Félicette, First Cat in Space, October 18, 1963
Date: October 18, 1963
Date: October 18, 1963
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 1963Bloody Christmas Begins in Cyprus, Displacing Turkish Cypriots December 21, 1963Walter…
Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair. Date: September 25, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 25 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Martin Luther King Jr. Writes Birmingham Jail Letter, April 16, 1963Aeroflot Flight 191…
Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. Date: June 16, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 16 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Nigeria Becomes a Republic on Independence Anniversary, October 1, 1963Sarawak…
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 📅…
The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread. Date: February 19, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963North…
U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation. Date: April 16, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1963…