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  • Slependen, Norway
    1963
    IKEA

    The First Store outside Sweden

    Slependen, Norway
    1963

    The first store outside Sweden was opened in Norway (1963).




  • England
    1963
    Stephen Hawking

    MND

    England
    1963

    The MND diagnosis came when Hawking was 21, in 1963. At the time, doctors gave him a life expectancy of two years.




  • Jamaica
    1963
    Bob Marley

    Bob Marley and the Wailers

    Jamaica
    1963

    In 1963, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith were called the Teenagers. They later changed the name to the Wailing Rudeboys, then to the Wailing Wailers, at which point they were discovered by record producer Coxsone Dodd, and finally to the Wailers.




  • Hungary
    1963
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    Releasing most of The Political Prisoners From The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

    Hungary
    1963

    By 1963, most political prisoners from the 1956 Hungarian revolution had been released.




  • West Germany
    1963
    Martin Bormann

    Albert Krumno's Testimony To The Police

    West Germany
    1963

    In 1963, a retired postal worker named Albert Krumnow told police that around 8 May 1945 the Soviets had ordered him and his colleagues to bury two bodies found near the railway bridge near Lehrter station. One was dressed in a Wehrmacht uniform and the other was clad only in his underwear.




  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1963
    Robin Williams

    Moving to Detroit

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1963

    In late 1963, when Williams was 12, his father was transferred to Detroit. The family lived in a 40-room farmhouse on 20 acres in suburban Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he was a student at the private Detroit Country Day School. He excelled in school, where he was on the school's wrestling team and was elected class president.




  • Ấp Bắc Hamlet, Định Tường Province (now Tiền Giang Province), South Vietnam
    Wednesday Jan 2, 1963
    Vietnam War

    The Battle of Ap Bac

    Ấp Bắc Hamlet, Định Tường Province (now Tiền Giang Province), South Vietnam
    Wednesday Jan 2, 1963

    The inept performance of the South Vietnamese army was exemplified by failed actions such as the Battle of Ap Bac on 2 January 1963, in which a small band of Viet Cong won a battle against a much larger and better-equipped South Vietnamese force, many of whose officers seemed reluctant even to engage in combat.


  • Mississippi, U.S.
    1963
    Christopher Paul Gardner

    Childhood Inspiration

    Mississippi, U.S.
    1963

    While in foster care, Gardner first became acquainted with his three maternal uncles: Archibald, Willie, and Henry. Of the three, Henry had the most profound influence on him, entering Gardner's world at a time when he most needed a positive father figure. However, Henry drowned in the Mississippi River when Chris was nine years old. The children learned that their mother had been imprisoned when she arrived at Henry's funeral escorted by a prison guard.


  • Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States
    1963
    Computer animation

    A two gyro gravity Gradient attitude control System

    Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States
    1963

    Edward Zajac produced one of the first computer-generated films at Bell Labs in 1963, titled A Two Gyro Gravity Gradient Attitude Control System, which demonstrated that a satellite could be stabilized to always have a side facing the Earth as it orbited.


  • U.S.
    1963
    Winston Churchill

    Honorary Citizen

    U.S.
    1963

    In 1963, US President John F. Kennedy, acting under authorization granted by an Act of Congress, proclaimed him an Honorary Citizen of the United States, but he was unable to attend the White House ceremony.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Jan, 1963
    World Bank

    George David Woods served as President of the World Bank

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Jan, 1963

    George David Woods served as President of the World Bank from January 1963 until March 1968.


  • Paris, France
    Jan, 1963
    Charles de Gaulle

    Germany and France signed a treaty of friendship

    Paris, France
    Jan, 1963

    In January 1963, Germany and France signed a treaty of friendship, the Élysée Treaty.


  • Ghana
    1963
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    A citizen of Ghana

    Ghana
    1963

    In early 1963, the United States refused to renew his passport, so he made the symbolic gesture of becoming a citizen of Ghana.


  • Iran
    Monday Jan 21, 1963
    Ruhollah Khomeini

    Khomeini issued a strongly worded declaration denouncing the Shah and his plans

    Iran
    Monday Jan 21, 1963

    On 22 January 1963 Khomeini issued a strongly worded declaration denouncing the Shah and his plans. Two days later the Shah took an armored column to Qom, and delivered a speech harshly attacking the ulama as a class.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    1963
    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

    Raúl Prebisch

    Geneva, Switzerland
    1963

    Raúl Prebisch was the Secretary-General (1963–1969).


  • London, England
    Monday Feb 11, 1963
    The Beatles

    Recording The Album "Please Please Me"

    London, England
    Monday Feb 11, 1963

    On 11 February 1963, the Beatles recorded ten songs during a single studio session for their debut LP, Please Please Me.


  • The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
    1963
    Internet

    Members and Affiliates of the Intergalactic Computer Network

    The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
    1963

    InUnited States Department of Defense, Licklider formed an informal group within DARPA to further computer research. He began by writing memos in 1963 describing a distributed network to the IPTO staff, whom he called "Members and Affiliates of the Intergalactic Computer Network".


  • Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
    Sunday Feb 17, 1963
    Michael Jordan

    Birth

    Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
    Sunday Feb 17, 1963

    Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York.


  • Zanzibar, Tanzania
    Feb, 1963
    Freddie Mercury

    Mercury moved back to Zanzibar

    Zanzibar, Tanzania
    Feb, 1963

    In February 1963 Mercury moved back to Zanzibar where he joined his parents at their flat.


  • U.S.
    1963
    Mona Lisa

    Thirty Are Better than One

    U.S.
    1963

    Andy Warhol created serigraph prints of multiple Mona Lisas, called Thirty Are Better than One, following the painting's visit to the United States in 1963.


  • Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Thursday Mar 21, 1963
    June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from Alcatraz

    penitentiary closing

    Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
    Thursday Mar 21, 1963

    Because the penitentiary cost much more to operate than other prisons (nearly $10 per prisoner per day, as opposed to $3 per prisoner per day at Atlanta), and half a century of saltwater saturation had severely eroded the buildings, then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy ordered the penitentiary closed on March 21, 1963.


  • Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
    Monday Apr 1, 1963
    Martin Luther King

    Birmingham campaign

    Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
    Monday Apr 1, 1963

    In April 1963, the SCLC began a campaign against racial segregation and economic injustice in Birmingham, Alabama. The campaign used nonviolent but intentionally confrontational tactics, developed in part by Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker. Black people in Birmingham, organizing with the SCLC, occupied public spaces with marches and sit-ins, openly violating laws that they considered unjust.


  • Yugoslavia
    Sunday Apr 7, 1963
    Josip Broz Tito

    The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

    Yugoslavia
    Sunday Apr 7, 1963

    On 7 April 1963, the country changed its official name to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.


  • United Kingdom
    Wednesday Apr 10, 1963
    James Bond

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service was published

    United Kingdom
    Wednesday Apr 10, 1963

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the tenth novel (and eleventh book) in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 1 April 1963.


  • Tebedu, Sarawak, Malaysia
    Friday Apr 12, 1963
    Brunei revolt

    Capturing The Police Station at Tebedu

    Tebedu, Sarawak, Malaysia
    Friday Apr 12, 1963

    On 12 April, the police station at Tebedu in the 1st Division of Sarawak was attacked and captured. The attackers had come from Kalimantan. This marked the beginning of Confrontation.


  • Baku, Azerbaijan, U.S.S.R (Azerbaijan Present Day)
    Saturday Apr 13, 1963
    Garry Kasparov

    Birth

    Baku, Azerbaijan, U.S.S.R (Azerbaijan Present Day)
    Saturday Apr 13, 1963

    Kasparov was born Garik Kimovich Weinstein in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR (now Azerbaijan), Soviet Union.


  • Moscow, Russia
    May, 1963
    Fidel Castro

    Castro's visit to the USSR

    Moscow, Russia
    May, 1963

    In May 1963, Castro visited the USSR at Khrushchev's personal invitation, touring 14 cities, addressing a Red Square rally, and being awarded both the Order of Lenin and an honorary doctorate from Moscow State University.


  • Brunei
    Saturday May 18, 1963
    Brunei revolt

    A patrol of 1/7 Gurkhas Were Guided To a Camp In The Mangrove

    Brunei
    Saturday May 18, 1963

    On 18 May, a patrol of 1/7 Gurkhas were guided by an informer to a camp in the mangrove. They flushed a party of rebels towards an ambush. Ten rebels were killed or captured. They were the remnants of TNKU headquarters and one of the wounded, shot in the hip, was Yassin Affendi.


  • Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States
    1963
    Computer animation

    Beflix

    Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States
    1963

    Ken Knowlton developed the Beflix (Bell Flicks) animation system in 1963, which was used to produce dozens of artistic films by artists Stan VanDerBeek, Knowlton, and Lillian Schwartz. Instead of raw programming, Beflix worked using simple "graphic primitives", like draw a line, copy a region, fill an area, zoom an area, and the like.


  • Iran
    Sunday Jun 2, 1963
    Ruhollah Khomeini

    The Feyziyeh madrasah speech

    Iran
    Sunday Jun 2, 1963

    On the afternoon of 'Ashura (3 June 1963), Khomeini delivered a speech at the Feyziyeh madrasah drawing parallels between the Sunni Muslim caliph Yazid, who is perceived as a 'tyrant' by Shias, and the Shah, denouncing the Shah as a "wretched, miserable man," and warning him that if he did not change his ways the day would come when the people would offer up thanks for his departure from the country.


  • Iran
    Tuesday Jun 4, 1963
    Ruhollah Khomeini

    Detained

    Iran
    Tuesday Jun 4, 1963

    On 5 June 1963 (15 of Khordad) at 3:00 am, two days after this public denunciation of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Khomeini was detained in Qom and transferred to Tehran.


  • Berlin, West Germany, Germany
    Wednesday Jun 26, 1963
    Berlin Wall

    John F. Kennedy supports

    Berlin, West Germany, Germany
    Wednesday Jun 26, 1963

    On 26 June 1963, 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall, U.S. President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin. Speaking from a platform erected on the steps of Rathaus Schöneberg for an audience of 450,000 he declared in his Ich bin ein Berliner speech the support of the United States for West Germany and the people of West Berlin.


  • Seattle, Washington
    Friday Jul 26, 1963
    Stuart Long

    Stuart birth

    Seattle, Washington
    Friday Jul 26, 1963

    Stuart Long Ignatius Long was born in Seattle on July 26, 1963, to William "Bill" Long and Kathleen (Kindrick) Long. While he was a child, his parents moved back to their hometown of Helena, Montana.


  • U.S.
    1963
    KFC

    A New Fast-Food

    U.S.
    1963

    By 1963 there were 600 KFC restaurants, making the company the largest fast-food operation in the United States. KFC popularized chicken in the fast-food industry, diversifying the market by challenging the established dominance of the hamburger.


  • Monterrey, Mexico
    1963
    KFC

    First in Mexico

    Monterrey, Mexico
    1963

    In 1963, KFC was the first fast-food restaurant opened in Monterrey, Mexico. By 2017, there were 341 outlets in the country.


  • Moscow, U.S.S.R.
    Aug, 1963
    Charles de Gaulle

    France decided to test nuclear weapons above ground

    Moscow, U.S.S.R.
    Aug, 1963

    In August 1963 France decided against signing the Partial Test Ban Treaty designed to slow the arms race because it would have prohibited it from testing nuclear weapons above ground.


  • Accra, Ghana
    Tuesday Aug 27, 1963
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Death

    Accra, Ghana
    Tuesday Aug 27, 1963

    Du Bois's health declined during the two years he was in Ghana, and he died on August 27, 1963, in the capital of Accra at the age of 95.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 28, 1963
    Martin Luther King

    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 28, 1963

    King, representing the SCLC, was among the leaders of the "Big Six" civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which took place on August 28, 1963.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 28, 1963
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    March on Washington

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 28, 1963

    At the March on Washington, speaker Roy Wilkins asked the hundreds of thousands of marchers to honor Du Bois with a moment of silence.


  • Accra, Ghana
    Friday Aug 30, 1963
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    State funeral

    Accra, Ghana
    Friday Aug 30, 1963

    Du Bois was given a state funeral on August 29–30, 1963, at Nkrumah's request, and buried beside the western wall of Christiansborg Castle (now Osu Castle), then the seat of government in Accra.


  • Nigerian
    Saturday Aug 31, 1963
    Charles Antetokounmpo

    Charles birth

    Nigerian
    Saturday Aug 31, 1963

    Charles was born on August 3, 1963, in Nigeria. Born in the Nigerian ethnic group Yoruba, he spent most of his early years in Nigeria and later migrated to Greece.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Sep 1, 1963
    International Monetary Fund

    Pierre-Paul Schweitzer

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Sep 1, 1963

    Pierre-Paul Schweitzer was a French businessman who was fourth managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and chairman of its executive board, serving from 1963 to 1973.


  • Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 7, 1963
    Nancy Pelosi

    Marriage

    Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Saturday Sep 7, 1963

    She met Paul Frank Pelosi while she was attending college. They married in Baltimore at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on September 7, 1963. Nancy and Paul Pelosi have five children: Nancy Corinne, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul, and Alexandra, as well as nine grandchildren.


  • Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Sep, 1963
    Stan Lee

    More work and The Avengers creation

    Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Sep, 1963

    Lee and Bill Everett created, Daredevil; and with Steve Ditko, Doctor Strange and Marvel's most successful character, Spider-Man, all of whom lived in a thoroughly shared universe. Lee and Kirby gathered several of their newly created characters together into the team title The Avengers and would revive characters from the 1940s such as the Sub-Mariner and Captain America.


  • U.S.
    1963
    IBM

    Helping NASA

    U.S.
    1963

    In 1963 IBM employees and computers helped NASA track the orbital flights of the Mercury astronauts.


  • United Kingdom and U.S.
    Thursday Oct 10, 1963
    James Bond

    From Russia with Love

    United Kingdom and U.S.
    Thursday Oct 10, 1963

    From Russia with Love is a 1963 spy film and the second in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, as well as Sean Connery's second role as MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Terence Young, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and written by Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood, based on Ian Fleming's similarly named 1957 novel.


  • California, United States
    Oct, 1963
    Kroger

    Kroger acquired the 56-store chain Market Basket

    California, United States
    Oct, 1963

    In October 1963, Kroger acquired the 56-store chain Market Basket, providing them with a foothold in the lucrative Southern California market.


  • Heathrow Airport, London, England
    Thursday Oct 31, 1963
    The Beatles

    Return to the UK

    Heathrow Airport, London, England
    Thursday Oct 31, 1963

    In late October, the Beatles began a five-day tour of Sweden. On their return to the UK on 31 October several hundred screaming fans greeted them in heavy rain at Heathrow Airport. Around 50 to 100 journalists and photographers as well as representatives from the BBC also joined the airport reception, the first of more than 100 such events.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 5, 1963
    Thanksgiving

    Proclamation 3560

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 5, 1963

    The day for Thanksgiving services specifically codified in the founding charter of Berkeley Hundred in 1619 was instrumental in President John F. Kennedy's attempt to strike a compromise between the regional claims, by issuing Proclamation 3560 on November 5, 1963, stating, "Over three centuries ago, our forefathers in Virginia and in Massachusetts, far from home in a lonely wilderness, set aside a time of thanksgiving. On the appointed day, they gave reverent thanks for their safety, for the health of their children, for the fertility of their fields, for the love which bound them together, and for the faith which united them with their God".


  • U.S.
    1963
    Xerox

    Xerox introduced the Xerox 813

    U.S.
    1963

    In 1963, Xerox introduced the Xerox 813, the first desktop plain-paper copier, realizing Carlson's vision of a copier that could fit on anyone's office desk. Ten years later, in 1973, a basic, analog, color copier, based on the 914, followed. The 914 itself was gradually sped up to become the 420 and 720. The 813 was similarly developed into the 330 and 660 products and, eventually, also the 740 desktop microfiche printer.


  • U.S.
    1963
    Xerox

    Xerox purchased Electro-Optical Systems

    U.S.
    1963

    Xerox purchased Electro-Optical Systems in 1963.


  • Dallas, Taxes, U.S.
    Friday Nov 22, 1963
    Vietnam War

    President Kennedy assassination

    Dallas, Taxes, U.S.
    Friday Nov 22, 1963

    President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963.


  • Dallas, Texas, U.S.
    Friday Nov 22, 1963
    12:30:00 PM
    John F. Kennedy

    Assassination

    Dallas, Texas, U.S.
    Friday Nov 22, 1963
    12:30:00 PM

    President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 pm Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Nov 24, 1963
    Vietnam War

    The Battle against communism

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Nov 24, 1963

    Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson had not been heavily involved with policy toward Vietnam; however, upon becoming president, Johnson immediately focused on the war. On 24 November 1963, he said, "the battle against communism ... must be joined ... with strength and determination".


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 26, 1963
    John F. Kennedy

    Withdraw 1,000 troops

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 26, 1963

    After Kennedy's assassination, President Johnson signed NSAM 273 on November 26, 1963. It reversed Kennedy's decision to withdraw 1,000 troops and reaffirmed the policy of assistance to the South Vietnamese.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Dec 1, 1963
    Malcolm X

    Criticism of John F.Kennedy assassination

    U.S.
    Sunday Dec 1, 1963

    On December 1, 1963, when asked to comment on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X said that it was a case of "chickens coming home to roost". He added that "chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad."


  • U.S.
    Thursday Dec 5, 1963
    Audrey Hepburn

    Charade

    U.S.
    Thursday Dec 5, 1963

    Hepburn next appeared opposite Cary Grant in the comic thriller Charade (1963), playing a young widow pursued by several men who chase the fortune stolen by her murdered husband. The 59-year-old Grant, who had previously withdrawn from the starring male lead roles in Roman Holiday and Sabrina, was sensitive about his age difference with 34-year-old Hepburn, and was uncomfortable about the romantic interplay. To satisfy his concerns, the filmmakers agreed to alter the screenplay so that Hepburn's character was pursuing him.


  • Wakefield High School, 4901 S Chesterfield Rd, Arlington, Virginia 22204, United States
    1963
    Patch Adams

    Adams graduated from High School in 1963

    Wakefield High School, 4901 S Chesterfield Rd, Arlington, Virginia 22204, United States
    1963

    Adams graduated in 1963 from Wakefield High School.


  • Cyprus
    Saturday Dec 21, 1963
    Cypriot intercommunal violence

    Bloody Christmas

    Cyprus
    Saturday Dec 21, 1963

    An armed conflict was triggered after December 21, 1963, a period remembered by Turkish Cypriots as Bloody Christmas, when a Greek Cypriot policemen that had been called to help deal with a taxi driver refusing officers already on the scene access to check the identification documents of his customers, took out his gun upon arrival and shot and killed the taxi driver and his partner.


  • Cyprus
    Sunday Dec 22, 1963
    Cypriot intercommunal violence

    Gunfire broke out, communication lines to the Turkish neighborhoods were cut

    Cyprus
    Sunday Dec 22, 1963

    In the morning after the shooting, crowds gathered in protest in Northern Nicosia, likely encouraged by the TMT, without incident. On the evening of the 22nd, gunfire broke out, communication lines to the Turkish neighborhoods were cut, and the Greek Cypriot police occupied the nearby airport.


  • Cyprus
    Monday Dec 23, 1963
    Cypriot intercommunal violence

    Ceasefire was negotiated, but did not hold

    Cyprus
    Monday Dec 23, 1963

    On the 23rd, a ceasefire was negotiated, but did not hold. Fighting, including automatic weapons fire, between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and militias increased in Nicosia and Larnaca. A force of Greek Cypriot irregulars led by Nikos Sampson entered the Nicosia suburb of Omorphita and engaged in heavy firing on armed, as well as by some accounts unarmed, Turkish Cypriots. The Omorphita clash has been described by Turkish Cypriots as a massacre, while this view has generally not been acknowledged by Greek Cypriots.


  • Cyprus
    Tuesday Dec 24, 1963
    Cypriot intercommunal violence

    Britain, Greece, and Turkey had joined talks, with all sides calling for a truce

    Cyprus
    Tuesday Dec 24, 1963

    Further ceasefires were arranged between the two sides, but also failed. By Christmas Eve, the 24th, Britain, Greece, and Turkey had joined talks, with all sides calling for a truce.


  • Cyprus
    Wednesday Dec 25, 1963
    Cypriot intercommunal violence

    Turkish fighter jets overflew Nicosia in a show of support

    Cyprus
    Wednesday Dec 25, 1963

    On Christmas day, Turkish fighter jets overflew Nicosia in a show of support. Finally it was agreed to allow a force of 2,700 British soldiers to help enforce a ceasefire. In the next days, a "buffer zone" was created in Nicosia, and a British officer marked a line on a map with green ink, separating the two sides of the city, which was the beginning of the "Green Line". Fighting continued across the island for the next several weeks.


  • Vietnam
    1963
    Vietnam War

    Military Deaths In 1963

    Vietnam
    1963

    In 1963, 122 Americans and 5665 Vietnamese were killed.


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