August 1963 calendar

August 1963
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1963.
The US president was John F. Kennedy (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1963: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1963?

Events

01 Aug 1963 Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale
02 Aug 1963 30th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 20, Green Bay 17
03 Aug 1963 No Strings closes at 84th St. Theater NYC after 580 performances
04 Aug 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
05 Aug 1963 Britain, US and the USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty
07 Aug 1963 Jac Kennedy becomes 1st, 1st lady to give birth since Mrs Cleveland
08 Aug 1963 Kingsmen release Louie, Louie, radio stations label it obscene
09 Aug 1963 Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres
10 Aug 1963 Estes Kefauver, American politician (Democrat-Senator-Tennessee) dies at age 60.
12 Aug 1963 Portuguese Dictator Salazar firm on African colonization
13 Aug 1963 Custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum
15 Aug 1963 Fulbert Youlou, resigns as President of Congo-Brazzaville
16 Aug 1963 Independence is restored to Dominican Republic.
17 Aug 1963 Jim Hickman becomes the first New York Mets player to hit for the cycle.
18 Aug 1963 James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from University of Mississippi
19 Aug 1963 NAACP Youth Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters, Oklahoma City
21 Aug 1963 Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas
22 Aug 1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches altitude of 67 miles (106 km).
23 Aug 1963 Beatles release She Loves You in the UK
24 Aug 1963 Don Schollander swims the 200-metre freestyle in less than 2 minutes for the first time, in a world record time of 1:58.
28 Aug 1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens
29 Aug 1963 Harmon Killebrew (Twins) HRs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH
30 Aug 1963 Hot Line communications link between Washington DC and Moscow begins.
31 Aug 1963 Hot line between Moscow-Washington, DC installed
08 Aug 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.