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What Happened in 1963

36 historical events, 50 notable births, and 13 notable deaths in 1963.

Major Events

January 1963

general

1963 African Cup of Nations — football tournament

sports

1963 Formula One season — sports season

politics

Élysée Treaty — treaty

sports

1963 South American Championship — football tournament

culture

1963 in film — overview of the events of 1963 in film

general

EuroBasket 1963 — 1963 edition of the Eurobasket

sports

1963 CONCACAF Championship — football tournament

sports

1963 FIBA World Championship — 1963 edition of the FIBA World Championship

sports

1963 Mediterranean Games — 4th edition of the Mediterranean Games

culture

1963 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition

war

Battle of Ap Bac — 1963 battle of the Vietnam War

sports

1963 Summer Universiade — multi-sport event in Porto Alegre, Brazil

August 1963

culture

I Have a Dream — 1963 speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington D.C. to 250.000 people of the civil rights movement, regarded as one of the most important speeches in US history

politics

Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty — 1963 limited test ban treaty

general

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — 1963 demonstration of the civil rights movement

general

Great Train Robbery — robbery of a Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow and London

general

1963 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963

November 1963

general

assassination of John F. Kennedy — 1963 murder in Dallas, Texas, U.S

March 1963

culture

Eurovision Song Contest 1963 — 8th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

politics

1963 Syrian coup d'état — overthrow of Syrian Prime Minister Nazim al-Kudsi by the Ba'ath Party

June 1963

general

Ich bin ein Berliner — speech given by John F. Kennedy in West Berlin in June 1963

general

1963 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963

sports

1963 Belgian Grand Prix — Second round of the 1963 Formula One World Championship

general

1963 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963

July 1963

disaster

1963 Skopje earthquake — July 1963 Earthquake in SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia

general

1963 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963

April 1963

war

35th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1962

politics

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations — treaty

May 1963

general

1963 European Cup Final — association football match

general

1963 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963

February 1963

war

Ramadan Revolution — 1963 Ba'athist military coup in Iraq

December 1963

general

1963 South African Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963

September 1963

general

1963 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963

October 1963

general

1963 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963

general

1963 Mexican Grand Prix — Formula One motor event held in 1963