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What Happened In December 1963 In History

Historical Events for December, 1963

  • 1st » Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India.
  • 7th » Instant replay makes its debut during an American Army Black Knights football called Army–Navy Midshipmen football called Navy football game.
  • 8th » Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
  • 10th » Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar or Jamshid bin Abdullah.
  • 12th » Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 14th » The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles known as Los Angeles, California.
  • 22nd » The cruise ship 'TSMS Lakonia Lakonia' burns convert 180 mi km north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
  • 25th » Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
  • 31st » Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland named The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1963

  • 1st » Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver
  • 1st » Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater
  • 1st » Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
  • 2nd » Brendan Coyle, English actor
  • 2nd » Dan Gauthier, American actor
  • 2nd » Ann Patchett, American author
  • 2nd » Rich Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 2nd » Ron Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 3rd » Joe Lally, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Fugazi (band) named Fugazi and Ataxia (band) e.g Ataxia)
  • 3rd » Terri Schiavo, American medical patient (d. 2005)
  • 4th » Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
  • 5th » Doctor Dré, American television and radio host
  • 5th » Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, English ski jumper
  • 5th » Ty England, American singer and guitarist
  • 5th » Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
  • 6th » Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer
  • 7th » Barbara Weathers, lead singer of R&B vocal group, Atlantic Starr
  • 7th » Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach
  • 8th » Greg Howe, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 8th » Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese wrestler
  • 9th » Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
  • 9th » Dave Hilton, Jr., Canadian boxer
  • 10th » Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
  • 11th » Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 11th » Jon Brion, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 11th » Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player
  • 11th » John Lammers, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 11th » Nigel Winterburn, English footballer and coach
  • 12th » Liz Claman, American journalist
  • 12th » Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (d. 2012)
  • 12th » Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 14th » Greg Abbott (footballer) known as Greg Abbott, English footballer and manager
  • 14th » Cynthia Gibb, American actress and singer
  • 14th » Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian opera singer
  • 14th » Michael Moloney, American interior designer
  • 14th » Alice Ripley American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 14th » Mario Yamasaki, Brazilian-American martial artist and referee
  • 15th » Ellie Cornell, American actress
  • 15th » Norman J. Grossfeld, American screenwriter and producer
  • 15th » Andrew Luster, American rapist
  • 15th » Helen Slater, American actress and singer
  • 15th » David Wingate (basketball) called David Wingate, American basketball player
  • 16th » Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
  • 16th » Jeff Carson, American singer-songwriter
  • 16th » James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 18th » Rikiya Koyama, Japanese actor
  • 18th » Norman Brown (guitarist) known as Norman Brown, American singer and guitarist (BWB (band) e.g BWB)
  • 18th » Karl Dorrell, American football player and coach
  • 18th » Pauline Ester, French singer
  • 18th » Allan Kayser, American actor
  • 18th » Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundian soldier and politician, President of Burundi
  • 18th » Charles Oakley, American basketball player and coach
  • 18th » Rikiya Koyama, Japanese voice actor
  • 18th » Brad Pitt, American actor and producer
  • 19th » Jennifer Beals, American model, actress, and singer
  • 19th » Til Schweiger, German actor, director, and producer
  • 20th » Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
  • 20th » Joel Gretsch, American actor
  • 20th » Iqbal Theba, Pakistani-American actor
  • 21st » Govinda (actor) e.g Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
  • 22nd » Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer and coach
  • 22nd » Brian McMillan, South African cricketer and educator
  • 22nd » Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American painter and illustrator
  • 23rd » Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach
  • 23rd » Jess Harnell, American singer-songwriter and voice actor (Rock Sugar (band) named Rock Sugar)
  • 23rd » Donna Tartt, American author
  • 23rd » Ante Zelck, German businessman
  • 24th » Caroline Aherne, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 24th » Jay Bilas, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 24th » Timo Jutila, Finnish ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 24th » Mary Ramsey, American singer-songwriter and violinist (10,000 Maniacs and John & Mary)
  • 24th » Neil Turbin, American singer-songwriter (Anthrax (American band) known as Anthrax and Deathriders)
  • 26th » Lars Ulrich, Danish-American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Metallica)
  • 26th » Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
  • 27th » Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-French director and screenwriter
  • 29th » Francisco Bustamante, Filipino Pool (cue sports) called Pool player
  • 29th » Des Foy, English rugby player
  • 29th » Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist
  • 29th » Sean Payton, American football player and coach
  • 29th » Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier
  • 30th » Chandler Burr, American journalist and author
  • 30th » Milan Šrejber, Czech tennis player
  • 31st » Scott Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anthrax (American band) called Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death, The Damned Things, and Damnocracy)
  • 31st » Konishiki Yasokichi, American-Japanese sumo wrestler

Famous Deaths for December 1963

  • 2nd » Sabu Dastagir, Indian-American actor and singer (b. 1924)
  • 5th » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (b. 1905)
  • 5th » Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
  • 8th » Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
  • 9th » Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author (b. 1903)
  • 9th » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905)
  • 12th » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
  • 14th » Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
  • 16th » Nam Phương, Vietnamese wife of Emperor Bảo Đại (b. 1914)
  • 21st » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer (b. 1882)
  • 22nd » Gian Giorgio Trissino (equestrian) named Giovanni Giorgio Trissino, Italian horse rider (b. 1877)
  • 23rd » Vida Hope, English actress (b. 1918)
  • 25th » Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896)
  • 26th » Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
  • 28th » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)

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