Date: May 30, 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 1963US-Soviet Red Telephone Agreement After Cuban…
Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders. Date: July 12, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 12 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963John F. Kennedy State Funeral and Burial at Arlington National Cemetery…
Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu. Date: August 24, 1963 Read more…
Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments. Date: June 3, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On…
The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California. Date: December 14, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Northwest Orient Flight 705 Crashes…
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 📅…