February 1963 calendar

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

But much more happened on February 1963: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1963?

Events

01 Feb 1963 Nyasaland (later Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda.
02 Feb 1963 Helen Shapiro begins tour
05 Feb 1963 Soviet lunar probe failure
08 Feb 1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
09 Feb 1963 7th largest snowfall in NYC history
10 Feb 1963 US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon.
11 Feb 1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
12 Feb 1963 Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Peron.
14 Feb 1963 US launches communications satellite Syncom 1.
15 Feb 1963 Ken Lynch records Misery, 1st Lennon-McCartney song by someone else
16 Feb 1963 C and A Building in Amsterdam burns down.
17 Feb 1963 Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8).
19 Feb 1963 USSR informs US President John Kennedy it is withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba.
20 Feb 1963 Willie Mays (San Francisco Giants) signs a record US$100,000 per year contract.
21 Feb 1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
22 Feb 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company
27 Feb 1963 Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth US$100,000.
28 Feb 1963 Dorothy Schiff resigns from the New York Newspaper Publisher's Association, feeling that the city needs at least one paper. Her paper, the ''New York Post'', resumes publication on March 4.

Famous Birthday

Michael Jordan
American famed basketball star, known by some as the "Best Player Alive.
Michael Jordan
American famed basketball star, known by some as the "Best Player Alive.
Lolo Ferrari
French pornographic actress (Born 1962).
Laurent Ruquier
French "amuseur", TV host and presenter, playwright, satirical comedian, writer, and producer.
Seal (musician)
Charles Barkley
American basketball player, a forward for the Houston Rockets.
Marie-Claude Pietragalla
French dancer and choreographer.
William Baldwin
American actor producer and screenwriter.
Marie-Sophie Lelouch
Daniel Bravo
Eva Cassidy
American singer and acoustical guitarist, she died at age 33 on November 2, 1996 in Bowie, MD, from melanoma.
Alundra Blayze
Kevin Trudeau
American radio host and author.
Noodles (The Offspring)
Larry the Cable Guy
American comedian and actor.
Travis Tritt
American Country & Western singer and songwriter.
Hervé Ghesquière
Vijay Singh
Fijian professional golfer: PGA Tour.
Ian Brown
English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone).
Ian Brown
English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone).
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Famous Deaths

Sylvia Plath
American poet and novelist known for her exquisite poetry and her autobiographical novel, “The Bell Jar,” published in 1963.
Theodore Newton
Actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58.
Monte Blue
Silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73.
Herman Bouber [Blom]
actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at age 77.
Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim
Morocco opposition leader, dies.
Werner Erich Josten
German composer (Jungle), dies at age 77.
Abdul Karim Kassem
Prime Minister of Iraq (1958-63), assassinated in Baghdad at age 48.
Harry Steers
bowling hall of famer, dies.
Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell
leader British Labour Party, dies at age 56.
Laszlo Lajtha
Composer, dies at 70.
Fleetwood Lindley
the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln's face (Born 1888).
Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi
Moroccan politician.
John Olof Dahlgren
American recipient of the Medal of Honor (Born 1872).
Learco Guerra
Italian cyclist (Born 1902).
Rajendra Prasad
First President of India (Born 1884).
Ferenc Fricsay
Hungarian-Austrian conductor and director (d. 1963).
Jacob Gade
Danish violinist and composer (d. 1963).
George Dolenz
American actor, father of Micky Dolenz (Born 1908).
Artturi A Leinonen
Finnish journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at age 74.
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