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Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 8: Mona Lisa in Washington, D.C. February March - March
- March 4 – In Paris, 6 people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle pardons 5 of them but the other conspirator is executed by firing squad a few days later.
- March 5 – In Camden, Tennessee, country music superstar Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley) is killed in a plane crash along with fellow performers Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and Cline's manager and pilot Randy Hughes, while returning from a benefit performance in Kansas City, Kansas for country radio disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call.
 March 27: British Rail network, as it would have become, if " Beeching axe" plans had been fully implemented (only bolded rail lines would have remained). Alcatraz]] closes April - April 1 – The longrunning soap opera General Hospital debuted on ABC.
- April 3 – SCLC volunteers kick off the Birmingham campaign (Birmingham, Alabama) against racial segregation in the United States with a sit-in.
- April 7 – Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a socialist republic, and Josip Broz Tito is named President for Life.
- April 8 – The 35th Academy Awards ceremony was held. Lawrence of Arabia won Best Picture.
- April 9 – Sir Winston Churchill becomes honorary citizen of the United States
- April 10 – The U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher sinks east of Cape Cod; all 129 crewmen die.
- April 12
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth and others are arrested in a Birmingham, Alabama protest for "parading without a permit".
- The Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish Straits. Although severely damaged, both vessels make it to port.
- April 14 – The Institute of Mental Health (Belgrade) is established.
- April 15 – 70,000 marchers arrive in London from Aldermaston, to demonstrate against nuclear weapons.
- April 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. issues his Letter from Birmingham Jail.
- April 20 – In Quebec, Canada, members of the terrorist group Front de lib ration du Qu bec, bomb a Canadian Army recruitment center, killing night watchman Wilfred V. O'Neill.
- April 21–April 23 – The first election of the Supreme Institution of the Bah ' Faith (known as the Universal House of Justice, whose seat is at the Bah ' World Centre on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel) is held.
- April 22 – Lester Bowles Pearson becomes the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
- April 28 – A general election is held in Italy.
- April 29 – Buddy Rogers becomes the first WWF Champion.
May June July August September October November November 22: Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as U.S. President after assassination of John F. Kennedy. - November 22
- The Beatles' second U.K. album, With The Beatles, is released
- John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the 36th President. All television coverage for the next four days is devoted to the assassination, its aftermath, the procession of the horsedrawn casket to the Capitol Rotunda, and the funeral of President Kennedy. Stores and businesses shut down for the entire weekend and Monday, in tribute.
- November 23
- November 24
- John F. Kennedy assassination:Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas on live national television. Later that night, a hastily arranged program, A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts, featuring actors, opera singers, and noted writers, all performing dramatic readings and/or music, is telecast on ABC-TV.
- Vietnam War: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.
- November 25 – U.S. President Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Schools around the nation do not have class on that day, millions watch the funeral on live international television.
- November 29
December - December 3 – The Warren Commission begins its investigation.
- December 4 – The second period of Second Vatican Council closes.
- December 5 – The Seliger Forschungs-und-Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH demonstrates rockets for military use to military representatives of non-NATO-countries near Cuxhaven. Although these rockets land via parachute at the end of their flight and no allied laws are violated, the Soviet Union protests this action.
- December 7 – Tony Verna, a CBS-TV director, invented Instant Replay and aired it during his direction of a live, televised sporting event, the 1963 Army-Navy Game played in Philadelphia.
- December 8
- December 10 – In the United States, the X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane program is cancelled. Also on this date: Chuck Yeager "while testing an NF-104A rocket-augmented aerospace trainer, he narrowly escaped death when his aircraft went out of control at 108,700 feet (nearly 21 miles up) and crashed. He parachuted to safety at 8,500 feet after vainly battling to gain control of the powerless, rapidly falling craft. In this incident he became the first pilot to make an emergency ejection in the full pressure suit needed for high altitude flights.
- December 12 – Kenya becomes independent, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister.
- December 19 – Zanzibar gains independence from Great Britain as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
- December 21 – Cyprus Emergency: Inter-communal fighting erupts between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
- December 22 – The cruise ship Lakonia burns north of Madeira, with the loss of 128 lives.
- December 25
- Walt Disney releases his 18th feature-length animated motion picture The Sword in the Stone, about the boyhood of King Arthur. It is the penultimate animated film personally supervised by Disney.
- smet n n of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (28th government, coalition partners; independents, n n has served 10 ten times as a prime minister, this is his last government)
- December 26 – "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the U.S., marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
Date unknown Births January - January 2
- January 4 – Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein)
- January 6 – Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (d. 2010)
- January 13 – Jiang Wen, Chinese actor
- January 14 – Steven Soderbergh, American film director
- January 16 – James May, English motoring journalist and television show host
- January 18 – Ian Crook, English footballer
- January 20 – Firebreaker Chip, American professional wrestler
- January 21
- January 23 – Gail O'Grady, American actress
- January 24 – Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
- January 26
- January 30 – Thomas Brezina, Austrian author
February - February 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist (d. 1996)
- February 3 – Gretel Killeen, Australian journalist
- February 4 – Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier
- February 11 – Diane Franklin, American actress
- February 14 – Dwayne Wiggins, American singer-songwriter and record producer
- February 17 – Michael Jordan, American basketball player
- February 18 – Rob Andrew, English rugby union player
- February 19 – Seal, English singer
- February 20 – Charles Barkley, American basketball player
- February 21 – William Baldwin, American actor
- February 22
- February 23 – Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player
- February 26 – Chase Masterson, American actress and singer
March - March 1 – Russell Wong, American actor
- March 2 – Tuff Hedeman, American PRCA World Champion Bull Rider
- March 3 – Mart n Fiz, Spanish long-distance runner
- March 4 – Daniel Roebuck, American actor
- March 5 – Joel Osteen, American televangelist and son of John Osteen
- March 6 – Gary L. Stevens, American jockey
- March 7 – Kim Ung-yong, Korean child prodigy
- March 12 – Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner
- March 13 – Fito P ez, Argentine musician
- March 14 – Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer
- March 15 – Bret Michaels, American rock singer (Poison)
- March 17 – Alex Fong, Hong Kong actor
- March 18
- March 20
- March 21 – Ronald Koeman, Dutch football player and manager
- March 22 – Susan Ann Sulley, British musician
- March 23 – Jose Miguel Gonzalez Martin del Campo, Spanish football player
- March 26 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
- March 27
April - April 3
- April 4
- April 6 – Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador
- April 8 – Julian Lennon, British musician son of John Lennon
- April 9 – Joe Scarborough, American newscaster
- April 10 – Doris Leuthard, Swiss Federal Councillor
- April 11 – Chris Ferguson, American poker player
- April 12 – Michael English, American Christian musician
- April 13 – Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player
- April 16 – Jimmy Osmond, American singer
- April 17 – Joel Murray, American actor
- April 18
- April 19 – Valerie Plame, former United States CIA Operations officer
- April 21
- April 24 – T nu Trubetsky, Estonian rock musician (Vennaskond)
- April 26
- Jet Li, Chinese martial artist and actor
- Colin Scotts, Australian-born American football player
- April 27
- April 29 – Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey coach
- April 30 – Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
May - May 1 – Benjamin LaGuer, American prisoner proclaiming innocence for more than two decades
- May 2 – Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler ("Big Bossman") (d. 2004)
- May 5 – James LaBrie, Canadian vocalist (Dream Theater)
- May 9 – Gary Daniels, British martial artist and actor
- May 10 – A. Raja, Indian politician
- May 11 – Natasha Richardson, English actress (d. 2009)
- May 12 – Jerry Trimble, American actor and martial artist
- May 16
- May 19 – Yazz, English singer
- May 23 – Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and announcer
- May 24
- May 25
- May 26 – Clive Cowdery, English insurance entrepreneur
- May 29 – Lisa Whelchel, American actress, singer and writer.
- May 31 –Wesley Willis, American outsider musician (d. 2003)
June Actor Johnny Depp was born on June 9, 1963. - June 5 – Joe Rud n, Hungarian heavy metal singer
- June 6 – Jason Isaacs, British actor
- June 9 – Johnny Depp, American actor
- June 12
- June 13 – Bettina Bunge, German tennis player
- June 14 – Graham Brown, Canadian Athlete ("The Rug")
- June 15 – Helen Hunt, American actress
- June 16 – James Fullington, American professional wrestler ("The Sandman)
- June 17 – Greg Kinnear, American actor
- June 18 – Bruce Smith, American football player
- June 20 – Amir Derakh, American musician
- June 22 – Randy Couture, American mixed martial arts fighter
- June 23 – Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
- June 24
- June 25
- June 26 – Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman, former Komsomol activist and oligarch
- June 29 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
- June 30 – Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist, composer, and bandleader
July August - August 1 – Coolio, American rapper
- August 2 – Laura Bennett, American fashion designer
- August 3 – James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica)
- August 6 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker
- August 7 – Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, son of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (d. 1963)
- August 8 – Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
- August 9 – Whitney Houston, American singer (d. 2012)
- August 13 – Pamela Stein, American actress and model
- August 15 – Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner
- August 17 – James Whitbourn, British composer
- August 19 – John Stamos, American actor
- August 22 – Tori Amos, American singer
- August 23
- August 24 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese video-game director
- August 26
- August 30
- August 31
September - September 1 – Carola Smit, Dutch musician
- September 6 – Geert Wilders, Dutch politician
- September 7 – Eric Wright (Eazy-E), American rapper (d. 1995)
- September 8 – Li Ning, Chinese gymnast
- September 9 – Markus Wasmeier, German alpine-skier
- September 10 – Randy Johnson, American baseball player
- September 11 – Joey Dedio, American actor
- September 12 – Norberto Barba, American cinematographer and film director
- September 14 – Robert Herjavec, Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality
- September 16 – Richard Marx, American pop/rock singer
- September 17 – Masahiro Chono, Japanese professional wrestler
- September 19
- September 21
- September 28 – Steve Blackman, American professional wrestler
- September 29
October - October 1 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player
- October 5
- October 6 – Elisabeth Shue, American actress
- October 10
- October 12 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director (d. 2010)
- October 13
- October 17 – Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian
- October 22 – Brian Boitano, American figure skater
- October 23
- October 25 – John Lev n, Swedish bassist (Europe)
- October 26 – Natalie Merchant, American singer, songwriter, and musician
- October 27 – Feyyaz U ar, Turkish footballer
- October 28
- October 30 – Kristina Wagner, American actress
- October 31
November December Deaths January - January 1
- January 2
- January 5
- January 6
- January 7 – Erik Lundqvist, Swedish athlete (b. 1908)
- January 8
- January 10 – Franz Planer, European film cinematographer (b. 1894)
- January 13
- January 14 – Gustav Regler, German Socialist novelist (b. 1898)
- January 16
- January 18 – Edward Charles Titchmarsh, British mathematician (b. 1899)
- January 21 – Al St. John, American actor, heart attack (b. 1893)
- January 23 – J zef Gos awski, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (b. 1908)
- January 24
- January 25 – Marion Sunshine, American actoress (b. 1894)
- January 26 – Ole Olsen, American actor, kidney ailment (b. 1892)
- January 27 – Evelyn Francisco, silent film actress (b. 1904)
- January 28
- January 29
- January 30
- January 31
February - February 1
- February 2 – William Gaxton, star of vaudeville, film, and theatre, cancer (b. 1893)
- February 6 – Piero Manzoni, Italian artist, heart attack (b. 1933)
- February 8 – George Dolenz, American actor, heart attack (b. 1908)
- February 9 – Abd al-Karim Qasim, Prime minister of Iraq, shot to death (b. 1914)
- February 11 – Sylvia Plath, American poet and novelist, suicide (b. 1932)
- February 15
- February 16
- February 18
- February 19 – Benny Mor , Cuban singer, cirrhosis (b. 1919)
- February 20
- February 22 – Arthur Guy Empey, soldier, author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1883)
- February 24 – Herbert Asbury, American journalist and writer, from a chronic lung disease (b. 1889)
- February 28
March - March 1 – Irish Meusel, American professional baseball player (b. 1893)
- March 4 – William Carlos Williams, American writer, stroke (b. 1883)
- March 5
- March 6 – Robert E. Cornish, experimenter (b. 1903)
- March 7 – Joachim Holst-Jensen, Norwegian film actor (b. 1880)
- March 11
- March 16 – Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (b. 1883)
- March 17
- March 18 – Wanda Hawley, American actress (b. 1895)
- March 21 – Felice Minotti, Italian film actor (b. 1887)
- March 22
- March 23 – Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1887)
- March 25 – Felix Adler, American screenwriter, abdominal cancer (b. 1884)
- March 26 – Jean Bruce, French writer, car accident (b. 1921)
- March 27 – Harry Piel, German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer (b. 1892)
- March 28
- March 29
- March 31 – Harry Akst, American songwriter (b. 1894)
April - April 1 – Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress and stage producer (b. 1875)
- April 3 – Alma Richards, American Olympic gold medalist (b. 1890)
- April 4
- April 6
- April 7 – Amedeo Maiuri, Neapolitan archaeologist (b. 1886))
- April 9
- April 11 – Nando Bruno, Italian film actor (b. 1895)
- April 12
- April 14
- April 15 – Edward Hearn, American actor (b. 1888)
- April 23
- April 24 – Leonid Lukov, Soviet film director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
- April 25 – Christopher Hassall, English actor, dramatist, librettist, lyricist, and poet, heart attack (b. 1912)
- April 26 – Roland Pertwee, English playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor (b. 1885)
- April 27 – Kenneth Macgowan, American film producer (b. 1888)
- April 30
May - May 1 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of Philippine National Language and Grammar (b. 1879)
- May 2 – Van Wyck Brooks, American literary critic and writer (b. 1886)
- May 6 – Monty Woolley, American actor (b. 1888)
- May 7
- May 11 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
- May 12
- May 18 – Ernie Davis, American football player, first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy (b. 1939)
- May 24 – Elmore James, American blues guitarist (b. 1918)
- May 31 – Edith Hamilton, German-born author (b. 1867)
June July August - August 1 – Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
- August 2 – Oliver La Farge, American writer (b. 1901)
- August 4 – Tom Keene, American actor (b. 1896)
- August 9 – Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American infant son of President and Mrs. Kennedy
- August 10
- August 11 – Clem Bevans, American actor (b. 1879)
- August 17 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor (b. 1895)
- August 18 – Clifford Odets, American playwright (b. 1906)
- August 20 – Joan Vo te, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
- August 22 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, British businessman and a philanthropist (b. 1877)
- August 23 – Larry Keating, American actor (b. 1896)
- August 24 – James Kirkwood, Sr., American film director (b. 1875)
- August 27
- August 30 – Guy Burgess, British spy, one of the Cambridge Five (b. 1911)
- August 31 – Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882)
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