September 1963 calendar
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
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
- The Angels - My Boyfriend's Back
- Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet
- Allan Sherman - Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)
- The Jaynetts - Sally, Go 'Round The Roses
- Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips - Pt 2
Top #5 songs in the UK
- The Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet
- The Beatles - She Loves You
- Frank Ifield - Confessin'
- Cliff Richard - It's All In The Game
- Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - 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?
Powers Of Attorney
By: Louis Auchincloss
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.
The American Way Of Death
By: Jessica Mitford
"Mitford's humorous and unforgiving book, Memoirs of Mori, is the best we can get." It is important that it be updated every decade to ensure our spiritual health. --The
On Her Majesty'S Secret Service
By: Ian Fleming
After Operation Thunderball, Ernst Stavro Blofeld lost his trail and so did 007's love of his job. Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, a young troubled woman who shares his love for danger and fast cars, is the only thing that can …
City Of Night
By: John Rechy
[Rechy's] tone rings completely true and is his entirely. . . . He is a truth-teller, and he tells it with such passion, that we are forced into sharing in his life
Terrible Swift Sword
By: Bruce Catton
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.