What Happened in 1963
36 historical events, 50 notable births, and 13 notable deaths in 1963.
Major Events
January 1963
1963 — year
1963 African Cup of Nations — football tournament
1963 Formula One season — sports season
Élysée Treaty — treaty
1963 South American Championship — football tournament
1963 in film — overview of the events of 1963 in film
EuroBasket 1963 — 1963 edition of the Eurobasket
1963 CONCACAF Championship — football tournament
1963 FIBA World Championship — 1963 edition of the FIBA World Championship
1963 Mediterranean Games — 4th edition of the Mediterranean Games
1963 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition
Battle of Ap Bac — 1963 battle of the Vietnam War
1963 Summer Universiade — multi-sport event in Porto Alegre, Brazil
August 1963
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
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty — 1963 limited test ban treaty
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — 1963 demonstration of the civil rights movement
Great Train Robbery — robbery of a Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow and London
1963 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963
November 1963
assassination of John F. Kennedy — 1963 murder in Dallas, Texas, U.S
March 1963
Eurovision Song Contest 1963 — 8th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
1963 Syrian coup d'état — overthrow of Syrian Prime Minister Nazim al-Kudsi by the Ba'ath Party
June 1963
Ich bin ein Berliner — speech given by John F. Kennedy in West Berlin in June 1963
1963 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963
1963 Belgian Grand Prix — Second round of the 1963 Formula One World Championship
1963 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963
July 1963
1963 Skopje earthquake — July 1963 Earthquake in SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
1963 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963
April 1963
35th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1962
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations — treaty
May 1963
1963 European Cup Final — association football match
1963 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963
February 1963
Ramadan Revolution — 1963 Ba'athist military coup in Iraq
December 1963
1963 South African Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963
September 1963
1963 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963
October 1963
1963 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1963
1963 Mexican Grand Prix — Formula One motor event held in 1963