WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO OCTOBER 1963
Find out what all happened June to October 1963

An explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now Pepsi Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show. A faulty propane tank connection in a concession stand is blamed. (31. October 1963)

Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country. (16. September 1963)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan. (26. July 1963)

The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty. (5. August 1963)

Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes. (8. August 1963)

The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union. (8. August 1963)

A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board. (22. October 1963)

Equal Pay Act of 1963 aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see Gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program (10. June 1963)

Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster. (26. July 1963)

A day after South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem announced the Joint Communique to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed. (17. June 1963)

A violent coup in Honduras pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform, and begins two decades of military rule. (3. October 1963)

The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools. (17. June 1963)

Sarawak achieve independence. (22. July 1963)

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech (28. August 1963)

An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead. (26. July 1963)

North Borneo (now Sabah) achieve a self governance. (31. August 1963)

Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. (16. June 1963)

Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not remove his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu. (24. August 1963)

The so-called "red telephone" is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis. (20. June 1963)

Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo. (30. June 1963)