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1963 (''' MCMLXIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar).
Events
January-February
March
April
July-August
September-October
November
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- November 2 - South Vietnam ese President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated following a military Coup
- takes over leadership of South Vietnam
- , 11 miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days
- , a Coal Mine explosion kills 458 and sends 839 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning victims to the hospital
- November 14 - A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates a new island, Surtsey
- November 16 - Newspaper strike begins in Toledo, Ohio
- November 18 - Dartford Tunnel opens
- , U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn-in as the 36th President Of The United States .
- November 23 - The first episode of the BBC television series '' Doctor Who '' is broadcast in the United Kingdom .
- is mortally shot by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas on live national Television .
- intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically
- .
- to investigate the Assassination of President Kennedy.
- November 29 - Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal , killing all 118 on board (for many years this was the worst Air Disaster in Canada 's history).
December
Unknown date
Births
January
- January 2 - David Cone , baseball player
- January 2 - Edgar Martinez , baseball player
- January 4 - Till Lindemann , German musician ( Rammstein )
- January 14 - Steven Soderbergh , American film director
- January 21 - Hakeem Olajuwon , Nigerian basketball player
- January 21 - Detlef Schrempf , German basketball player
- January 23 - Gail O'Grady , American actress
- January 24 - Arnold Vanderlyde , Dutch boxer
- January 26 - José Mourinho , Portuguese football manager
- January 26 - Andrew Ridgely , English musician
- January 30 - Thomas Brezina Austrian author
February
- February 8 - Vince Neil , American musician, Mötley Crüe
- February 9 - Travis Tritt , American singer
- February 11 - Diane Franklin , American actress
- February 11 - Todd Benzinger , baseball player
- February 17 - Michael Jordan , American basketball player
- February 19 - Seal , English singer
- February 20 - Charles Barkley , American basketball player
- February 21 - William Baldwin , American actor
- February 22 - Vijay Singh , Fiji golfer
March
- March 1 - Dan Michaels , American record producer and saxophonist ( The Choir and The Swirling Eddies ).
- March 4 - Jason Newsted , American bassist ( Metallica ).
- March 6 - D.L. Hughley , American actor and comedian.
- March 10 - Neneh Cherry , Swedish musician.
- March 12 - Joaquim Cruz , Brazilian runner.
- March 14 - Bruce Reid , Australian cricketer.
- March 17 - Nick Peros , Canadian composer.
- March 17 - Michael Ivins , American bassist ( The Flaming Lips ).
- March 18 - Vanessa L. Williams , American beauty queen, actress, and singer.
- March 20 - Paul Annacone , American tennis player and coach.
- March 20 - Kathy Ireland , American model and actress.
- March 21 - Ronald Koeman , Dutch football player and manager.
- March 23 - Kyogoku Natsuhiko , Japanese writer.
- March 27 - Quentin Tarantino , American actor, director, writer, and producer.
- March 27 - Xuxa , Brazilian television personality.
- March 30 - Eli-Eri Moura , Brazilian composer, Conductor and Music Theorist .
April
- April 4 - Jack Del Rio , American football player and coach
- April 4 - Graham Norton , Irish talk show host
- April 8 - Julian Lennon , Musician son of John Lennon .
- April 9 - Joe Scarborough , American newscaster
- April 11 - Chris Ferguson , American poker player
- April 13 - Garry Kasparov , Russian chess player
- April 17 - Joel Murray , American actor
- April 18 - Conan O'Brien , American television entertainer
- April 21 - Ken Caminiti , baseball player (d. 2004 )
- April 21 - Roy Dupuis , Canadian actor
- April 26 - Jet Li , Chinese martial artist and actor
- April 27 - Cali Timmins , Canadian actress
- April 30 - Michael Waltrip , American race car driver
May
- May 9 - Barry Douglas Lamb , English musician, author, and preacher
- May 11 - Natasha Richardson , English-born actress
- May 12 - Ali Nasser , Iranian-born,city of Kerman, physician (Cardiologist)
- May 16 - Mercedes Echerer , Austrian actress and politician
- May 23 - Wally Dallenbach Jr. , American race car driver and announcer
- May 24 - Joe Dumars , American basketball player
- May 25 - Mike Myers , Canadian actor and comedian
June
- June 6 - Jason Isaacs , English actor
- June 9 - Johnny Depp , American actor
- June 13 - Bettina Bunge , German tennis player
- June 17 - Greg Kinnear , American actor
- June 18 - Bruce Smith , American football player
- June 23 - Colin Montgomerie , Scottish golfer
- June 25 - George Michael , English singer
- June 27 - Meera Syal , English comedian, writer, singer, and actress
July
August
- August 3 - James Hetfield , American singer ( Metallica )
- August 6 - Kevin Mitnick , American computer hacker
- August 9 - Whitney Houston , American singer
- August 19 - Joey Tempest , Swedish singer ( Europe )
- August 19 - John Stamos , American actor
- August 22 - Tori Amos , American singer
- August 23 - Hans-Henning Fastrich , German field hockey player
- August 23 - Kenny Wallace , American race car driver
- August 24 - Hideo Kojima , Japanese video game director
- August 30 - Paul Oakenfold , British disc jockey
- August 30 - Michael Chiklis , American actor
- August 30 - Phil Mills , British race car driver
September
October
- October 1 - Mark McGwire , baseball player
- October 3 - Tommy Lee , American musician ( Mötley Crüe )
- October 6 - Chip Foose , Automobile Customizer ( Overhaulin' )
- October 10 - Anita Mui , Hong Kong singer (d. 2003 )
- October 10 - Daniel Pearl , American journalist (d. 2002 )
- October 10 - Jolanda De Rover , Dutch swimmer
- October 12 - Alan McDonald , Northern Irish footballer
- October 17 - Norm MacDonald , Canadian comedian
- October 22 - Brian Boitano , American figure skater
- October 26 - Natalie Merchant , American singer, songwriter, and musician
- October 28 - Lauren Holly , American actress
- October 30 - Kristina Wagner , American actress
- October 31 - Fred McGriff , baseball player
November
- November 1 - Anthony Kiedis (singer) Red Hot Chili Peppers
- November 1 - Rick Allen , British musician ( Def Leppard )
- November 2 - Craig Saavedra , American filmmaker
- November 4 - Lena Zavaroni , Scottish entertainer (d. 1999 )
- November 13 - Vinny Testaverde , American football player
- November 15 - Benny Elias , Australian rugby player
- November 18 - Dante Bichette , baseball player
- November 19 - Terry Farrell , American actress
- November 19 - Jon Potter , British field hockey player
- November 21 - Nicolette Sheridan , English actress
- November 23 - Troy Hurtubise , Canadian inventor
December
Unknown date
Deaths
- January 2 - Dick Powell , American actor (b. 1904 )
- January 3 - Jack Carson , Canadian actor (b. 1910 )
- January 5 - Rogers Hornsby , baseball player (b. 1896 )
- January 18 - Edward Charles Titchmarsh , British mathematician (b. 1899 )
- January 29 - Robert Frost , American poet (b. 1874 )
- January 30 - Francis Poulenc , French composer (b. 1899 )
- February 11 - Sylvia Plath , American poet and novelist (suicide) (b. 1932 )
- February 28 - Eppa Rixey , baseball player (b. 1891 )
- March 4 - William Carlos Williams , American writer (b. 1883 )
- March 5 - Patsy Cline , American singer (b. 1932 )
- April 6 - Otto Struve , Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897 )
- April 9 - Eddie Edwards , American jazz trombonist (b. 1891 )
- May 11 - Herbert Spencer Gasser , American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888 )
- May 12 - Bobby Kerr , Canadian runner (b. 1882 )
- May 31 - Edith Hamilton , German-born author (b. 1867 )
- June 3 - Pope John XXIII (b. 1881 )
- June 11 - Thich Quang Duc , Vietnamese Bhuddist monk (suicide) (b. 1897 )
- June 18 - Pedro Armendariz , Mexican actor (suicide) (b. 1912 )
- July 18 - Jack Solomon , American restaurateur (b. 1896 )
- August 5 - Theodore Roethke , American poet (b. 1908 )
- August 23 - Glen Gray , American saxophonist and conductor (b. 1906 )
- August 31 - Georges Braque , French painter (b. 1882 )
- September 3 - Louis MacNeice , Irish poet (b. 1907 )
- September 11 - Suzanne Duchamp , French painter (b. 1889 )
- September 25 - Alexander Sakharoff , Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1886 )
- October 11 - Édith Piaf , French singer (b. 1915 )
- October 11 - Jean Cocteau , French writer (b. 1889 )
- November 2 - Ngo Dinh Diem , President of South Vietnam (b. 1901 )
- November 15 - Fritz Reiner , Hungarian conductor (b. 1888 )
- November 22 - Aldous Huxley , English novelist (b. 1894 )
- November 22 - John F. Kennedy , 35th President Of The United States (b. 1917 )
- November 22 - C.S. Lewis , Irish-born British writer (b. 1898 )
- November 24 - Lee Harvey Oswald , American assassin of John F. Kennedy (shot) (b. 1939 )
- November - Luis Cernuda , Spanish writer (b. 1902 )
- December 2 - Thomas Hicks , American marathon runner (b. 1875 )
- December 5 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann , German composer (b. 1905 )
- December 5 - Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji , Hindu saint (b. 1828 )
- December - Andy Kennedy , Northern Irish footballer (b. 1897 )
Nobel prizes
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