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	{{Main\|January 1963}}		{{Main\|January 1963}}
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	** ]'s ''Tetsuwan Atomu (])'', Japan's first serialized animated series based on the popular ], debuts on Japanese television station ].		** ]'s ''Tetsuwan Atomu (])'', Japan's first serialized animated series based on the popular ], debuts on Japanese television station ].
	** ]: ] scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the ], ], Australia.		** ]: ] scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the ], ], Australia.
	]: '']'' in ]]]		]: '']'' in ]]]
	* ] – ]: The ] win their first major victory in the ].		* ] – ]: The ] win their first major victory in the ].
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	** The steam locomotive '']'' (British Railways No. 60103) makes its last scheduled run, before going into the hands of ] for preservation.		** The steam locomotive '']'' (British Railways No. 60103) makes its last scheduled run, before going into the hands of ] for preservation.
	* ] – Due to severe winter conditions the twelfth '']'' skating tour in the ] turns into an almost total disaster. Of the 9294 participants only 69 manage to finish, making this the heaviest ''elfstedentocht'' ever held.		* ] – Due to severe winter conditions the twelfth '']'' skating tour in the ] turns into an almost total disaster. Of the 9294 participants only 69 manage to finish, making this the heaviest ''elfstedentocht'' ever held.
	* ] – ] and ] sign the ].		* ] – ] and ] sign the ].
	* ] – The ] shootings rock ]; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by ].		* ] – The ] shootings rock ]; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by ].
	* ] – African American student ] enters ] in ], the last ] to hold out against racial integration.		* ] – African American student ] enters ] in ], the last ] to hold out against racial integration.
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	** ] record their debut album '']'' in a single day at the ] in London.		** ] record their debut album '']'' in a single day at the ] in London.
	** American-born poet ] commits suicide in London.		** American-born poet ] commits suicide in London.
	* ] – ] crashes in the ~~] killing all 43 aboard.~~		* ] – ] crashes in the Florida ] killing all 43 aboard.
	* ] – ] becomes leader of the opposition ] in the United Kingdom, and could be within 18 months of becoming prime minister with a general election due in that time.<ref>{{dead link\|date=March 2013}}</ref>		* ] – ] becomes leader of the opposition ] in the United Kingdom, and could be within 18 months of becoming prime minister with a general election due in that time.<ref>{{dead link\|date=March 2013}}</ref>
	* ] – The publication of ]'s '']'' launches the reawakening of the ] in the United States as women's organizations and ]s spread.		* ] – The publication of ]'s '']'' launches the reawakening of the ] in the United States as women's organizations and ] groups spread.
	* ] – An ] destroys the village of ], ], killing 900.		* ] – An ] destroys the village of ], ], killing 900.
	* ]		* ]
	** ] takes office as the 41st president of the ].		** ] takes office as the 41st president of the ].
	** ] is enacted in ].		** ] is enacted in ].
	* ] – ] resigns from the New York ] Publisher's Association, feeling that the city needs at least one paper. Her paper, the '']'', resumes publication on March 4.		* ] – ] resigns from the New York ] Publisher's Association, feeling that the city needs at least one paper. Her paper, the '']'', resumes publication on March 4.

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	** The divorce case of ] and ] causes scandal in the ].		** The divorce case of ] and ] causes scandal in the ].
	]: ] closes]]		]: ] closes]]
	* ] – In ], 6 people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President ]. De Gaulle pardons 5 of them but the other conspirator, ], is executed by ] a few days later.		* ] – In ], ] 6 people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President ]. De Gaulle pardons 5 of them but the other conspirator, ], is executed by ] a few days later.
	* ] – In ], country music superstar ] (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 ], for country radio disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call.		* ] – In ], country music superstar ] (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 ], for country radio disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call.
	* ] – ] erupts on ], killing approximately 1,500.		* ] – ] erupts on ], killing approximately 1,500.
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	* ] – ] release their first album '']'' in the United Kingdom.		* ] – ] release their first album '']'' in the United Kingdom.
	* ] – ''Dansevise'' by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (music by Otto Francker, text by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen) wins the ] for ].		* ] – ''Dansevise'' by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (music by Otto Francker, text by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen) wins the ] for ].
	]: British Rail network, as it would have become, if "]" plans had been fully implemented (only bolded rail lines would have remained).]]		]: British Rail network, as it would have become, if "]" plans had been fully implemented (only bolded rail lines would have remained).]]
	* ] – In Britain, Dr. ] issues a report, ''The Reshaping of British Railways'', calling for ] to the country's rail network.		* ] – In Britain, Dr. ] issues a report, ''The Reshaping of British Railways'', calling for ] to the country's rail network.
	* ] – ]s are legally allowed to drink alcohol in ].<ref>''Tracker'', "Footprints Tracker", August 2012, p. 46.</ref>		* ] – ]s are legally allowed to drink alcohol in ].<ref>''Tracker'', "Footprints Tracker", August 2012, p. 46.</ref>
	* ] – The ] ends after 114 days.		* ] – The ] ends after 114 days.

	=== April ===		=== April ===
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	* ] – ] becomes the 14th ].		* ] – ] becomes the 14th ].
	* ] – A ] is held in ].		* ] – A ] is held in ].
	* ] – ] becomes the first ].		* ] – ] becomes the first ].

	=== May ===		=== May ===
	{{Main\|May 1963}}		{{Main\|May 1963}}
	* ] – ] introduces its first diet drink, ] cola.		* ] – ] introduces its first diet drink, ] cola.
	* ]		* ]
	** Thousands of ], many of them children, are arrested while protesting segregation in ]. Public Safety Commissioner ] later unleashes fire hoses and police dogs on the demonstrators.		** Thousands of ]s, many of them children, are arrested while protesting segregation in ]. Public Safety Commissioner ] later unleashes fire hoses and police dogs on the demonstrators.
	** ] launches near ] a 3 stage rocket with a maximum flight altitude of more than 62 miles (the only sounding rocket developed in Germany).		** ] launches near ] a 3 stage rocket with a maximum flight altitude of more than 62 miles (the only sounding rocket developed in Germany).
	* ] – The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, ] kills 64.		* ] – The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, ] kills 64.
	* ]		* ]
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	* ] – The ] is established by the Florida legislature.		* ] – The ] is established by the Florida legislature.
	* ]		* ]
	** In ], ] ] ] commits ] to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the ] administration.		** In ], ] ] ] commits ] to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the ] administration.
	** Alabama Governor ] stands in the door of the University of Alabama to protest against integration, before stepping aside and allowing ]s ] and ] to enroll.		** Alabama Governor ] stands in the door of the University of Alabama to protest against integration, before stepping aside and allowing ]s ] and ] to enroll.
	** President ] broadcasts a historic ], in which he promises a Civil Rights Bill, and asks for "the kind of equality of treatment that we would want for ourselves."		** President ] broadcasts a historic ], in which he promises a Civil Rights Bill, and asks for "the kind of equality of treatment that we would want for ourselves."
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	* ]		* ]
	** The cancellation of ] effectively ends the ]' manned ] ].		** The cancellation of ] effectively ends the ]' manned ] ].
	** The New York Commodity Exchange begins trading silver ].		** The New York Commodity Exchange begins trading silver ]s.
	* ] – '']'' carries Soviet cosmonaut ], the first woman into space.		* ] – '']'' carries Soviet cosmonaut ], the first woman into space.
	* ] – '']'': The ] rules that state-mandated Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional.		* ] – '']'': The ] rules that state-mandated Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional.
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	* ] – The ] takes place in ], ].		* ] – The ] takes place in ], ].
	* ] – ]: President ] is overthrown in the ] after a three-day uprising in the capital, ].		* ] – ]: President ] is overthrown in the ] after a three-day uprising in the capital, ].
	* ] – ]: ] becomes the first black person to graduate from the ].		* ] – ]: ] becomes the first black person to graduate from the ].
	* ] – ]: The ] loyal to ], brother of President ], vandalise ] pagodas across South Vietnam, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. In the wake of the raids, the ] by ] orders the ] to explore alternative leadership in the country, opening the way towards a coup against Diem.		* ] – ]: The ] loyal to ], brother of President ], vandalise ] pagodas across South Vietnam, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. In the wake of the raids, the ] by ] orders the ] to explore alternative leadership in the country, opening the way towards a coup against Diem.
	* ] – American test pilot ] again achieves a sub-orbital spaceflight according to international standards, this time by piloting the ] to an altutude of 67.0 miles (107.8 kilometers).		* ] – American test pilot ] again achieves a sub-orbital spaceflight according to international standards, this time by piloting the ] to an altutude of 67.0 miles (107.8 kilometers).
	* ] – ] delivers his '']'' speech on the steps of the ] to an audience of at least 250,000 during the ].		* ] – ] delivers his '']'' speech on the steps of the ] to an audience of at least 250,000 during the ].
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	* September – ] releases the first-ever ] comic book		* September – ] releases the first-ever ] comic book
	* ] – ] prostitute ] is arrested for ] for her part in the ]. On ] she is sentenced to 9 months in prison.		* ] – ] prostitute ] is arrested for ] for her part in the ]. On ] she is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
	* ] – The ] (CEIPI) is founded.		* ] – The ] (CEIPI) is founded.
	* ] – The ] opens in ] with 17 charter members.		* ] – The ] opens in ] with 17 charter members.
	* ] – ] boss ] is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on April 11, 2006).		* ] – ] boss ] is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on April 11, 2006).
	* ] – ]: The ], in ], kills 4 and injures 22.		* ] – ]: The ], in ], kills 4 and injures 22.
	* ]		* ]
	** ] is formed through the merging of the ] and the British ] of ], ] (renamed ]) and ].		** ] is formed through the merging of the ] and the British ] of ], ] (renamed ]) and ].
	** In ], ], demonstrations are quelled with 300 dead.		** In ], ], demonstrations are quelled with 300 dead.
	* ] – Rioters burn down the British Embassy in ], to protest the formation of ].		* ] – Rioters burn down the British Embassy in ], to protest the formation of ].
	* ] – ] is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the ] of ] and ].		* ] – ] is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the ] of ] and ].
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	** In the U.S., the ] issues its final reports to President Kennedy.		** In the U.S., the ] issues its final reports to President Kennedy.
	* ] – ] left-handed pitcher ] sets a ] record by striking out 15 ] in a 5-2 victory in Game 1 at ]. The Dodgers sweep the ] in four straight, with Koufax defeating the Yankees 2-1 in Game 4 at ].		* ] – ] left-handed pitcher ] sets a ] record by striking out 15 ] in a 5-2 victory in Game 1 at ]. The Dodgers sweep the ] in four straight, with Koufax defeating the Yankees 2-1 in Game 4 at ].
	* ] – ], one of the worst ] storms in history, hits ] and ] killing nearly 7,000 people.		* ] – ], one of the worst ] storms in history, hits ] and ] killing nearly 7,000 people.
	* ] – ] and his band are arrested after trying to register at a "whites only" motel in Louisiana. In the months following, he records the song "]".		* ] – ] and his band are arrested after trying to register at a "whites only" motel in Louisiana. In the months following, he records the song "]".
	* ] – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the ] causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.		* ] – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the ] causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
	* ]		* ]
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	**The second James Bond film, '']'', opens in the UK.		**The second James Bond film, '']'', opens in the UK.
	* ] – A revolution starts in ], ], against ] colonial rule.		* ] – A revolution starts in ], ], against ] colonial rule.
	* ] – The ] of ]'s presidency.		* ] – The ] of ]'s presidency.
	* ] – ] succeeds ] as ].		* ] – ] succeeds ] as ].
	* ] – Demolition of the ] ] begins in ], continuing until ].		* ] – Demolition of the ] ] begins in ], continuing until ].
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	* ] – ] aircraft OH-LCA crashes before landing at ] on the ].		* ] – ] aircraft OH-LCA crashes before landing at ] on the ].
	* ] – Two disasters in ]:		* ] – Two disasters in ]:
	** ] explosion: A ] explosion kills 458 and sends 839 ] victims to hospital.		** ] explosion: A ] explosion kills 458 and sends 839 ] victims to hospital.
	** ]: A triple train disaster in ] kills 161.		** ]: A triple train disaster in ] kills 161.
	* ] – ] makes an historic speech in ]: ].		* ] – ] makes an historic speech in ]: ].
	* ] – A volcanic eruption under the sea near ] creates a new island, ].		* ] – A volcanic eruption under the sea near ] creates a new island, ].
	* ] – A newspaper strike begins in ].		* ] – A newspaper strike begins in ].
	* ]		* ]
	** The ] opens in England.		** The ] opens in England.
	** The first ] is made available to ] customers.		** The first ] is made available to ] customers.
	]: ] is sworn in as U.S. President after assassination of ].]]		]: ] is sworn in as U.S. President after assassination of ].]]
	* ]		* ]
	** ]: In ], ] ] is assassinated, ] Governor ] is seriously wounded, and ] ] 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.		** ]: In ], ] ] is assassinated, ] Governor ] is seriously wounded, and ] ] 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.
	** ]' second U.K. album, '']'', is released.		** ]' second U.K. album, '']'', is released.
	* ]		* ]
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	** The ] kills 63 elderly people near ].		** The ] kills 63 elderly people near ].
	* ]		* ]
	** ], assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by ] in ], an event seen on live national ]. 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 ].		** ], assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by ] in ], an event seen on live national ]. 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 ].
	** ]: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the ] intends to continue supporting ] militarily and economically.		** ]: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the ] intends to continue supporting ] militarily and economically.
	* ] – U.S. President Kennedy is buried at ]. Schools around the nation do not have class on that day, millions watch the funeral on live international television.		* ] – U.S. President Kennedy is buried at ]. Schools around the nation do not have class on that day, millions watch the funeral on live international television.
	* ]		* ]
	** U.S. President ] establishes the ] to investigate the ].		** U.S. President ] establishes the ] to investigate the ].
	** ], a ] crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from ] near ], killing all 118 on board, the worst ] for many years in ]'s history.		** ], a ] crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from ] near ], killing all 118 on board, the worst ] for many years in ]'s history.
	** Foundation stone for ] is laid in East Pakistan (now ]).		** Foundation stone for ] is laid in East Pakistan (now ]).

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	* ]		* ]
	** A lightning strike causes the crashing of ] near ], killing 81 people.		** A lightning strike causes the crashing of ] near ], killing 81 people.
	** ] is kidnapped at ].		** ] is kidnapped at ].
	* ] – In the United States, the ] ] program is cancelled. Also on this date: ] "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.”		* ] – In the United States, the ] ] program is cancelled. Also on this date: ] "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.”
	* ] – ] gains independence from the United Kingdom, with ] as prime minister.		* ] – ] gains independence from the United Kingdom, with ] as prime minister.
	* ] – ] gains independence from the United Kingdom, as a constitutional monarchy under Sultan ].		* ] – ] gains independence from the United Kingdom, as a constitutional monarchy under Sultan ].
	* ] – ]: Inter-communal fighting erupts between ] and ].		* ] – ]: Inter-communal fighting erupts between ] and ].
	* ] – The cruise ship '']'' burns {{convert\|180\|mi\|km}} north of ], with the loss of 128 lives.		* ] – The cruise ship '']'' burns {{convert\|180\|mi\|km}} north of ], with the loss of 128 lives.
	* ]		* ]
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	* ] and ] prove that the ] of ]s is slowed by their motion (see ]'s ] and ]).		* ] and ] prove that the ] of ]s is slowed by their motion (see ]'s ] and ]).
	* The ] for the defense of the United States is fully deployed.		* The ] for the defense of the United States is fully deployed.
	* ] ] goes into operation.		* ] ] goes into operation.
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	* ] – ], Dutch boxer		* ] – ], Dutch boxer
	* ]		* ]
	** ], Hong Kong actor		** ], Hong Kong actor
	** ], Portuguese football manager		** ], Portuguese football manager
	** ], English singer		** ], English singer
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	* ] – ], Australian cricketer		* ] – ], Australian cricketer
	* ] – ], American rock singer (])		* ] – ], American rock singer (])
	* ] – ], Hong Kong actor		* ] – ], Hong Kong actor
	* ]		* ]
	** ], Indian film actress		** ], Indian film actress
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	* ] – ], American professional wrestler ("Big Bossman") (d. ])		* ] – ], American professional wrestler ("Big Bossman") (d. ])
	* ] – ], Canadian vocalist (])		* ] – ], Canadian vocalist (])
	* ] – ], Global Head of Institutional and former lead singer of British Rock Group ~~WhiteSnake~~		* ] – ]{{Disambiguation needed\|date=May 2013}}, Global Head of Institutional and former lead singer of British Rock Group Whitesnake
	* ] – ], British martial artist and actor		* ] – ], British martial artist and actor
	* ] – ], Indian politician		* ] – ], Indian politician
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	* ] – ], German tennis player		* ] – ], German tennis player
	* ] – ], American actress		* ] – ], American actress
	* ] – ], American professional wrestler ~~("The Sandman'')~~		* ] – ], American professional wrestler
	* ] – ], American actor		* ] – ], American actor
	* ] – ], American football player		* ] – ], American football player
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	=== July ===		=== July ===
	* ] – ], American son of ]		* ] – ], American son of ]
	* ] – ], Basque separatist		* ] – ], Basque separatist
	* ] – ], American actress		* ] – ], American actress
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	** ], ]		** ], ]
	** ], Finnish ski jumper		** ], Finnish ski jumper
	* ] – ], American professional wrestler ~~(])~~		* ] – ], American professional wrestler
	* ] – ], Spanish football player		* ] – ], Spanish football player
	* ]		* ]
	** ], American jockey		** ], American jockey
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	* ]		* ]
	** ], American baseball player		** ], American baseball player
	** ], Scottish actor		** ], Scottish actor
	* ] – ], American professional wrestler		* ] – ], American professional wrestler
	* ]		* ]
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	* ] – ], Japanese anime director (d. ])		* ] – ], Japanese anime director (d. ])
	* ]		* ]
	** ], Northern Irish footballer		** ], Northern Irish footballer
	** ], Angolan professional football coach		** ], Angolan professional football coach
	* ] – ], Canadian comedian		* ] – ], Canadian comedian
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	** ], American baseball player (b. ])		** ], American baseball player (b. ])
	** ], former ] (b. ])		** ], former ] (b. ])

	=== March ===		=== March ===
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	** ], Hungarian bass singer (b. ])		** ], Hungarian bass singer (b. ])
	* ] – ], Norwegian mathematician (b. ])		* ] – ], Norwegian mathematician (b. ])
	* ] – ], American screenwriter, ] ] (b. ])		* ] – ], American screenwriter, ] ] (b. ])
	* ] – ], French writer, ] (b. ])		* ] – ], French writer, ] (b. ])
	* ] – ], German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer (b. ])		* ] – ], German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer (b. ])
	* ]		* ]
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	* ] – ], Italian film actor (b. ])		* ] – ], Italian film actor (b. ])
	* ]		* ]
	** ], First Filipino Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (b. ])		** ], First Filipino Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (b. ])
	** ], American jazz pianist and composer, ] (b. ])		** ], American jazz pianist and composer, ] (b. ])
	* ]		* ]
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	** ], Canadian sprinter (b. ])		** ], Canadian sprinter (b. ])
	** ], American Protestant pastor (b. ])		** ], American Protestant pastor (b. ])
	* ] – ], American football player, first African-American to win the ] (b. ])		* ] – ], American football player, first African-American to win the ] (b. ])
	* ] – ], American blues guitarist (b. ])		* ] – ], American blues guitarist (b. ])
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	=== July ===		=== July ===
	* ] – ], head of the ] (b. ])		* ] – ], head of the ] (b. ])
	* ] – ], English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. ])		* ] – ], English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. ])
	* ] – ], Bulgarian film director (b. ])		* ] – ], Bulgarian film director (b. ])
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	* ] – ], American film director (b. ])		* ] – ], American film director (b. ])
	* ]		* ]
	** ], Indian founder of the Khaksar Movement (b. ])		** ], Indian founder of the Khaksar Movement (b. ])
	** ], American civil rights activist (b. ])		** ], American civil rights activist (b. ])
	* ] – ], British spy, one of the ] (b. ])		* ] – ], British spy, one of the ] (b. ])
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	== Nobel Prizes ==		== Nobel Prizes ==
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	* ] – ], ], ]		*] – ], ], ]
	* ] – ], ]		*] – ], ]
	* ] – ], ], ]		*] – ], ], ]
	* ] – ]		*] – ]
	* ] – International Committee of the ], League of Red Cross Societies		*] – International Committee of the ], League of Red Cross Societies

	== References ==		==References ==
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This article is about the year 1963. For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). Calendar year

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Years:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966

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1963 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1963 MCMLXIII
Ab urbe condita	2716
Armenian calendar	1412 ԹՎ ՌՆԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	6713
Baháʼí calendar	119–120
Balinese saka calendar	1884–1885
Bengali calendar	1370
Berber calendar	2913
British Regnal year	11 Eliz. 2 – 12 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2507
Burmese calendar	1325
Byzantine calendar	7471–7472
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4660 or 4453 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4661 or 4454
Coptic calendar	1679–1680
Discordian calendar	3129
Ethiopian calendar	1955–1956
Hebrew calendar	5723–5724
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2019–2020
- Shaka Samvat	1884–1885
- Kali Yuga	5063–5064
Holocene calendar	11963
Igbo calendar	963–964
Iranian calendar	1341–1342
Islamic calendar	1382–1383
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 38 (昭和３８年)
Javanese calendar	1894–1895
Juche calendar	52
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4296
Minguo calendar	ROC 52 民國52年
Nanakshahi calendar	495
Thai solar calendar	2506
Tibetan calendar	阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 2089 or 1708 or 936 — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 2090 or 1709 or 937

Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

January

Main article: January 1963

January 1
- Osamu Tezuka's Tetsuwan Atomu (Astro Boy), Japan's first serialized animated series based on the popular manga, debuts on Japanese television station Fuji Television.
- Bogle-Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia.

January 2 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong win their first major victory in the Battle of Ap Bac.
January 8 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C..
January 14
- George C. Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. In his inaugural speech, he defiantly proclaims "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!"
- The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman (British Railways No. 60103) makes its last scheduled run, before going into the hands of Alan Pegler for preservation.
January 18 – Due to severe winter conditions the twelfth elfstedentocht skating tour in the Netherlands turns into an almost total disaster. Of the 9294 participants only 69 manage to finish, making this the heaviest elfstedentocht ever held.
January 22 – France and West Germany sign the Élysée Treaty.
January 26 – The Australia Day shootings rock Perth, Western Australia; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by Eric Edgar Cooke.
January 28 – African American student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson University in South Carolina, the last U.S. state to hold out against racial integration.
January 29 – French President Charles de Gaulle vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community.

February

Main article: February 1963

February 5 – The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the basic tenets of European Union law.
February 8 – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy Administration.
February 10 – Five Japanese cities located on the northernmost part of Kyūshū are merged and become the city of Kitakyūshū, with a population of more than 1 million.
February 11
- The Central Intelligence Agency's Domestic Operations Division is created in the United States.
- The Beatles record their debut album Please Please Me in a single day at the Abbey Road Studios in London.
- American-born poet Sylvia Plath commits suicide in London.
February 12 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashes in the Florida Everglades killing all 43 aboard.
February 14 – Harold Wilson becomes leader of the opposition Labour Party in the United Kingdom, and could be within 18 months of becoming prime minister with a general election due in that time.
February 19 – The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique launches the reawakening of the Women's Movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
February 21 – An earthquake destroys the village of Barca, Libya, killing 900.
February 27
- Juan Bosch takes office as the 41st president of the Dominican Republic.
- Female suffrage is enacted in Iran.
February 28 – Dorothy Schiff resigns from the New York Newspaper Publisher's Association, feeling that the city needs at least one paper. Her paper, the New York Post, resumes publication on March 4.

March

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March
- Iron Man debuts in Marvel Comics's Tales of Suspense #39, cover-dated this month.
- The divorce case of The Duke and Duchess of Argyll causes scandal in the United Kingdom.

March 4 – In Paris, France 6 people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle pardons 5 of them but the other conspirator, Jean Bastien-Thiry, 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 17 – Mount Agung erupts on Bali, killing approximately 1,500.
March 18 – Gideon v. Wainwright: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that state courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants who cannot afford to pay their own attorneys.
March 21 – The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay closes; the last 27 prisoners are transferred elsewhere at the order of United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
March 22 – The Beatles release their first album Please Please Me in the United Kingdom.
March 23 – Dansevise by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (music by Otto Francker, text by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 for Denmark.

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).

March 27 – In Britain, Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report, The Reshaping of British Railways, calling for huge cuts to the country's rail network.
March 30 – Indigenous Australians are legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales.
March 31 – The 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike ends after 114 days.

April

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April 1 – The longrunning soap opera General Hospital debuts on ABC television in the United States.
April 3 – Southern Christian Leadership Conference 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 is held. Lawrence of Arabia wins Best Picture.
April 9 – British statesman Sir Winston Churchill becomes an honorary citizen of the United States.
April 10 – The U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher sinks 220 miles (350 km) 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 libération du Québec, 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 Bahá'í Faith (known as the Universal House of Justice, whose seat is at the Bahá'í 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 WWWF Champion.

May

Main article: May 1963

May 1 – The Coca-Cola Company introduces its first diet drink, Tab cola.
May 2
- Thousands of African Americans, many of them children, are arrested while protesting segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor later unleashes fire hoses and police dogs on the demonstrators.
- Berthold Seliger launches near Cuxhaven a 3 stage rocket with a maximum flight altitude of more than 62 miles (the only sounding rocket developed in Germany).
May 4 – The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, Senegal kills 64.
May 8
- Dr. No, the first James Bond film, is shown in U.S. theaters.
- Huế Phật Đản shootings: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam opens fire on Buddhists who defy a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha, killing nine. (Earlier, President Ngo Dinh Diem allowed the flying of the Vatican flag in honour of his brother, Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc.) Start of Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
May 13 – A smallpox outbreak hits Stockholm, Sweden, lasting until July.
May 15 – Project Mercury: NASA launches Gordon Cooper on Mercury-Atlas 9, the last mission (on June 12 NASA Administrator James E. Webb tells Congress the program is complete).
May 23 – Fidel Castro visits the Soviet Union.
May 25 – The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
May 27 – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's second studio album, and most influential, opening with the song "Blowin' in the Wind", released by Columbia Records.

June

Main article: June 1963

June 3 – Hue chemical attacks: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam pours chemicals on the heads of Buddhist protestors. The United States threatens to cut off aid to Ngo Dinh Diem's regime.
June 4 – President John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 11110, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue silver certificates.
June 5 – The first annual National Hockey League Entry Draft is held in Montreal, Quebec.
June 10 President John F. Kennedy delivers his American University speech, 'A Strategy of Peace' in Washington, D.C.
June 10 – The University of Central Florida is established by the Florida legislature.
June 11
- In Saigon, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc commits self-immolation to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the Ngo Dinh Diem administration.
- Alabama Governor George C. Wallace stands in the door of the University of Alabama to protest against integration, before stepping aside and allowing African Americans James Hood and Vivian Malone to enroll.
- President John F. Kennedy broadcasts a historic Civil Rights Address, in which he promises a Civil Rights Bill, and asks for "the kind of equality of treatment that we would want for ourselves."
June 12
- Medgar Evers is murdered in Jackson, Mississippi (his killer is convicted in 1994).
- Release of the film Cleopatra.
June 13
- The cancellation of Mercury-Atlas 10 effectively ends the United States' manned spaceflight Project Mercury.
- The New York Commodity Exchange begins trading silver futures contracts.
June 16 – Vostok 6 carries Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman into space.
June 17 – Abington School District v. Schempp: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that state-mandated Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional.
June 19 – Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space, returns to Earth.
June 20 – Swedish Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström arrested as a spy for the Soviet Union.
June 21 – Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope.
June 26 – John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in West Berlin, East Germany.

July

Main article: July 1963

July 1 – ZIP codes are introduced by the United States Postal Service.
July 5
- Diplomatic relations between the Israeli and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level.
- The Roman Catholic Church accepts cremation as a funeral practice.
July 7 – Double Seven Day scuffle: Secret police loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attack American journalists including Peter Arnett and David Halberstam at a demonstration during the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
July 12 – Pauline Reade, 16, is abducted by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady in Manchester, England. Her remains will be found in July 1987.
July 19 – American test pilot Joe Walker, flying the X-15, reaches an altutude of 65.8 miles (105.9 kilometers), making it a sub-orbital spaceflight by recognized international standards.
July 26
- An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in the Republic of Macedonia) leaves 1,800 dead.
- NASA launches Syncom 2, the world's first geostationary (synchronous) satellite.
July 30 – The Soviet newspaper Izvestia reports that British diplomat and double agent Kim Philby has been given asylum in Moscow.

August

Main article: August 1963

August 5 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
August 8 – The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England.
August 15 – Trois Glorieuses: President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo after a three-day uprising in the capital, Brazzaville.
August 18 – American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
August 21 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalise Buddhist pagodas across South Vietnam, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. In the wake of the raids, the Kennedy administration by Cable 243 orders the United States Embassy, Saigon to explore alternative leadership in the country, opening the way towards a coup against Diem.
August 22 – American test pilot Joe Walker again achieves a sub-orbital spaceflight according to international standards, this time by piloting the X-15 to an altutude of 67.0 miles (107.8 kilometers).
August 28 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his I Have A Dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of at least 250,000 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

September

Main article: September 1963

September – Marvel Comics releases the first-ever X-Men comic book
September 5 – British prostitute Christine Keeler is arrested for perjury for her part in the Profumo Affair. On December 6 she is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
September 6 – The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
September 7 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
September 10 – Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on April 11, 2006).
September 15 – American civil rights movement: The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, in Birmingham, Alabama, kills 4 and injures 22.
September 16
- Malaysia is formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colony of Singapore, North Borneo (renamed Sabah) and Sarawak.
- In Fort-Lamy, Chad, demonstrations are quelled with 300 dead.
September 18 – Rioters burn down the British Embassy in Jakarta, to protest the formation of Malaysia.
September 23 – King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the College of Petroleum and Minerals.
September 24 – The United States Senate ratifies the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
September 25 – The Denning Report on the Profumo Affair is published in Great Britain.
September 27– The Littlest Hobo debuts on TV across North America with the first episode entitled "Blue Water Sailor".
September 29
- The second period of the Second Vatican Council in Rome opens.
- The University of East Anglia is established in Norwich, England.

October

Main article: October 1963

October 1
- Nigeria becomes a republic; The 1st Republican Constitution is established.
- In the U.S., the President's Commission on the Status of Women issues its final reports to President Kennedy.
October 2 – Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed pitcher Sandy Koufax sets a World Series record by striking out 15 New York Yankees in a 5-2 victory in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium. The Dodgers sweep the series in four straight, with Koufax defeating the Yankees 2-1 in Game 4 at Dodger Stadium.
October 4 – Hurricane Flora, one of the worst Atlantic storms in history, hits Hispaniola and Cuba killing nearly 7,000 people.
October 8 – Sam Cooke and his band are arrested after trying to register at a "whites only" motel in Louisiana. In the months following, he records the song "A Change Is Gonna Come".
October 9 – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
October 10
- The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed on August 5, takes effect.
- The second James Bond film, From Russia with Love, opens in the UK.
October 14 – A revolution starts in Radfan, South Yemen, against British colonial rule.
October 16 – The thousandth day of John F. Kennedy's presidency.
October 19 – Alec Douglas-Home succeeds Harold Macmillan as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
October 28 – Demolition of the 1910 Pennsylvania Station begins in New York City, continuing until 1966.
October 30 – Car manufacturing firm Lamborghini is founded in Italy.
October 31 – 74 die in a gas explosion during a Holiday on Ice show at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum in Indianapolis.

November

Main article: November 1963

November 1 – Arecibo Observatory, a radio telescope, officially begins operation in Puerto Rico.
November 2 – 1963 South Vietnamese coup: Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, the South Vietnamese President.
November 6
- 1963 South Vietnamese coup: Coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over as leader of South Vietnam.
- Laura Welch (later Bush) causes a car accident that results in the death of Michael Dutton Douglas in her hometown of Midland, Texas.
November 7 – Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, 11 miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
November 8 – Finnair aircraft OH-LCA crashes before landing at Mariehamn Airport on the Åland Islands.
November 9 – Two disasters in Japan:
- Miike Coal Mine explosion: A coal mine explosion kills 458 and sends 839 carbon monoxide poisoning victims to hospital.
- Tsurumi rail accident: A triple train disaster in Yokohama kills 161.
November 10 – Malcolm X makes an historic speech in Detroit, Michigan: Message to the Grass Roots.
November 14 – A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates a new island, Surtsey.
November 16 – A newspaper strike begins in Toledo, Ohio.
November 18
- The Dartford Tunnel opens in England.
- The first push-button telephone is made available to AT&T customers.

November 22
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy: In Dallas, Texas, President of the United States 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.
- The Beatles' second U.K. album, With the Beatles, is released.
November 23
- John Kilbride, 12, is abducted by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady in England.
- The first episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
- The Golden Age Nursing Home fire kills 63 elderly people near Fitchville, Ohio.
November 24
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas, an event seen 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
- U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal, killing all 118 on board, the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history.
- Foundation stone for Mirzapur Cadet College is laid in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

December

Main article: December 1963

December 3 – The Warren Commission begins its investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
December 4 – The second period of the 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, debuts an improved version of instant replay during his direction of a live televised sporting event, the Army–Navy Game of college football played in Philadelphia. This instance is notable as it was the first instant replay system to use videotape instead of film.
December 8
- A lightning strike causes the crashing of Pan Am Flight 214 near Elkton, Maryland, killing 81 people.
- Frank Sinatra, Jr. is kidnapped at Harrah's Lake Tahoe.
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 gains independence from the United Kingdom, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister.
December 19 – Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom, as a constitutional monarchy under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
December 21 – Cyprus Emergency: Inter-communal fighting erupts between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
December 22 – The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290 km) 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.
- İsmet İnönü of the Republican People's Party (CHP) forms the new government of Turkey (28th government, coalition partners; independents, İnönü has served 10 ten times as a prime minister, this is his last government).
December 26 – The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.

Date unknown

David H. Frisch and J. H. Smith prove that the radioactive decay of mesons is slowed by their motion (see Einstein's special relativity and general relativity).
The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment for the defense of the United States is fully deployed.
TAT-3 transatlantic communications cable goes into operation.
Ivan Sutherland writes the revolutionary Sketchpad program and runs it on the Lincoln TX-2 computer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Construction of Moscow's Ostankino Tower begins.
The IEEE Computer Society is founded.
The Urdu keyboard is standardised by the Central Language Board in Pakistan.
Harvey Ball invents the ubiquitous smiley face symbol.
The Reformed Druids of North America is founded.
The 1955 film Oklahoma!, an adaptation of the famed Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, is re-released.