Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary Closes March 21, 1963

U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards. Date: November 22, 1963 Read more…

CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes. Date: September 2, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 2 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Aeroflot Flight 191…

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 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan. 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 1963Sarawak Gains Self-Governance, July 22, 1963The Beatles Record First Album Please Please Me, February…

John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights. Date: June 11, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅…

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 1963ZANU Forms After Split from ZAPU, August 8,…