April 1963 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1963 Soap operas General Hospital andDoctors Premier on TV
• 02 Apr 1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit
• 03 Apr 1963 SCLC volunteers kick off the Birmingham campaign (Birmingham, Alabama) against racial segregation in the United States with a sit-in.
• 05 Apr 1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa.
• 07 Apr 1963 27th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286.
• 08 Apr 1963 35th Academy Awards - Lawrence of Arabia, Anne Bancroft and Gregory Peck win.
• 09 Apr 1963 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen
• 10 Apr 1963 Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
• 11 Apr 1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty
• 12 Apr 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators.
• 13 Apr 1963 Pete Rose triples for his first major league base hit.
• 14 Apr 1963 George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group Rolling Stones
• 15 Apr 1963 70,000 marchers arrive in London from Aldermaston, to demonstrate against nuclear weapons.
• 18 Apr 1963 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1.
• 19 Apr 1963 Hot Spot opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances
• 20 Apr 1963 Sophie closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 8 performances
• 21 Apr 1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
• 22 Apr 1963 Lester Bowles Pearson becomes the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
• 24 Apr 1963 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2.
• 26 Apr 1963 In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
• 27 Apr 1963 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow.
• 28 Apr 1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
• 29 Apr 1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT
• 30 Apr 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.

Famous Birthday

• Conan O'Brien

  American talk show host picked to replace David Letterman as host of NBC's "Late Night.

• Garry Kasparov

  Soviet chess player and world champion after defeating A. Karpov in 1985.

• Jet Li

  Movie Actor.

• Julian Lennon

  British song writer, musician, singer and noted family, the son of John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia.

• Pauline Lafont

  French actress, daughter of Diourka Medveczky, Hungarian sculptor, and Bernadette Lafont, French actress.

• Graham Norton

  British gay entertainer, television host of shows like "So, Graham Norton.

• Mano Solo

  French singer and recording artist who released ten albums.

• Roy Dupuis

  Canadian actor.

• Donita Sparks

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (L7 and Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments).

• Denis Podalydès

  French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent.

• Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

  French actress.

• Jean-Pierre Treiber

  French gamekeeper, mysterious man with auburn hair and right eye half closed, suspected to be the murderer of Géraldine Giraud, actress, and...

• Jimmy Osmond

  American singer, the youngest member of the singing Osmond family, devout Mormons.

• Eric McCormack

  Canadian actor.

• Jaime de Marichalar

  Spanish husband of Infanta Elena Duchess of Lugo.

• Paul Belmondo

  French racing driver who raced in Formula One for the March and Pacific Racing teams.

• Rafael Correa

  Ecuadorian economist and politician 54th President of Ecuador.

• Philippe Lucas

  French swimming coach, reputed to be very demanding.

• Jane McDonald

  British singer who served her apprenticeship by singing on cruise ships before the BBC discovered her talent.

• Pierre Alféri
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Famous Deaths

• Eddie Edwards

  British athlete called "The Eagle;" participated in the winter Olympics 1988, a ski jumper and great odds-on-favorite in spite of being...

• Julius Harrison

  Composer, dies at 78.

• Bryant Washburn

  Actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74.

• Otto Struve

  Russian-born astronomer (Born 1897).

• Henrietta Kreis

  third of famous Wallenda aerialists to fall to death.

• Jason Robards Sr

  Actor (Acapulco), dies at 70.

• Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan

  Indian historian, (Born 1893).

• Edward ''Carji'' Greeves

  Australian rules footballer (Born 1903).

• Meyer Jacobstein

  American politician (Born 1880).

• Endzion Barelli

  dies two days after winning a boxing match at age 18.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Chiffons - He's So Fine
2. Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him
3. Ruby and the Romantics - Our Day Will Come
4. Andy Williams - Can't Get Used To Losing You
5. Skeeter Davis - The End Of The World

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Gerry & The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It?
2. Ned Miller - From A Jack To A King
3. The Shadows - Foot Tapper
4. Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday
5. Buddy Holly - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man