Great Train Robbery in England Steals £2.6 Million August 8, 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 1963New York Post Publishes Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, May…

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI. Date: June 21, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Ends Operations, January 21, 1963John F. Kennedy Proposes Civil…

The cruise ship Lakonia burns 290 kilometres (180 mi) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives. Date: December 22, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Soviet Submarine K-33 Collides with M/S Finnclipper,…

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closes. Date: March 21, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Cleopatra Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Released in US Theaters, June 12, 1963Buddhist Crisis: U.S. Urges Coup Against Ngô Đình…

Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London. Date: April 24, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963ZIP Codes Introduced for U.S. Mail, July 1, 1963Puijo Observation Tower…

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 📅…