Page 2: Historical Events In 1963

Jan 26   John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70   

Jan 27   Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec   

Jan 27   John Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58.   

Jan 28   -34ºF (-37ºC), Cynthiana KY (state record)   

Jan 28   Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday.   

Jan 29   Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and George Halas elected to football hall of fame   

Jan 29   Poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88   

Jan 29   Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88.   

Jan 29   The inaugural inductees to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, are revealed. They include Earl Lambeau, Earl (Dutch) Clark, and Sammy Baugh   

Jan 30   P F "Plum" Warner, cricketer (England mgr during Bodyline tour), dies   

Jan 31   Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" and "Ruby Baby".   

Feb 01   Neil Young performs his inaugural professional date at a Winnipeg country club, at age 17   

Feb 01   Nyasaland (now Malawi) is recorded as becoming self-governing under Hastings Banda   

Feb 02   Herman Bouber, [Blom], actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at 77   

Feb 03   In this year, Mickey Wright claims LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational   

Feb 05   Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars   

Feb 05   Soviet lunar probe failure.   

Feb 06   Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies.   

Feb 08   Abdul Karim Kassem, PM of Iraq (58-63), assassinated in Baghdad at 48   

Feb 08   inaugural transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)   

Feb 08   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 09   7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7").   

Feb 09   inaugural flight of Boeing 727 jet   

Feb 10   US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon   

Feb 10   US male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz.   

Feb 11   Beatles tape 10 tracks for their inaugural album, including "Please, Please Me"   

Feb 11   CIA Domestic Operations Division created   

Feb 11   Near Kapuskasing Ontarioa shoot-out between loggers and independents sees three Kapuskasing loggers killed and nine wounded0.   

Feb 11   Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), results in the deaths of herself in London at 30   

Feb 12   Argentina asks extradition of Ex-President Peron   

Feb 13   Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies   

Feb 14   inaugural successful kidney transplant   

Feb 14   US launches communications satellite Syncom 1   

Feb 15   inaugural US female world figure skating champion (Tenley Albright).   

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Jan 02   David cone: Kc mo, baseball pitcher (ny mets/tor blue jays/ny yankees)   

Jan 02   Edgar martinez: Nyc, baseball 1st baseman (seattle mariners)   

Jan 03   Aamer malik: Cricketer (pakistani batsman in 13 tests 1987-90)   

Jan 03   Ashley chinner: Cape town s afr, golfer (1992 cgia canadian tour)   

Jan 03   Jim everett: Nfl quarterback (la raiders, no saints, sd chargers)   

Jan 03   Vic grimes: American professional wrestler   

Jan 03   Alex wheatle mbe: Black british novelist   

Jan 04   Dave foley: Actor/comedian (kids in the hall, dave nelson-newsradio)   

Jan 02   Dick powell: Actor/director (dick powell theater),    

Jan 03   Oscar backing: Austria/neth viola player,   

Jan 05   Rogers hornsby: Baseball player,   

Jan 06   Lourens gm baas becking: Dutch botanist/resistance fighter,    

Jan 07   Arthur moore: Premier of queensland (b. 1876)   

Jan 08   Stark young: Us writer (so red the rose),    

Jan 10   Tadeusz szeligowski: Composer,    

Jan 11   Arthur d nock: English/americans historian (st paul),