yearmonthdayeventrank
1963 1 1 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank 0
1963 1 1 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting 0
1963 2 1 Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda 0
1963 3 1 200p~000 French mine workers strike 0
1963 4 1 NY Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40p~000 0
1963 4 1 NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike 0
1963 4 1 "Soap operas ""General Hospital"" & ""Doctors"" premier on TV" 0
1963 5 1 1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest 0
1963 5 1 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Neth 0
1963 6 1 El Watusi by Ray Barreto hits #17 0
1963 6 1 Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st Prime Minister of Kenya 0
1963 7 1 "Beatles record ""She Loves You"" & ""I'll Get You""" 0
1963 7 1 US President Kennedy arrives in Rome 0
1963 7 1 US postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code 0
1963 7 1 ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail. 0
1963 8 1 Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale 0
1963 8 1 Germany FR annexes Elten village 0
1963 8 1 WQAD TV channel 8 in Molinep~ IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 0
1963 9 1 Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot 0
1963 9 1 St Louis Cards pitcher Curt Simmons steals home plate 0