73 events found for 1963
Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is…
Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic.
A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the…
President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Buddhist crisis: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the US…
In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.
After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space.