September 1963 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in September 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 September 1963: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of September 1963?


Events

  • 01 Sep 1963 Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot
  • 02 Sep 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament
  • 04 Sep 1963 Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Durrenasch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
  • 05 Sep 1963 British prostitute Christine Keeler is arrested for perjury. On December 6 she is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
  • 06 Sep 1963 Church bombed in Birmingham AL, kills 4 African-American girls
  • 07 Sep 1963 1st US TV appearance of Beatles
  • 08 Sep 1963 77th US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court
  • 09 Sep 1963 Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools
  • 10 Sep 1963 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama
  • 12 Sep 1963 WHYY TV channel 12 in Wilmington, DE (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 13 Sep 1963 Barbra Striesand and Elliot Gould marry
  • 14 Sep 1963 Mary Ann Fischer, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, gives birth to America's first surviving quintuplets, four girls and a boy.
  • 15 Sep 1963 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
  • 16 Sep 1963 WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 17 Sep 1963 Fugitive premieres on ABC TV
  • 18 Sep 1963 USSR orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia
  • 20 Sep 1963 JFK proposes a joint US-Soviet voyage to the moon
  • 22 Sep 1963 Czechoslovakian Premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart)
  • 23 Sep 1963 Georgette Ciselet is 1st woman on Belgian Council of State
  • 24 Sep 1963 Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards
  • 25 Sep 1963 The Denning Report on the Profumo affair is published in Great Britain.
  • 26 Sep 1963 1st edition of NYC Review of Books
  • 27 Sep 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico
  • 28 Sep 1963 King Leonardo, cartoon last airs on NBC-TV
  • 29 Sep 1963 Judy Garland Show, debuts on CBS-TV
  • 30 Sep 1963 Student Gypsy opens at 84th St. Theater NYC for 16 performances
  • 25 Sep 1963 Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
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Music charts

Which were the top hits in September 1963?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - My Boyfriend's Back
  2. - Blue Velvet
  3. - Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)
  4. - Sally, Go 'Round The Roses
  5. - Fingertips - Pt 2

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Sweets For My Sweet
  2. - She Loves You
  3. - Confessin'
  4. - It's All In The Game
  5. - Bad To Me

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?

Books

Which were the most popular books released in September 1963?

Francis Bacon by Catherine Drinker Bowen

Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon: The temper and character of a Man

Joy In The Morning by Betty Smith

Joy In The Morning

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"A happy affirmation that love can accomplish all things." Chicago Tribune Intensely emotional... Inspired." New York Times Joy in The Morning is the amazing million-copy edition

Terrible Swift Sword by Bruce Catton

Terrible Swift Sword

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This award-winning episode shows how the Union & Confederacy have slowly but surely reconciled to an all-out conflict--a long and difficult struggle for freedom.

Powers Of Attorney by Louis Auchincloss

Powers Of Attorney

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Louis Auchincloss is best known as the author of many bestsellers. However, he is also a lawyer. He combines both his vocations in Powers of Attorney, which is graphically and authoritative.

Grandmother and the Priests by Taylor Caldwell

Grandmother and the Priests

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Dust jacket notes: Rose McConnell was just four years old when her Grandmother visited her in Leeds, England. It was in 1904. This Grandmother was an Irish widow from the rich and famous who enjoyed good company.