Togo Coup D’État Assassination of President Sylvanus Olympio, January 13, 1963

The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party. Date: February 8, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Gateway Arch Construction Begins in St. Louis February 12,…

Finnair's Aero Flight 217 crashes near Mariehamn Airport in Jomala, Åland, killing 22 people. Date: November 8, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Martin Luther King Jr. Writes Birmingham Jail Letter, April 16, 1963Nagaland…

Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby on live television. Robert H. Jackson takes a photograph of the shooting that will win the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Photography. Date: November 24, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this…

Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board. Date: November 29, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 29 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1963Gateway Arch Construction Begins in St….

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 1963Organisation…