Date: June 5, 1963
The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair". Date: June 5, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963France Cedes Bizerte Naval Base to…
Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is clubbed over the head, causing his death five days later. Date: May 22, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Libya Constitution Amendments Enable Female Voting, National Unity April…
The first episode of Doctor Who ("An Unearthly Child") is broadcast by the BBC, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama. Date: November 23, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Baptist…
Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables. Date: November 22, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 22 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Gateway Arch Construction Begins in St….
Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby on live television. Robert H. Jackson takes a photograph of the shooting that will win the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Photography. Date: November 24, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this…
Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. Date: May 15, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅…