Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary Closes March 21, 1963

U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation. Date: April 16, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1963…

South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup. Date: November 2, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ Appointed South Vietnamese Leader After Diệm’s Fall, November 6, 1963Martin…

The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese Army stationed in Tite. Date: January 23, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Lord Denning Releases UK Profumo Affair Report,…

American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee. Date: March 5, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963South…

South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis. Date: May 8, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in…

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Date: November 29, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 29 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Malaysia Formed from Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, and…