Pro Football Hall of Fame Opens in Canton with 17 Charter Members, September 7, 1963

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…

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 📅…

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 1963Pauline…

The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and West Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer. Date: January 22, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963South Vietnamese Buddhist Crisis Riot Kills…

The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. Date: May 19, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Ends Operations January 21,…

A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board. Date: October 22, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 22 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Ba’ath Party Seizes Power in Syria Coup d’État, March 8,…