WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO NOVEMBER 1963
Find out what all happened July to November 1963

The iconic Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol. (24. July 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)

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

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

John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty. (7. October 1963)

Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam. (6. November 1963)

Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan apartment, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights. (28. August 1963)

Sarawak achieve independence. (22. July 1963)

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

The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg. (27. November 1963)

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. (19. July 1963)

Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti. (4. 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)

The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation. (30. August 1963)

ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail. (1. July 1963)

South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup. (2. November 1963)

The first push-button telephone goes into service. (18. November 1963)

France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia. (10. October 1963)

At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning. (9. November 1963)