WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1963
Find out what all happened March to October 1963

Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers. (5. June 1963)

John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would revolutionist American society. Proposing equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education and guarantee federal protection for voting rights. (11. June 1963)

Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith. (12. 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)

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)

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

Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti. (4. October 1963)

An assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis, who will die five days later. (22. May 1963)

Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland, UK. (15. August 1963)

President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital. (15. 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)

Marriage of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent to the Hon Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London. (24. April 1963)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation. (16. April 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)

Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in Terris, the first encyclical addressed to all instead of to Catholics alone. (11. April 1963)

American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi. (18. August 1963)

The Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded. (6. September 1963)

The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom. (30. April 1963)

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

Kuwait joins the United Nations. (14. May 1963)