WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1963
Find out what all happened January to December 1963

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

Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. (12. February 1963)

American Civil Rights Movement: Alabama Governor George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register. (11. June 1963)

The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia. (31. December 1963)

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

Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space. (15. May 1963)

16-year-old Pauline Reade disappears on her way to a dance at the British Railways Club in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders. (12. July 1963)

The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government. (24. June 1963)

Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam. (11. June 1963)

The iconic Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol. (24. July 1963)

The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced. (29. January 1963)

The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese army stationed in Tite. (23. January 1963)

Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom. (12. December 1963)

Baldwin–Kennedy meeting on race relations in the US (24. May 1963)

The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent. (1. July 1963)

Kuwait joins the United Nations. (14. May 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)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI. (21. June 1963)

The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law. (5. February 1963)