4th » Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
6th » The Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded.
7th » The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
15th » 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
16th » Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Crown Colony of Sarawak e.g Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.
29th » The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens.
3rd » Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist and author
3rd » Amber Lynn, American porn actress and model
4th » Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer (Halford (band) known as Halford, Spastic Ink, Fates Warning, and Juggernaut (band) named Juggernaut)
4th » John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
4th » Sami Yaffa, Finnish singer-songwriter and bass player (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, Demolition 23, and Jetboy (band) known as Jetboy)
5th » Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter (Racer X (band) Racer X, The Mars Volta, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, The Scream (band) The Scream, and Big Sir (band) Big Sir)
5th » Kristian Alfonso, American figure skater and actress
5th » Jeff Brantley, American baseball player and sportscaster
5th » Taki Inoue, Japanese race car driver
5th » Jonathan Phillips (actor) called Jonathan Phillips, English actor
6th » Mark Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
6th » Skye Gyngell, Australian chef and author
6th » Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
6th » Alice Sebold, American author
6th » Bryan Simonaire, American engineer and politician
6th » Geert Wilders, Dutch politician
7th » Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
7th » Brent Liles, American bass player (Social Distortion and Agent Orange (band) called Agent Orange) (d. 2007)
9th » Roberto Donadoni, Italian footballer and manager
10th » Randy Johnson, American baseball player and actor
10th » Marian Keyes, Irish author
10th » Bill Stevenson (musician) named Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (All (band) named All, Descendents, The Lemonheads, and Only Crime)
11th » Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rheostatics)
11th » Colin Wells (actor) or Colin Wells, English actor
12th » Paul Bellini, Canadian actor and screenwriter
28th » Greg Weisman, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
29th » Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
29th » Les Claypool, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Primus (band) e.g Primus, Blind Illusion, Oysterhead, and Sausage (band) named Sausage)
30th » David Barbe, American bass player and producer (Sugar (American band) known as Sugar)
Famous Deaths for September 1963
3rd » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
4th » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
6th » Wladimir Aïtoff, French rugby player (b. 1879)
8th » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1904)