Date: December 26, 1963
The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent. Date: July 1, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963John F. Kennedy Assassinated, Lyndon B. Johnson Sworn In, November…
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 1963Gateway Arch Construction Begins in St. Louis February…
The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins. Date: November 1, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963South Vietnamese Army Attacks Buddhists in Huế with Chemicals, June 3, 1963Equal Pay Act Signed Into Law June 10,…
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…
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 1963Valentina…
Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi. Date: August 18, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Kenya Declares Independence from Great Britain December 12,…