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What Happened In July 1963 In History

Historical Events for July, 1963

  • 1st » ZIP codes are introduced for United States Postal Service e.g United States mail.
  • 1st » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet Union called Soviet Espionage known as agent.
  • 7th » Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngô Đình Diệm, Double Seven Day scuffle e.g attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
  • 12th » Pauline Reade, who was 16-years-old, disappears on her way to a dance at the British Railways Club in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
  • 19th » Joseph A. Walker or Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
  • 22nd » Crown Colony of Sarawak e.g Sarawak achieve independence.
  • 24th » The iconic Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
  • 26th » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in Republic of Macedonia named Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
  • 26th » The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1963

  • 1st » Roddy Bottum, American singer and keyboard player (Faith No More and Imperial Teen)
  • 1st » David Wood (environmental campaigner) e.g David Wood, American lawyer and environmentalist (d. 2006)
  • 2nd » Mark Kermode, English bassist and critic (The Dodge Brothers)
  • 3rd » Tracey Emin, English painter and photographer
  • 4th » Henri Leconte, French tennis player
  • 4th » Ute Lemper, German singer and actress
  • 4th » Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist
  • 4th » José Oquendo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
  • 4th » William Ramallo, Bolivian footballer and coach
  • 4th » Michael Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Stryper and Boston (band) named Boston)
  • 5th » Edie Falco, American actress
  • 5th » Russ Lorenson, American singer and actor
  • 5th » Yasmin Qureshi, Pakistani-English politician
  • 5th » Mark Stockwell, Australian swimmer
  • 5th » Dorien Wilson, American actor
  • 6th » Todd Burns, American baseball player
  • 6th » Lance Johnson, American baseball player
  • 6th » Sorin Matei, Romanian high jumper
  • 7th » Vonda Shepard, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 8th » Mark Christopher (director) named Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter
  • 8th » Whilce Portacio, Filipino-American author and illustrator
  • 9th » Klaus Theiss, German footballer
  • 10th » Richard Waites (actor) named Richard Waites, English actor
  • 11th » Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 11th » Dean Richards (rugby union) called Dean Richards, English rugby player and coach
  • 11th » Lisa Rinna, American actress and talk show host
  • 13th » Neal Foulds, English snooker player and sportscaster
  • 13th » Kenny Johnson, American actor
  • 13th » Spud Webb, American basketball player
  • 14th » Aja (pornographic actress) or Aja, American porn actress and director
  • 14th » Jacques Lacombe, Canadian organist and conductor
  • 14th » Phil Rosenthal, American journalist
  • 15th » Brigitte Nielsen, Danish-American model, actress, and singer
  • 15th » Steve Thomas (ice hockey) or Steve Thomas, English-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 16th » Phoebe Cates, American actress
  • 16th » Norman Cook, English rapper, DJ, and producer (The Housemartins, Beats International, Freak Power, and Pizzaman (band) known as Pizzaman)
  • 16th » Srečko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach
  • 17th » Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 17th » Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
  • 17th » Letsie III of Lesotho
  • 17th » John Ventimiglia, American actor
  • 18th » Marc Girardelli, Austrian skier
  • 18th » Mike Greenwell, American baseball player and race car driver
  • 18th » Al Snow, American wrestler and actor
  • 18th » Martín Torrijos, Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama
  • 19th » Garth Nix, Australian author
  • 20th » Frank Whaley, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 20th » Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancer
  • 21st » Greg Behrendt, American comedian, guitarist, and author (The Reigning Monarchs)
  • 21st » Dorce Gamalama, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
  • 21st » Kevin Poole, English footballer and manager
  • 21st » Giant Silva, Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler
  • 22nd » Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer
  • 22nd » Rob Estes, American actor and director
  • 22nd » Olivier Gourmet, Belgian actor
  • 22nd » Emily Saliers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Indigo Girls)
  • 24th » Julie Krone, American jockey
  • 24th » Karl Malone, American basketball player and coach
  • 25th » Denis Coderre, Canadian politician, 44th Mayor of Montreal
  • 25th » Julian Hodgson, Welsh chess player
  • 26th » Jeff Stoughton, Canadian curler
  • 27th » Karrin Allyson, American singer and pianist
  • 27th » Donnie Yen, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist
  • 28th » Beverley Craven, Sri Lankan-English singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 28th » Michael Ruhlman, American author
  • 29th » Hans-Holger Albrecht, Belgian-German businessman
  • 29th » Jim Beglin, Irish footballer
  • 29th » Julie Elliott, English politician
  • 29th » Alexandra Paul, American actress and producer
  • 29th » Graham Poll, English footballer, referee, and journalist
  • 30th » Peter Bowler (cricketer) known as Peter Bowler, English-Australian cricketer
  • 30th » Lisa Kudrow, American actress, screenwriter, and producer
  • 30th » Chris Mullin (basketball) named Chris Mullin, American basketball player and manager
  • 31st » Fergus Henderson, English chef and author
  • 31st » Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Famous Deaths for July 1963

  • 2nd » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded 'Newsday' (b. 1906)
  • 4th » Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
  • 4th » Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)
  • 6th » George, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
  • 10th » Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)
  • 25th » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)
  • 31st » Sir Robert Chapman, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1880)

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