Date: October 31, 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 1963Berthold Seliger Launches Germany’s Only Sounding Rocket, May 2, 1963Organisation of African Unity…
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 1963Martin Luther King Jr. Writes Birmingham Jail Letter, April 16, 1963Soviet…
Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam. Date: June 11, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Berthold…
NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement. Date: June 12, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day…
The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Baháʼí Faith. Date: April 21, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Buddhist Crisis…
Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board. Date: September 4, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963ZANU Forms After Split from ZAPU, August 8, 1963Britain Admits Kim Philby…