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What Happened In August 1963 In History

Historical Events for August, 1963

  • 5th » The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty or nuclear test ban treaty.
  • 8th » Great Train Robbery (1963) Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbery train robbers steal Pound sterling £2.6 million in bank notes.
  • 15th » Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
  • 15th » President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a Trois Glorieuses (1963) called three-day uprising in the capital.
  • 18th » African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68) known as American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
  • 21st » Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhism e.g Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
  • 22nd » American Joseph A. Walker Joe Walker in an North American X-15 X-15 test plane reaches an altitude of convert 106 km mi abbr=on.
  • 24th » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department Cable 243 named cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to 1963 South Vietnamese coup named launch a coup against Presi
  • 28th » March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his 'I Have a Dream' speech
  • 28th » Career Girls Murders Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Upper East Side Manhattan apartment, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda warning Miranda Rights.
  • 28th » The Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge—Evergreen Point e.g Evergreen Point Bridge, the longest pontoon bridge known as floating bridge in the world, opens between Seattle and Medina, Washington, US.
  • 30th » The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
  • 31st » North Borneo (now Sabah) achieve a self governance.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1963

  • 1st » Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (WC and the Maad Circle)
  • 1st » Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor
  • 1st » John Carroll Lynch, American actor
  • 1st » Lynette Sadleir, New Zealand swimmer
  • 1st » Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer
  • 1st » Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Galaxie 500, Luna (band) known as Luna, and Dean & Britta)
  • 2nd » Laura Bennett, American fashion designer
  • 2nd » Daniel Pelosi, American murderer
  • 3rd » James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metallica, Spastik Children, and Leather Charm)
  • 3rd » Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Collective Soul and Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project)
  • 3rd » Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 3rd » Isaiah Washington, American actor and producer
  • 5th » Steve Lee (singer) called Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (Gotthard (band) or Gotthard) (d. 2010)
  • 6th » Tomoyuki Dan, Japanese voice actor (d. 2013)
  • 6th » Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
  • 6th » Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and author
  • 7th » Nick Gillespie, American journalist and author
  • 7th » Hiroaki Hirata, Japanese voice actor
  • 7th » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
  • 7th » Harold Perrineau, American actor
  • 7th » Marcus Roberts, American pianist and educator
  • 8th » Rica Fukami, Japanese voice actress
  • 8th » Hur Jin-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
  • 8th » Ron Karkovice, American baseball player and manager
  • 8th » Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress
  • 8th » Jon Turteltaub, American director and producer
  • 8th » Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager
  • 9th » Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (d. 2012)
  • 9th » Jay Leggett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 10th » Phoolan Devi, Indian politician (d. 2001)
  • 10th » Anton Janssen, Dutch footballer and coach
  • 10th » Andrew Sullivan, English-American journalist and author
  • 11th » Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
  • 12th » Kōji Kitao, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th Makuuchi Yokozuna e.g Yokozuna
  • 12th » Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • 12th » Britt Morgan, American porn actress, director, and producer
  • 13th » Sridevi, Indian actress and singer
  • 13th » Valerie Plame, American Central Intelligence Agency named CIA agent and author
  • 14th » David Aaron Baker, American actor
  • 15th » Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 15th » Simon Hart, Welsh politician
  • 15th » Lady Miss Kier, American singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer (Deee-Lite)
  • 15th » Valery Levaneuski, Belarussian activist
  • 15th » Lisa Opie, English squash player
  • 15th » Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1963) or Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
  • 16th » Christine Cavanaugh, American voice actress
  • 17th » Shankar (director) or Shankar, Indian director and producer
  • 17th » Jon Gruden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 18th » Heino Ferch, German actor
  • 19th » John Stamos, American actor, singer, and producer
  • 19th » Joey Tempest, Swedish singer-songwriter (Europe (band) called Europe)
  • 20th » Uwe Bialon, German footballer and manager
  • 20th » Kal Daniels, American baseball player
  • 20th » José Cecena, Mexican baseball player
  • 21st » Richmond Arquette, American actor
  • 21st » Mohammed VI of Morocco
  • 21st » Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager
  • 22nd » Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Y Kant Tori Read)
  • 22nd » Terry Catledge, American basketball player
  • 23rd » Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 23rd » Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
  • 23rd » Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire
  • 23rd » Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
  • 24th » John Bush (musician) named John Bush, American singer-songwriter (Anthrax (American band) e.g Anthrax and Armored Saint)
  • 24th » Hideo Kojima, Japanese director and producer
  • 25th » Shock G, American rapper (Digital Underground)
  • 25th » Tiina Intelmann, Estonian diplomat
  • 25th » Christine McGlade, Canadian actress and producer
  • 26th » David Byas, English cricketer and umpire
  • 26th » Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author
  • 26th » Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic
  • 28th » Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
  • 28th » Regina Jacobs, American runner
  • 29th » Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer (Cocteau Twins)
  • 31st » Reb Beach, American guitarist (Winger (band) or Winger, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, and Dokken)
  • 31st » Todd Carty, Irish actor and director
  • 31st » Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 31st » Naomi Robson, American-Australian journalist
  • 31st » Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager

Famous Deaths for August 1963

  • 1st » Theodore Roethke, American author and poet (b. 1908)
  • 2nd » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
  • 5th » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
  • 9th » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)
  • 10th » Estes Kefauver, American politician (b. 1903)
  • 10th » Ernst Wetter, Swiss jurist (b. 1877)
  • 11th » Otto Wahle, Austrian swimmer (b. 1879)
  • 13th » Louis Bastien (cyclist) e.g Louis Bastien, French cyclist (b. 1881)
  • 14th » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
  • 19th » Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist and educator (b. 1890)
  • 20th » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
  • 22nd » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1877)
  • 23rd » Glen Gray, American saxophonist and bandleader (Casa Loma Orchestra) (b. 1900)
  • 27th » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
  • 27th » Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician and scholar (b. 1888)
  • 31st » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)

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