WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1963
Find out what all happened September to November 1963

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

The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens. (1. November 1963)

The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members. (7. September 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)

The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins (1. November 1963)

Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo Affair. (25. September 1963)

In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is later captured and charged with the murder of both the President and police officer J. D. Tippit. Oswald is shot two days later by Jack Ruby while in police custody. (22. November 1963)

Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board. (4. September 1963)

In the first live, televised murder, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is murdered two days after the assassination, by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. (24. November 1963)

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

Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days. (7. November 1963)

The Centre for International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded. (6. September 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 BBC broadcasts the first episode of Doctor Who (starring William Hartnell), which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama. (23. November 1963)

Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board. (29. November 1963)

The second period of the Second Vatican Council opens. (29. September 1963)

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

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

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (29. November 1963)