January 1963 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting
• 03 Jan 1963 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 04 Jan 1963 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon.
• 05 Jan 1963 Camelot closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 873 performances
• 06 Jan 1963 Oliver! opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 774 performances
• 07 Jan 1963 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents
• 08 Jan 1963 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
• 09 Jan 1963 Mao Tse-tung writes his poem Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo
• 11 Jan 1963 1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA
• 12 Jan 1963 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia versus England.
• 13 Jan 1963 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20.
• 14 Jan 1963 George C Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!".
• 17 Jan 1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km.
• 18 Jan 1963 Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10:59).
• 22 Jan 1963 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament.
• 23 Jan 1963 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence offially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
• 24 Jan 1963 Buddy Rogers and Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champion and Thesz becomes NWA champ.
• 26 Jan 1963 Milk & Honey closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 543 performances
• 27 Jan 1963 Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 28 Jan 1963 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C) in Cynthiana, Kentucky, USA (state record).
• 29 Jan 1963 Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and George Halas elected to football hall of fame

Famous Birthday

• Till Lindemann

  German singer (Rammstein).

• José Mourinho

  Portuguese-born football (soccer) coach of the famous Chelsea Football Club based in London.

• Muriel Moreno
• Steven Soderbergh

  American director producer and screenwriter.

• Steven Soderbergh

  American director producer and screenwriter.

• James Denton

  American actor.

• Arpad Busson

  Businessman.

• Azdine Berkane
• Rand Paul

  Politician.

• Hakeem Olajuwon

  African-American basketball player: center, Rockets.

• Hakeem Olajuwon

  African-American basketball player: center, Rockets.

• Magda Cotrofe

  Brazilian actress and model, a veteran of nude centerfolds.

• Gail O'Grady

  American actress.

• Manuela di Centa
• Nora Berra
• Ingeborga Dapkunaite
• James May

  TV Show Host.

• Frédéric Abergel
• Jason Connery

  British-born Hollywood actor and noted family, the son of the well-known acting couple, Scottish-born Sean Connery and Australian-born Diane...

• Thomas Fersen

  French singer and composer.

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Famous Deaths

• Ike Quebec

  American tenor-saxophone player (Born 1918).

• Dick Powell

  Mt View, Arkansas -- Actor (Cry Danger, Theater).

• Jack Carson

  Manitoba, Canada -- Actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce).

• John Farrow

  Australian-American director producer and screenwriter (d. 1963).

• Oscar Backing

  Austria/Netherlands viola player, dies at age 83.

• Lourens GM Baas Becking

  Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at age 68.

• Arthur D Nock

  English/American historian (Saint Paul), dies at age 60.

• Leonardus G Kortenhorst

  Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP), dies at age 76.

• John Sigvard Olsen

  comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at age 70.

• Jean Felix Piccard

  swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday.

• Robert Lee Frost

  American poet (New Hampshire, four Pulitzers), dies at age 88.

• Arthur Moore

  Premier of Queensland (Born 1876).

• Jozef Gos?awski

  Polish sculptor and medallic artist (Born 1908).

• H S Lloyd

  British dog breeder (Born 1887).

• Gustave Garrigou

  French professional racing cyclist, one of the best of his era.

• Gustav Regler

  German Socialist novelist.

• Francis Poulenc

  French pianist and composer (d. 1963).

• Franz Jung

  German lawyer and politician German Federal Minister of Defence.

• Rogers Hornsby

  American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1963).

• Stark Young

  US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at age 81.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Tornadoes - Telstar
2. Steve Lawrence - Go Away Little Girl
3. The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In
4. Paul and Paula - Hey Paula
5. Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
2. Cliff Richard - The Next Time / Bachelor Boy
3. Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
4. The Beatles - She Loves You
5. The Shadows - Dance On!