South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm Assassinated After Coup, November 2, 1963

The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom. Date: April 30, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅…

Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster. Date: July 26, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963The Beatles Record First Album Please Please Me…

Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms. Date: April 11, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day…

Buddhist crisis: Police commanded by Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest. Date: July 7, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On…

Aeroflot Flight 191 crashes while landing at Aşgabat International Airport, killing 12. 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 1963Xá Lợi Pagoda Raids: Buddhist Crackdown in South Vietnam, August 21, 1963Pan Am…

An explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah kills 18 miners. Date: August 27, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Birmingham Police Brutally Suppress Civil Rights Protesters, May 3, 1963Nagaland Becomes…