ], Brazilian runner
			* ] – ], Argentine rock musician
			* ] – ], Australian cricketer
			* ] – ], American rock singer (])
			* ] – ], New Zealand actor (d. ])
			* ] – ], Hong Kong actor
			* ] – ], American beauty queen, actress and singer
			* ]
			** ], American actress and model
			** ], British actor
			* ] – ], Dutch football player and manager
			* ]
			** ], Indonesian diplomat
			** ], Cuban middle-distance runner<ref>{{cite web \|title=Ana Fidelia QUIROT \|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/ana-fidelia-quirot-14263414 \|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
			** ], Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th ]
			* ] – ], Spanish football player
			* ] – ], Zimbabwean politician and ]
			* ]
			** ], American jazz musician<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/dave-koz/12484 \|title=Dave Koz {{!}} Artist \|website=Recording Academy Grammy Awards \|access-date=August 3, 2020 }}</ref>
			** ], American actor, director, writer and producer
			** ], Brazilian television personality
			* ] – ], American activist, lawyer and minister
			* ] – ], Greek footballer
			* ] – ], Cameroonian footballer (d. ])

			===April===
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			* ] – ], English actress
			* ]
			** ], Pakistani politician (d. ])
			** ], Canadian ice hockey player (d. ])
			** ], Irish comedian and talk show host
			** ], Canadian soccer player and coach
			* ] – ], ]
			* ] – ], American actor
			* ]
			** ], American fashion designer
			** ], Turkish actor (d. ])
			* ]
			** ], French politician
			** ], German politician
			** ], Swiss politician and lawyer
			* ] – ], Nigerian-born British biophysicist and virologist (d. ])
			* ] – ], Russian chess player<ref>{{cite book \| last = LastName \| first = FirstName \| title = Chase's calendar of events. the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months \| publisher = Rowman & Littlefield \| location = Lanham \| year = 2019 \| isbn = 978-1-64143-316-7 \|page=222}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197553/BEATA_SZYDLO/home\|title=Beata Szydlo\|website=European Parliament\|date=April 15, 1963 \|access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref>
			** ], Venezuelan politician
			* ] – ], American pop singer<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Ralph M. Newman\|author2=Norm N. Nite\|title=Rock on: The modern years, 1964-present\|publisher=T. Y. Crowell Company\|year=1974\|page=360}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Mexican professional wrestler (d. ])
			** ], American drummer
			** ], Canadian actor
			** ], American television entertainer and talk show host<ref>{{cite book \| last = LastName \| first = FirstName \| title = Chase's calendar of events 2021: the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months \| publisher = Rowman & Littlefield \| location = Lanham, Maryland \| year = 2020 \| isbn = 978-1-64143-424-9 \| page=230}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Canadian actor
			* ] – ], Spanish ski racer (d. ])
			* ] – ], Iranian politician (d. ])
			* ] – ], Estonian punk rock musician
			* ] – ], Chinese martial artist and actor<ref>{{cite book \| title = Chase's calendar of events 2021: the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months \| publisher = Rowman & Littlefield \| location = Lanham, Maryland \| year = 2020 \| isbn = 978-1-64143-424-9 \| page=243}}</ref>
			* ]– ], Welsh television producer and writer<ref>{{cite book\|author=Adam Pearson\|title=101 Interesting Facts on Doctor Who: Learn About the Science-Fiction TV Show\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K6O5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PP17\|date=18 August 2014\|publisher=Andrews UK Limited\|isbn=978-1-910295-80-9\|page=17}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Canadian ice hockey coach
			* ] – ], American race car driver and sportscaster

			===May===
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			* ] – ], Australian singer, musician and actor (])
			* ] – ], British martial artist and actor
			* ]
			** ], American film and television animation director, screenwriter and voice actor
			** ], American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut
			* ] – ], British-American actress (d. ])
			* ] – ], Austrian actress and politician
			* ] – ], Irish-American singer (])
			* ]
			** ], American fiction writer
			** ], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats \|nba_historical=247}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Canadian actor and comedian
			** ], Estonian shot putter and discus thrower
			* ]
			** ], English insurance entrepreneur
			** ], South African actress
			** ], American politician and member of the ] from 2005 to 2018
			* ] – ], Brazilian actress
			* ] – ], ]<ref>{{cite book \| last = Lendvai \| first = Paul \| title = Orbán: Hungary's Strongman \| publisher = Oxford University Press \| location = Oxford \| year = 2018 \| isbn = 978-0-19-091127-0 \| page=11}}</ref>

			===June===
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			* ] – ], ]
			* ]
			** ], Italian voice actress
			** ], French politician
			* ] – ], New Zealand rugby union player
			* ] – ], Hungarian heavy metal singer
			* ] – ], British actor<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/jason-isaacs/\|title=Jason Isaacs\|website=Empire\|access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American actor and film director<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Barraclough\|first=Leo\|date=2020-07-06\|title=7 Things You Need to Know About Johnny Depp's U.K. Trial\|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/johnny-depp-sun-trial-amber-heard-1234698986/\|access-date=2021-05-20\|website=]}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American actress
			* ]
			** ], Australian rules footballer
			** ], Nigerian Christian leader (d. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|date=January 7, 2024\|title=Nigeria's disgraced televangelist TB Joshua\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29234245\|publisher=BBC News\|language=en-GB\|access-date=21 June 2018\|archive-date=23 January 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123221341/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29234245\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			* ] – ], German tennis player
			* ] – ], Montenegrin singer-songwriter
			* ]
			** ], American actress
			** ], Venezuelan actress
			* ] – ], American actor
			* ] – ], ]
			* ] – ], American television host<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/slideshows/miscellaneous/the-life-of-laura-ingraham-how-a-young-conservative-became-a-national-figure-then-a-fox-news-firebrand/slidelist/74746567.cms\|title=The life of Laura Ingraham: How a young conservative became a national figure, then a Fox News firebrand\|newspaper=]\|date=March 21, 2020\|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Taiwanese popular singer
			** ], Czech director and writer
			* ]
			** ], American ] fighter and actor
			** ], Japanese sumo wrestler
			** ], Canadian wrestler (d. ])
			* ]
			** ], Swedish road racing cyclist
			** ], South Korean politician
			** ], Chinese science fiction writer<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?208409\|title=Summary Bibliography: Cixin Liu\|publisher=ISFDB}}</ref>
			** ], Brazilian lawyer and politician
			** ], Scottish golfer
			* ] – ], Mongolian politician
			* ]
			** ], Canadian novelist<ref>{{cite book \| last = Bloom \| first = Clive \| title = Bestsellers: popular fiction since 1900 \| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan \| location = Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York \| year = 2008 \| isbn = 978-0-230-53688-3 \| page=322}}</ref>
			** ], British singer-songwriter (d. ])<ref>{{cite news\|title=Obituary: George Michael\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15925376\|work=BBC News\|access-date=26 December 2016\|date=25 December 2016}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Russian businessman, activist and oligarch
			** ], Russian ballet dancer
			* ] – ], Thai film director and screenwriter
			* ]
			** ], German violinist
			** ], English actor
			** ], American actress
			*]
			**], Serbian football player and coach
			**], Swedish guitarist<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://megarockradio.net/2018/06/30/swedish-guitarist-yngwie-malmsteen-turns-55-years-old-today-steve-huey-of-allmu/\|title=Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen turns 55 years old today. Steve Huey of Allmu…\|website=Megarockradio.net\|date=30 June 2018\|access-date=7 October 2019\|archive-date=7 October 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007205229/https://megarockradio.net/2018/06/30/swedish-guitarist-yngwie-malmsteen-turns-55-years-old-today-steve-huey-of-allmu/\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			===July===
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			* ]
			** ], Danish-Syrian politician
			** ], Belarusian speed skater
			** ], Chinese fencer<!-- "Zhang" is surname -->
			** ], American musician, keyboardist for the band ]
			* ] – ], Iraqi lawyer and politician
			* ] – ], Singaporean politician
			* ]
			** ], French tennis player
			** ], Malaysian politician and businessman
			* ]
			** ], American actress
			** ], Polish politician
			* ] – ], Romanian high jumper
			* ]
			** ], American pop/rock singer-songwriter and actress
			** ], Mexican politician
			** ], Danish female darts player
			** ], Indian filmmaker and screenwriter
			* ]
			** ], American film and television director
			** ], Dominican attorney, businessman and entrepreneur
			** ], Russian actor
			* ]
			** ], Iranian actress
			** ], British motorcycle racer
			* ]
			** ], Canadian ice hockey player
			** ], Cuban politician; ]
			** ], American actress
			* ]
			** ], Polish entrepreneur
			** ], Russian actor
			** ], Mexican diplomat
			* ]
			** ], American actor, producer and model<ref>{{cite news \|agency=] \|date=July 13, 2021 \|title=On This Date: Birthdays \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-birthdays/129401662/ \|work=] \|location= Durham, NC \|page=A2 \|via=]}}</ref>
			** ], American basketball player
			* ] – ], Dutch politician
			* ] – ], Danish actress
			* ]
			** ], American actress
			** ], Swedish tennis player
			** ], Slovenian football manager and player
			* ]
			** ], widow of ]
			** King ]
			** ], Finnish ski jumper (d. ])
			* ] – ], ]
			* ] – ], Hungarian swimmer
			* ]
			** ], Russian ice dancing coach and competitor
			** ], Nigerian politician
			** ], Hong Kong actor
			* ] – ], Brazilian national basketball player, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
			* ]
			** ], American actress
			** ], Spanish football player
			* ] – ], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{cite web \|title=Slobodan Zivojinovic \|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/Z006/overview \|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American professional basketball player<ref>{{Basketballstats\|nba_historical=karl_malone}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Hong Kong actor and martial artist
			* ] – ], British singer-songwriter
			* ]
			** ], Irish football commentator
			** ], American actress, activist and health coach, previously model
			* ]
			** ], American actress<ref>{{cite web\|title=Lisa Kudrow Biography\|website=Biography.com (]/])\|access-date=August 28, 2021\|url=https://www.biography.com/actor/lisa-kudrow\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223074152/https://www.biography.com/actor/lisa-kudrow \|archive-date=February 23, 2020 }}</ref>
			** ], prime minister of Andorra (d. ])
			** ], American basketball player, coach and executive
			** ], French fencer (d. ])
			** ], Indian Bollywood actress
			* ]
			** ], English DJ, musician and record producer
			** ], German economist, editor, author and businessman

			===August===
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			]]]
			* ]
			** ], American rapper (d. ])
			** ], Mexican-American actor
			** ], American actor and film director<ref>{{cite news\|title=John Carroll Lynch\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/200393/John-Carroll-Lynch/biography \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140422120457/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/200393/John-Carroll-Lynch/biography \|department=Movies & TV Dept.\|work=]\|author=Matthew Tobey\|date=2014\| archive-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], English singer
			** ], American heavy metal guitarist (])<ref>{{cite book \| last = Prown \| first = Pete \| title = Legends of rock guitar: the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists \| publisher = H. Leonard \| location = Milwaukee, WI \| year = 1997 \| isbn = 978-0-7935-4042-6 \| page=224}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], English actor
			** ], German journalist
			* ] – ], American computer hacker (d. ])<ref>{{cite news \|last=Cho \|first=Kelly Kasulis \|title=Kevin Mitnick, hacker and fugitive turned security consultant, dies at 59 \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/20/kevin-mitnick-hacker-dies/ \|access-date=July 20, 2023 \|newspaper=] \|date=July 20, 2023 \|archive-date=July 20, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720120212/https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/20/kevin-mitnick-hacker-dies/ \|url-status=live}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American actor
			* ] – ], American singer (d. ])<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/12/whitney-houston-obituary \|last=Sullivan \|first=Caroline \|title=Whitney Houston obituary \|work=]\|date=February 11, 2012\|access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Indian actress (d. ])<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Habib \|first=Shanhaz \|date=27 February 2018 \|title=Sridevi obituary \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/27/sridevi-obituary-star-indian-cinema \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228214706/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/27/sridevi-obituary-star-indian-cinema \|archive-date=28 February 2018 \|access-date=1 March 2018 \|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
			** ], French businessman (d. ])
			** ], American writer and spy novelist
			* ] – ], French actress<ref>. ''cinema.jeuxactu.com''. Retrieved 21 April 2020.</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter
			** ], entrepreneur, politician and political prisoner
			* ] – ], American actress and voice actress (d. ])
			* ] – ], German actor
			* ]
			** ], Brazilian actor
			** ], American actor<ref>{{cite web\| url= http://www.biography.com/people/john-stamos-10073503\|title=John Stamos Biography: Drummer, Film Actor, Television Actor, Singer (1963–)\|publisher= ] (] / ])\| access-date= June 23, 2016}}</ref>
			** ], Swedish singer (])
			* ]
			** King ]
			* ] – ], American singer<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sullivan \|first=Caroline \|title=Tori Amos: 'I'm too raw for straight men. They are tortured by my shows' \|date=April 23, 2015 \|newspaper=] \|department=Music \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/23/tori-amos-cornflake-girl-teenage-daughter-madonna \|access-date=July 8, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424063432/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/23/tori-amos-cornflake-girl-teenage-daughter-madonna \|archive-date=April 24, 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Brazilian actress
			** ], German field hockey player
			** ], Mexican actress, hostess and singer
			** ], South Korean film director and screenwriter <!-- "Park" is surname -->
			* ] – ], Japanese director, screenwriter, video game designer and video game producer
			* ] – ], 10th ]
			* ] – ], Chinese singer
			* ]
			** ], American actor
			** ], Welsh racing driver
			* ] – ], British-Irish actor

			===September===
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			* ]
			** ], American actress
			** ], Dutch politician and ]
			* ] – ], Chinese gymnast
			* ] – ], German alpine-skier
			* ]
			** ], American baseball player
			** ], Ivorian sprinter (d. ])
			* ] – ], Mexican actress
			* ] – ], Irish actor and writer
			* ] – ], Canadian businessman, investor and television personality
			* ]
			** ], Brazilian actress
			** ], American pop/rock singer<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.richardmarxonline.com/web/bio_personal.htm\|publisher=Richard Marx Online\|title=Biography & Career Highlights\|access-date=April 9, 2007\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526024359/http://www.richardmarxonline.com/web/bio_personal.htm\|archive-date=May 26, 2007}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Japanese professional wrestler
			* ]
			** ], Canadian actor
			** ], English-American composer, conductor, pianist and record producer
			** ], American animator, producer and voice actor<ref>{{cite web\|title=California births\|url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461?c=search&first=Daniel&last=Povenmire\|access-date=December 10, 2009\|publisher=Family Tree Legends}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], English rock musician (])
			** ], English football goalkeeper
			* ]
			** ], American baseball player
			** ], Scottish actor
			** ], Japanese impostor
			* ] – ], Japanese composer
			* ] – ], American actor and director
			* ]
			** ], Canadian hockey player
			** ], American bassist (])

			===October===
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			** ], American baseball player<ref>{{Baseballstats\|mlb=118743}}</ref>
			** ], 7th ], wife of ]
			* ] – ], Filipina American campaigning journalist, ] laureate
			* ] – ], Uruguayan-Mexican actor, previously model
			* ] –Dame ], English golfer
			* ] – ], American actress
			* ]
			** ], Hong Kong singer (d. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2004-01-02\|title=Anita Mui Obituary\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/anita-mui-37737.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/anita-mui-37737.html \|archive-date=May 1, 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-11-16\|website=The Independent\|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
			** ], American journalist (d. ])
			** ], Dutch swimmer
			** ], Norwegian cross-country skier<ref>{{cite web \|title=Vegard Ulvang \|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/98479 \|website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Israeli footballer<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&dq=Ronny+Rosenthal+october+11&pg=PA285\|title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History\|first=Bob\|last=Wechsler\|date=November 29, 2008\|publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc.\|isbn=978-1-60280-013-7 \|via=Google Books}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Japanese anime director (d. ])<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.madhouse.co.jp/column/mhpf/mhpf_no035.html \|script-title=ja:マッドハウス・公式プロフィール \| language=ja \|access-date=August 25, 2010 \|publisher=] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616212422/http://www.madhouse.co.jp/column/mhpf/mhpf_no035.html\|archive-date= June 16, 2011}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Korean poet and theologian
			* ] – ], Northern Irish footballer
			* ]
			** ], Venezuelan teacher and trade unionist<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Castillo Rada Elsa - Dtto. Capital - Venezuela {{!}} Dateas.com \|url=https://www.dateas.com/es/persona_venezuela/castillo-rada-elsa-824261 \|access-date=2023-03-20 \|website=www.dateas.com \|language=es}}</ref>
			** ]<ref>{{cite book \| last = Paxton \| first = John \| title = The statesman's year-book: statistical and historical annual of the states of the world for the year 1974-1975 \| publisher = Macmillan \| location = London \| year = 1974 \| isbn = 978-0-230-27103-6 \| page=760}}</ref>
			** ], Anglo-American singer
			* ]
			** ], 16th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
			** ], Canadian astronaut and ]
			* ] – ], Brazilian actress, singer and TV host
			* ] – ], American figure skater
			* ]
			** ], Canadian-American children's and young adult author
			** ], Hong Kong actor and director
			* ] – ], Swedish bassist (])
			* ]
			**], Canadian actor and director<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wyndham \|first=Wise \|author-link=Wyndham Wise \|title=Tom Cavanagh \|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tom-cavanagh \|access-date=November 14, 2018 \|website=]}}</ref>
			**], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_pbECYPYlZcC&dq=natalie+merchant+1963&pg=PA163 \| title=Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008 \| isbn=978-0-89820-174-1 \| last1=Whitburn \| first1=Joel \| year=2008 \| publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation }}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Russian freestyle swimmer (d. ])
			** ], Turkish footballer
			** ], German singer, band {{Lang\|de\|]\|italic=no}}<ref>{{cite book \|first=Markus \|last=Karg \|date=2001 \|title=Die Ärzte - Ein überdimensionales Meerschwein frisst die Erde auf \|publisher=Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf \|place=Berlin \|isbn=3-89602-369-1\|page=71}}</ref>
			** ], American actress and television personality<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2016/03/06/donald-trump-ex-georgia-native-marla-maples-on-dancing-with-the-stars/\|title=Donald Trump ex, Georgia native Marla Maples on 'Dancing With the Stars' {{!}} Radio and TV Talk\|date=March 6, 2016\|access-date=July 26, 2017\|archive-date=March 25, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325123044/http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2016/03/06/donald-trump-ex-georgia-native-marla-maples-on-dancing-with-the-stars/}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American actress
			* ]
			** ], Brazilian footballer
			** ], English alternative rock musician
			** ], American actor
			** ], American actor, comedian and film director

			===November===
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			** ], Welsh football player & manager
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			* ]
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			* ] – ], American actress and author
			* ] – ], Jamaican-born English footballer
			* ]
			** ], British actor
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			* ] – ], American professional wrestler<ref>{{cite news \|title=Billy Gunn \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25356413/lancaster_eaglegazette_friday/ \|access-date=November 13, 2018 \|work=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette \|publisher=Newspapers.com \|date=October 27, 2000 \|language=en}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Australian rugby league player
			* ] – ], Danish-born football goalkeeper
			* ] – ], American actress
			* ] – ], Macanese-American actress
			* ] – ], English actress<ref>{{cite web \|title=Nicollette Sheridan \|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9b56e55 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426052019/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9b56e55 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=26 April 2018 \|website=bfi.org.uk \|publisher=British Film Institute \|access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Mexican actress, TV host and singer
			* ] – ], Canadian jazz singer

			===December===
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			* ] – ], American novelist<ref>{{cite book \| last = LastName \| first = FirstName \| title = Chase's calendar of events. the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months \| publisher = Rowman & Littlefield \| location = Lanham \| year = 2019 \| isbn = 978-1-64143-316-7 \| page=582}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Ukrainian pole vaulter
			* ] – ], Welsh footballer
			* ]
			** ], American guitarist
			** ], Japanese professional wrestler
			* ]
			** ], Japanese consort of ]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Masako {{!}} Facts, Biography, & Children \|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Masako \|website=Encyclopedia Britannica \|access-date=23 November 2020 \|language=en}}</ref>
			** ], ]
			* ]
			** ], Panamanian politician and 37th ]
			** ], Japanese voice actress<ref>{{cite web \|title=折笠愛｜日本タレント名鑑 \|url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=W93-0740&r \|website=日本タレント名鑑 \|publisher=] \|access-date=21 December 2019 \|language=ja}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], German speed skater
			** ], South African rugby coach
			* ]
			** ], American actress
			** ], Lithuanian baritone, professor and television host
			* ] – ], American actress and singer- songwriter
			* ]
			** ], American actor
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			** ], German television presenter and talk show host
			* ]
			** ], French singer
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			** ], American basketball player
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			* ]
			** ], American actress
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			* ]
			** ], Spanish princess
			** ], Pakistani actor
			* ]
			** ], Jamaican Canadian professional boxer
			** ], Indian actor and politician
			** ], Belgian politician (d. ])
			* ]
			** ], Colombian cartoonist
			** ], Scottish footballer
			** ], Japanese-American Surrealist painter
			* ] – ], American novelist
			* ]
			** ], English actress, comedienne and screenwriter (d. ])
			** ], Indian entrepreneur
			* ] – ], Danish rock drummer (])
			* ]
			** ], German professional boxer (d. ])
			** ], Filipino billiard player
			** ], ]
			** ], American football coach
			* ] – ], Malaysian politician

			==Deaths==
			{{Further\|:Category:1963 deaths}}
			{{BD ToC\|deaths\|unknown=yes}}

			===January===
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			* ]
			** ], Canadian actor (b. ])<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jack-carson/\|title=Jack Carson\|website=]\|access-date=June 26, 2016}}</ref>
			** ], American actor (b. ])<ref>{{cite book\|author=Daniel Blum\|title=Daniel Blum's Screen World, 1964\|publisher=Biblo-Moser\|year=1964\|page=224}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Japanese ophthalmologist (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://cmeindia.in/history-today-in-medicine-prof-dr-shinobu-ishihara/\|title=History Today in Medicine - Prof. Dr. Shinobu Ishihara\|date=January 20, 2022\|website=CME INDIA}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], American baseball player (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://atxtoday.6amcity.com/sports/austin-connection-rogers-hornsby\|title=Austin's connection to Rogers Hornsby, one of baseball's greatest hitters\|date=August 23, 2023\|website=6AM - ATXtoday}}</ref>
			** ], Swedish film actor (b. ])
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			* ] – ], Italian-born American aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer (b. ])
			* ] – ], Austrian film cinematographer (b. ])
			* ]
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			** ], Togolese politician, 1st ] (assassinated) (b. ])<ref>{{cite news\|title=Togo's President Slain in Coup: Insurgents Seize Most Of Cabinet\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|date=14 January 1963\|page=A1}}</ref>
			** ], Spanish writer (b. ])
			* ]
			**], American basketball coach (b. ])<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://blogs.lib.uconn.edu/archives/2018/08/ \|title=Hugh S. Greer Field House \|last=Smith \|first=Laura \|date=August 31, 2018 \|website=uconn.edu \|publisher=UConn Library \|access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref>
			**], German socialist novelist (b. ])
			* ] – ], Italian actor and voice actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], British politician, leader of the ] (b. ])
			* ]
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			** ], Greek suffragist (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/theodoropoulou-avra-1880-1963\|title=Theodoropoulou, Avra (1880–1963) \| Encyclopedia.com\|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American actor (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Pakistani statesman, politician and diplomat, 3rd ] (b. ])
			** ], Polish sculptor and medallic artist (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], American lyricist and librettist (b. ])
			** ], part of The Western Brothers (b. ])
			* ] – ], American actress (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], German physicist (b. ])
			** ], American actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], Australian-born American film director (b. ])
			* ]
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			** ], American poet (b. ])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia \| encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica \| title=Robert Frost \| url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9035504/Robert-Frost \| edition=Online \| year=2008 \| access-date=2008-12-21}}</ref>
			** ], American baseball player (b. ])
			** ], 13th ] (b. ])<ref></ref>
			* ]
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			===February===
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			** ], English actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], American vaudeville, film and theatre performer (b. ])
			* ]
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			* ] – ], American actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], Iraqi general, 24th ] (executed) (b. ])
			* ] – ], American poet and novelist (b. ])<ref>{{cite web \|title=Sylvia Plath {{!}} Biography, Poems, Books, Death, & Facts \|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvia-Plath \|website=Encyclopedia Britannica \|access-date=27 July 2021 \|language=en}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Uruguayan tango composer and orchestra leader (b. ])
			** ], French film director (b. ])
			** ], Major League Baseball pitcher (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Danish film actress (b. ])
			** ], Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor (b. ])
			* ]
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			** ], Italian fiction writer and partisan (b. ])<ref> on ]</ref>
			** ], Italian politician and 36th ] (b. ])
			** ], Japanese politician, 17th head of the ] (b. ])
			** ], Armenian Catholicos of Cilicia (b. ])
			* ] – ], Cuban singer (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Hungarian conductor (b. ])
			** ], Danish violinist and composer (b. ])
			** ], American baseball player (b. ])
			* ] – ], American soldier (in British service), author, screenwriter and actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], American anthropologist (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Indian politician, 1st ] (b. ])
			** ], American baseball player (]) and a member of the ] (b. ])

			===March===
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			* ] – ], American baseball player (b. ])
			* ] – ], American poet (b. ])<ref>{{Cite news \|first=Phil \|last=Casey \|title=Poet Williams Dies of Stroke. Works in 40 Volumes Likened to Chekhov. \|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/154181472.html?FMT=ABS \|newspaper=Washington Post \|date=1963-03-05 \|access-date=2008-08-07 \|archive-date=March 4, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082746/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/doc/141897376.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=&type=historic&date=&author=&pub=&edition=&startpage=&desc= }}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], American singer (b. ])
			** ], Swedish film actor (b. ])
			** ], Scottish actor (b. ])
			** ], Egyptian intellectual and anti-colonial activist (b. ])
			* ] – ], scientist (b. ])
			* ] – ], Norwegian film actor (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Romanian painter (b. ])
			** ], American baseball player (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], convicted murderer (b. ])
			* ]
			** ] (b. ])
			** ], British economist (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], screenwriter (b. ])
			** ], American blues singer (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], British general (b. ])
			** ], American actress (b. ])
			* ] – ], Cuban ] cardinal (b. ])
			* ] – ], Italian film actor (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], German tennis champion (b. ])
			** ], American composer (b. ])
			** ], Hungarian bass singer (b. ])
			* ] – ], Norwegian mathematician (b. ])
			* ] – ], American screenwriter (b. ])
			* ] – ], German actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], French film actor (b. ])
			** ], American motion picture pioneer (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], American songwriter (b. ])
			** ], British army general (b. ])

			===April===
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			* ] – ], Norwegian actress and stage producer (b. ])
			* ] – ], American athlete (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Italian ] priest and saint (b. ])
			** ], American stage and screen actor (b. ])
			** ], leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (b. ])
			* ] – ], English comedian and actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], Russian–American astronomer (b. ])
			* ] – ], Italian archaeologist (b. ])
			* ] – ], Slovak politician (b. ])<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Mináč \|first=Vladimir \|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/6/6a/20231221133542%21PNG_Test.png \|title=Slovenský biografický slovník: od roku 833 do roku 1990 \|date=1989 \|publisher=] \|isbn=978-80-7090-070-3 \|volume=3 \|page=32 \|language=sk \|trans-title=Slovak Biographical Dictionary: From 833 to 1990}}</ref>
			* ]
			** ], Jewish-Ukrainian pianist (b. ])
			** ], Argentine painter, sculptor and writer (b. ])
			* ] – ], Italian film actor (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Dutch theologian and humanitarian (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://dirkdeklein.net/2016/06/23/nicolette-bruining-ww2-hero-theologian-and-broadcaster/\|title=Nicolette Bruining-WW2 Hero, Theologian and Broadcaster.\|date=June 23, 2016}}</ref>
			** ], 1st Executive Minister, Iglesia ni Cristo (b. ])
			** ], American jazz pianist and composer (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Egyptian ] monk, priest and saint (b. ])
			** ], German Olympic athlete (b. ])
			** ], Indian historian, writer and scholar (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Israel historian and politician, 2nd ] (b. ])
			** ], Italian film writer and director (b. ])
			** ], Hungarian film director (b. ])
			** ], American baseball player (b. ])
			** ], American television and film actor (b. ])
			** ], American film actor (b. ])
			** ], American postal worker (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Italian air force general (b. ])
			** ], Soviet film director and screenwriter (b. ])
			* ] – ], English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], American film producer (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Italian film actor (b. ])
			** ], American cinematographer (b. ])
			** ], American film actor (b. ])

			===May===
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			* ] – ], Filipino writer, Father of ] (b. ])
			* ] – ], American literary critic and writer (b. ])
			* ] – ], ] (assassinated) (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Hungarian-American engineer and physicist (b. ])
			** ], American actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], American physiologist, ] laureate (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Canadian Olympic athlete (b. ])
			** ], American Protestant pastor (b. ])
			* ] – ], Soviet military officer & spy (b. ])
			* ] – ], American football player, first African-American to win the ] (b. ])
			* ] – ], American blues guitarist (b. ])
			* ] – ], Albanian politician, 15th ] (b. ])
			* ] – ], Romanian writer, journalist, politician and priest (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://identitatea.ro/viata-lui-ion-agarbiceanu/\|title=Secretele din viața lui Ion Agârbiceanu\|first=Redacția\|last=I.R\|date=September 10, 2020\|website=Identitatea Românească}}</ref>
			* ] – ], British novelist (b. ])
			* ] – ], German-American classical scholar (b. ])

			===June===
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			* ]
			** ] (b. ])
			** ], Turkish poet (b. ])
			* ] – ], English general (b. ])
			* ] – ], American painter (b. ])
			* ] – ], American actress (b. ])
			* ] – ], French painter (b. ])
			* ] – ], American actress and race-car driver (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Vietnamese Buddhist monk (suicide) (b. ])
			** ], First Indian national football manager (b. ])
			** ], American archaeologist (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], American civil rights activist (b. ])
			** ], British admiral (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], British Field Marshal (b. ])
			** ], British novelist (b. ])<ref>{{cite book \| last = Williams \| first = Herbert \| title = John Cowper Powys \| publisher = Seren U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions \| location = Bridgend, Wales Chester Springs, PA \| year = 1997 \| isbn = 978-1-85411-196-8 \| page=156}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Mexican actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], Mexican ] religious professed and saint (b. ])
			* ] – ], American economist (b. ])
			* ] – ], American baseball player (]) and a member of the ] (b. ])

			===July===

			* ] – Sultan ] (b. ])
			* ] – ], British army general and ] (b. ])
			* ] – ], head of the ] (b. ])
			* ] – ], American aviator (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/lahm-frank/\|title=Lahm, Frank PurdyMilitary Strategist/Test Pilot}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Egyptian filmmaker (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0958573/\|title=Ezz El Dine Zulficar \| Writer, Director, Producer\|website=IMDb}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Indonesian Jesuit priest (b. ])
			* ] – ], American inventor (b. ])

			===August===
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			]]]
			* ] – ], American poet (b. ])<ref>{{cite book \| last = Brennan \| first = Elizabeth \| title = Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners \| publisher = Oryx Press \| location = Phoenix, Ariz \| year = 1999 \| isbn = 978-1-57356-111-2 \| page=523}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], infant son of president ] (b. 1963)
			* ] – ], American politician (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], American actor (b. ])
			** ], Chinese Buddhist monk (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thechinaproject.com/2021/03/31/the-monk-who-believed-buddhism-could-save-china/\|title=The monk who believed Buddhism could save China\|first=James\|last=Carter\|date=March 31, 2021\|website=The China Project}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American dramatist (b. ])<ref>{{cite book \| last = Demastes \| first = William \| title = American playwrights, 1880-1945: a research and production sourcebook \| publisher = Greenwood Press \| location = Westport, Conn \| year = 1995 \| isbn = 978-0-313-28638-4 \| page=311}}</ref>
			* ], ], (b. ])
			* ] – ], American actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], British businessman and philanthropist (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Scottish actress (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18825659.mary-gordon---glasgow-dressmaker-made-300-hollywood-movies/\|title=Meet the Bridgeton dressmaker who made more than 300 Hollywood movies\|website=Glasgow Times\|date=October 28, 2020 }}</ref>
			** ], American actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], American film director (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], American civil rights activist (b. ])<ref>] (2009), '''', Henry Holt and Co. Single volume edition, updated, of his 1994 and 2001 works. {{ISBN\|978-0-8050-8769-7}}. Page 712</ref>
			** ], Indian founder of the Khaksar Movement (b. ])
			* ] – ], British spy, one of the ] (b. ])
			* ] – ], French painter (b. ])

			===September===
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			* ] – ], French statesman, a ] (b. ])
			* ] – ], 25th ] (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], French painter (b. ])
			** ], Austrian director, producer and screenwriter (b. ])
			* ] – ], English film composer (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/oliver-wallace/\|title=Oliver Wallace\|website=D23}}</ref>
			* ] – ], German philosopher and psychologist (b. ])
			* ] – ], New Zealand cartoonist (b. ])
			* ] – ], French trade unionist and communist activist (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Russian dancer and choreographer (b. ])
			** ], German Army officer (b. ])

			===October===
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			* ] – ], American general (b. ])
			* ] – ], German actor (b. ])
			* ] – ], Canadian-born American actress (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/darmond-grace-1898-1963\|title=Darmond, Grace (1898–1963) \| Encyclopedia.com\|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
			* ] – ] (b. ])
			* ] – ], French singer and actress (b. ])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10374637/Edith-Piaf-Mistress-of-heartbreak-and-pain-who-had-a-few-regrets-after-all.html\|title=Edith Piaf: Mistress of heartbreak and pain who had a few regrets after all\|author=William Langley\|work=]\|date=13 October 2013\|access-date= 13 June 2015}}</ref>
			* ] – ], French fiction writer and film director (b. ])<ref>{{cite book\|last=Arnaud\|first=Claude\|year=2016\|title=Jean Cocteau: A Life\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ejj2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA513\|publisher=Yale University Press\|pages=513–\|isbn=978-0-300-17057-3}}</ref>
			* ] – ], American admiral (b. ])
			* ] – ], French admiral, ] (1940–1945) (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], German psychologist and linguist (b. ])
			** ], American actress (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], 9th ] (b. ])
			** ], Austrian civil engineer and "father of soil mechanics" (b. ])
			* ] – ], American actor (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], Irish Catholic priest (b. ])<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://americansall.org/legacy-story-individual/hugh-oflaherty\|title=Hugh O'Flaherty \| AmericansAll\|website=americansall.org}}</ref>
			** ], Irish politician (b. ])
			* ] – ], English actor (b. ])

			===November===
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			* ]
			** ], South Vietnamese Navy officer (assassinated) (b. ])
			** ], South Vietnamese Army officer (assassinated) (b. ])
			** ], American gossip columnist and hostess (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], South Vietnamese politician, 1st ] (]) (assassinated) (b. ])
			** ], South Vietnamese politician, State Counsellor of ] (assassinated) (b. ])
			* ] – ], Mexican politician, substitute ] 1930–1932 (b. ])<ref>{{cite book\|author=Barbara A. Tenenbaum\|title=Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture\|publisher=C. Scribner's Sons\|isbn=978-0-684-19754-8\|year=1996\| page=247}}</ref>
			* ] – ], Spanish poet (b. ])
			* ]
			**], Argentine boxer (b. ])
			**], United States Army general (b. ])
			* ] – ], Hungarian conductor (b. ])
			* ] – ], Spanish dancer (b. ])
			* ] – ], American prisoner, known as the "]" (b. ])
			* ]
			** ], German ] physician at ] (b. ])
			** ], English-born novelist ('']'') (b. ])<ref>{{cite book \| last = Chevalier \| first = Tracy \| title = Encyclopedia of the essay \| publisher = Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers \| location = London Chicago \| year = 1997 \| isbn = 978-1-884964-30-5 \| page=416}}</ref>
			** ], American politician, 35th ] (assassinated) (b. ])<ref>{{Cite book\|title=The Torch Is Passed: The Associated Press Story of the Death of a President \|year=1963\|publisher=Associated Press\|location=New York\|lccn=64001351}}</ref>
			** ], Irish-born British critic, novelist ('']'') and Christian apologist (b. ])<ref>{{Cite book \|title=C. S. Lewis – A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet \|last=McGrath \|first=Alister \|publisher=Tyndale House Publishers \|year=2013 \|page=358}}</ref>
			** ], American police officer (b. ])
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This article is about the year 1963. For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation).

1963: January; February; March; April; May; June; July; August; September; October; November; December

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1963 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1963 MCMLXIII
Ab urbe condita	2716
Armenian calendar	1412 ԹՎ ՌՆԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	6713
Baháʼí calendar	119–120
Balinese saka calendar	1884–1885
Bengali calendar	1369–1370
Berber calendar	2913
British Regnal year	11 Eliz. 2 – 12 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2507
Burmese calendar	1325
Byzantine calendar	7471–7472
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4660 or 4453 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4661 or 4454
Coptic calendar	1679–1680
Discordian calendar	3129
Ethiopian calendar	1955–1956
Hebrew calendar	5723–5724
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2019–2020
- Shaka Samvat	1884–1885
- Kali Yuga	5063–5064
Holocene calendar	11963
Igbo calendar	963–964
Iranian calendar	1341–1342
Islamic calendar	1382–1383
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 38 (昭和３８年)
Javanese calendar	1894–1895
Juche calendar	52
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4296
Minguo calendar	ROC 52 民國52年
Nanakshahi calendar	495
Thai solar calendar	2506
Tibetan calendar	阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 2089 or 1708 or 936 — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 2090 or 1709 or 937

1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1963rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 963rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1960s decade.

Calendar year

Events

January

Main article: January 1963

January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia.
January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory.
January 9 – A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963.
January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president.
January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the penumbral lunar eclipse and the annular solar eclipse, only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee.
January 19 – Soviet spy Gheorghe Pintilie is removed from his position as Deputy Interior Minister of the Romanian People's Republic, as a step in ensuring Romania's political independence; the Workers' Party Politburo discusses way of neutralizing "Soviet intelligence networks which Gheorghe Pintilie had coordinated."
January 22 – France and West Germany sign the Élysée Treaty.
January 25 – A large annular solar eclipse covers 99.5% of the Sun and a narrow path (at most 19.6 km (12.2 mi)). It is visible in Chile, Argentina, South Africa and Madagascar, and is the 26th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 140. Gamma has a value of -0.48984.
January 26 – The Australia Day shootings rock Perth; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by Eric Edgar Cooke.
January 29 – French President Charles de Gaulle vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the European Common Market.

February

Main article: February 1963

February 5 – The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the basic tenets of European Union law.
February 8 – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy Administration.
February 10 – Five Japanese cities located on the northernmost part of Kyūshū are merged and become the city of Kitakyūshū, with a population of more than 1 million.
February 12 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing all 43 aboard.
February 14 – Harold Wilson becomes leader of the opposition Labour Party in the United Kingdom; in October 1964 he becomes prime minister.
February 21 – The 5.6 M_w Marj earthquake affects northern Libya with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing 290–375 deaths and 375–500 injuries.
February 27 – Juan Bosch takes office as the 41st president of the Dominican Republic.

March

Main article: March 1963

March 4 – In Paris, six people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle pardons five, but the other conspirator, Jean Bastien-Thiry, is executed by firing squad several days later.
March 5 – Country music star Patsy Cline is killed in a plane crash along with country performers Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and manager Randy Hughes, during a flight from Kansas City, Missouri, back to Nashville.
March 17 – Mount Agung erupts on Bali, killing approximately 1,500.
March 23 – "Dansevise" by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (music by Otto Francker, text by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 (staged in London) for Denmark.
March 30 – Indigenous Australians are legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales.

April

Main article: April 1963

April 7 – Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a socialist republic, and Josip Broz Tito is named President for Life.
April 8 – The 35th Academy Awards ceremony is held. Lawrence of Arabia wins Best Picture.
April 10 – The U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher sinks 220 mi (190 nmi; 350 km) east of Cape Cod; all 129 aboard (112 crewmen plus yard personnel) die.
April 11 – Pope John XXIII issues his final encyclical, Pacem in terris, entitled On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty, the first papal encyclical addressed to "all men of good will", rather than to Roman Catholics only.
April 12 – The Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish Straits. Although severely damaged, both vessels make it to port.
April 14 – The Institute of Mental Health (Belgrade) is established.
April 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. issues his "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
April 20 – In Quebec, Canada, members of the terrorist group Front de libération du Québec bomb a Canadian Army recruitment center, killing night watchman Wilfred V. O'Neill.
April 21–23 – The first election of the Supreme Institution of the Baháʼí Faith (known as the Universal House of Justice, whose seat is at the Baháʼí World Centre on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel) is held.
April 22 – Lester Bowles Pearson becomes the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
April 28 – 1963 general election is held in Italy.
April 29 – Buddy Rogers becomes the first WWWF Champion.

May

Main article: May 1963

May 1 – The Coca-Cola Company introduces its first diet drink, Tab cola.
May 2 – Berthold Seliger launches near Cuxhaven a 3-stage rocket with a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 km (62 mi) (the only sounding rocket developed in Germany).
May 4 – The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, Senegal, kills 64 people.
May 8 – Huế Phật Đản shootings: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam opens fire on Buddhists who defy a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha, killing 9. Earlier, President Ngô Đình Diệm allowed the flying of the Vatican flag in honour of his brother, Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục, triggering the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
May 13 – A smallpox outbreak hits Stockholm, Sweden, lasting until July.
May 14 – Kuwait becomes the 111th member of the United Nations.
May 15 – Project Mercury: NASA launches Gordon Cooper on Mercury-Atlas 9, the last Mercury mission (on June 12 NASA Administrator James E. Webb tells Congress the program is complete).
May 22 – A.C. Milan beats Benfica 2–1 at Wembley Stadium, London and wins the 1962–63 European Cup (football).
May 23 – Fidel Castro visits the Soviet Union.
May 25 – The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

June

Main article: June 1963

June 3 – Huế chemical attacks: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam rains liquid chemicals on the heads of Buddhist protestors, injuring 67 people. The United States threatens to cut off aid to the regime of Ngô Đình Diệm.
June 4 – President of the United States John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 11110, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to continue issuing silver certificates.
June 5 – The first annual National Hockey League Entry Draft is held in Montreal, Canada.

June 11 – In Saigon, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức commits self-immolation to protest the oppression of Buddhists by Ngô Đình Diệm’s government.
June 13
- The cancellation of Mercury-Atlas 10 effectively ends the United States' manned spaceflight Project Mercury.
- The New York Commodity Exchange begins trading silver futures contracts.
June 15 – The AC Cobra makes its first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It will go on to win its class the following year.
June 16 – Vostok 6 carries Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman into space.
June 17 – In Abington School District v. Schempp, the US Supreme Court ruled that compulsory prayer and Bible-reading violated the First Amendment.
June 19 – Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space, returns to Earth, landing in the Soviet Union.
June 20
- Establishment of the Moscow–Washington hotline (officially, the Direct Communications Link or DCL; unofficially, the "red telephone"; and in fact a teleprinter link) is authorized by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva by representatives of the Soviet Union and the United States.
- Swedish Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström is arrested as a spy for the Soviet Union.
- War film The Great Escape (starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough) is premiered in London.
June 21 – Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope.
June 26
- John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in West Berlin, Germany.
- David Ben-Gurion is replaced by Levi Eshkol as prime minister of Israel.

July

Main article: July 1963

July 1 – ZIP codes are introduced by the United States Postal Service.
July 5 – Diplomatic relations between the Israeli and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level.
July 7 – Double Seven Day scuffle: Secret police loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, attack American journalists including Peter Arnett and David Halberstam at a demonstration during the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
July 11 – South Africa: police raid Liliesleaf Farm to the north of Johannesburg, arresting a group of African National Congress leaders.
July 19 – American test pilot Joe Walker, flying the X-15, reaches an altitude of 65.8 miles (105.9 kilometers), making it a sub-orbital spaceflight by recognized international standards.
July 26
- An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,800 dead.
- NASA launches Syncom 2, the world's first geostationary (synchronous) satellite.
July 30 – The Soviet newspaper Izvestia reports that British diplomat and double agent Kim Philby has been given asylum in Moscow.

August

Main article: August 1963

August 5 – The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
August 8 – The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England.
August 14 – A huge and devastating forest fire hits the region around Paraná State, Brazil. According to government documents, two million hectares (4.94 million acres) are lost to burning and 110 persons perished.
August 15 – Trois Glorieuses: President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo after a three-day uprising in the capital, Brazzaville.
August 21 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, vandalise Buddhist pagodas across South Vietnam, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. In the wake of the raids, the Kennedy administration by Cable 243 orders the United States Embassy, Saigon to explore alternative leadership in the country, opening the way towards a coup against Diệm.
August 22 – American test pilot Joe Walker again achieves a sub-orbital spaceflight according to international standards, this time by piloting the X-15 to an altitude of 67.0 miles (107.8 kilometers).
August 24 – First games played in the Bundesliga, the primary professional Association football league in West Germany, replacing the Oberliga.
August 28 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of at least 250,000, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It is, at that point, the single largest protest in American history.
August 30 – The Moscow–Washington hotline (a direct teleprinter link) is inaugurated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

September

Main article: September 1963

September 1 – Establishment of language areas and facilities in Belgium comes into effect. This will become the foundation for further state reform in Belgium.
September 6 – The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
September 10 – Sicilian Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on April 11, 2006).
September 15 – American civil rights movement: The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, in Birmingham, Alabama, kills 4 and injures 22.
September 16 – Malaysia is formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colony of Singapore, North Borneo (renamed Sabah) and Sarawak.
September 18 – Rioters burn down the British Embassy in Jakarta, to protest the formation of Malaysia.
September 19 – Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. is founded at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland
September 23 – King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the College of Petroleum and Minerals.
September 24 – The United States Senate ratifies the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
September 25 – In the Dominican Republic, Juan Bosch is deposed by a coup d'état led by the military with civilian support.
September 29 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council in Rome opens.

October

Main article: October 1963

October 1 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy toasts Emperor Haile Selassie at a luncheon in Rockville, Maryland.
October 2
- Nigeria becomes a republic; The 1st Republican Constitution is established.
- The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women in the United States issues its final reports to President Kennedy.
October 3 – 1963 Honduran coup d'état: A violent coup in Honduras pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform under President Ramón Villeda Morales and begins two decades of military rule under General Oswaldo López Arellano.
October 4 – Hurricane Flora, one of the worst Atlantic storms in history, hits Hispaniola and Cuba, killing nearly 7,000 people.
October 7 – Buddhist crisis: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the Kennedy administration.
October 9 – 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.
October 10 – Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed on August 5, takes effect.
October 14 – A revolution starts in Radfan, South Yemen, against British colonial rule.
October 16 – Ludwig Erhard replaces Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor of West Germany.
October 19 – Alec Douglas-Home succeeds Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
October 24 – Fire at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome in an R-9 Desna underground missile silo; seven people are killed.
October 30 – The car manufacturing firm Lamborghini is founded in Italy.
October 31 – 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion: 81 die in a gas explosion during a Holiday on Ice show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis, United States.

November

Main article: November 1963

November 1 – Arecibo Observatory, a radio telescope, officially begins operation in Puerto Rico.
November 2 – 1963 South Vietnamese coup: Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, the South Vietnamese President.
November 6 – 1963 South Vietnamese coup: Coup leader General Dương Văn Minh takes over as leader of South Vietnam.
November 7
- 11 German miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days in what becomes known as the "Wunder von Lengede" ("miracle of Lengede").
- The star-studded movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres in Los Angeles.
November 8 – Finnair aircraft OH-LCA crashes before landing at Mariehamn Airport on Åland.
November 9 – Two disasters in Japan:
- Miike coal mine explosion: A coal mine explosion kills 458 and sends 839 carbon monoxide poisoning victims to the hospital.
- Tsurumi rail accident: A triple train disaster in Yokohama kills 161.
November 10 – Malcolm X makes an historic speech in Detroit, Michigan ("Message to the Grass Roots").
November 14 – A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates a new island, Surtsey.

November 22 – Assassination of John F. Kennedy: In a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, U.S. President John F. Kennedy is fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, and Governor of Texas John Connally is seriously wounded at 12:30 CST. Upon Kennedy's death, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th president of the United States. A few hours later, President Johnson is sworn in aboard Air Force One, as Kennedy's body is flown back to Washington, D.C. Stores and businesses shut down for the next four days, in tribute.
November 23
- The Golden Age Nursing Home fire kills 63 elderly people near Fitchville, Ohio, United States.
- The long-running sci-fi television series Doctor Who premieres on BBC TV in the United Kingdom.
November 24
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by Jack Ruby in Dallas, an event seen on live national television.
- Vietnam War: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.
November 25 – State funeral of John F. Kennedy: President Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Schools around the nation cancel classes that day; millions watch the funeral on live international television. Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral takes place on the same day.
November 29
- U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal, killing all 118 on board, the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history.
- Foundation stone for Mirzapur Cadet College is laid in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh).
November 30 – 1963 Australian federal election: Robert Menzies' Liberal/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with an increased majority to an unprecedented eighth term in office, defeating the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell. (This would be the final lower house election won by Menzies, who would retire from office during the term as the longest-serving Prime Minister in Australian history; he would be replaced by Harold Holt.)

December

Main article: December 1963

December 3 – The Warren Commission begins its investigation into the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy.
December 4 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council closes.
December 5 – The Seliger Forschungs-und-Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH demonstrates rockets for military use to military representatives of non-NATO-countries near Cuxhaven. Although these rockets land via parachute at the end of their flight and no allied laws are violated, the Soviet Union protests this action.
December 7 – The first instant replay system to use videotape instead of film is used by Tony Verna, a CBS-TV director, during a live televised sporting event, the Army–Navy Game of college football played in Philadelphia, United States.
December 8 – A lightning strike causes the crash of Pan Am Flight 214 near Elkton, Maryland, United States, killing 81 people.
December 10
- Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom, as a constitutional monarchy under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
- Chuck Yeager narrowly escapes death while testing an NF-104A rocket-augmented aerospace trainer when his aircraft goes out of control at 108,700 feet (nearly 21 miles up) and crashes. He parachutes to safety at 8,500 feet after vainly battling to gain control of the powerless, rapidly falling craft. In this incident he becomes the first pilot to make an emergency ejection in the full pressure suit needed for high altitude flights.
December 12 – Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister.
December 20 – The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials begin.
December 21 – Cyprus Emergency: Inter-communal fighting erupts between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
December 22 – The cruise ship TSMS Lakonia burns 180 miles (290 km) north of Madeira, with the loss of 128 lives.
December 25 – İsmet İnönü of the Republican People's Party (CHP) forms the new government of Turkey (28th government, coalition partners; independents, İnönü has served ten times as a prime minister, this is his last government).
December 31 – Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolves.

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David H. Frisch and J.H. Smith prove that the radioactive decay of mesons is slowed by their motion (see Einstein's special relativity and general relativity).
The TAT-3 transatlantic communications cable goes into operation.
Ivan Sutherland writes the revolutionary Sketchpad program and runs it on the Lincoln TX-2 computer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Slavery in Dubai is abolished.
Construction of Moscow's Ostankino Tower begins.
The IEEE Computer Society is founded.
The Urdu keyboard is standardised by the Central Language Board in Pakistan.
Harvey Ball invents the ubiquitous smiley face symbol.
The classic Porsche 911 is first produced.
The Reformed Druids of North America is founded.
Hergé's The Castafiore Emerald is published.
Marvel releases their Superhero assembly team The Avengers.