Historical Events In 1963

Nov 29 Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

Sep 24 Senate ratifies treaty with Britain & USSR limit nuclear testing

Sep 27 At 10 59 AM the census clock, records US population at 190,000,000

Sep 02 Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS

Sep 17 Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32

Sep 17 "The Fugitive" premiers on ABC TV

Sep 13 "The Outer Limits" premiers

Sep 29 2nd session of Ecumenical council, `Vatican II,' opens in Rome

Sep 28 Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates a record 41.5 kph for 440 yds

Sep 27 At 10:59 AM the census clock, records US population at 190,000,000

Sep 15 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham

Sep 07 The professional football Hall of Fame is dedicated in Canton, OH.

Sep 13 Yanks clinch their 28th pennant

Sep 07 The first US TV appearance of the Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)

Sep 16 Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br. N. Borneo & Sarawak

Sep 16 Malaysian independence

Sep 06 Five SH-3A helicopters of HS-9 based at NAS Quonset rescued 28 workmen from two Texas Towers shaken by gales and heavy seas off Cape Cod.

Sep 10 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama

Sep 09 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy)

Sep 02 CBS &NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes

Sep 16 "Outer Limits" premiers on TV

Sep 08 Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys

Jun 09 Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY

Jun 17 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools

Jun 27 Pres Kennedy spent first full day in Ireland

Jun 24 The first demonstration of home video recorder, at BBC Studios, London

Jun 29 Beatles' first song "From Me to You" hits the UK charts

Jun 16 Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM

Jun 01 King Victor Emmanual III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia

Jun 09 Barbra Striesand appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show"

Jun 20 Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income

Jun 07 First Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) &release first single, "Come on"

Jun 21 3 civil rights workers-Michael H Schwerner Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney-disappeared after release from a Mississippi jail

Jun 19 Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen

Jun 11 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for attempts to integrate Florida restaurants.

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