November 1963 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1963 The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• 02 Nov 1963 Tambourines to Glory opens at Little Theater NYC for 24 performances
• 03 Nov 1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Cavern City Golf Open
• 04 Nov 1963 John Lennon utters his infamous Rattle your jewelry line
• 05 Nov 1963 US VP Lyndon B Johnson visits Netherlands
• 06 Nov 1963 Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.
• 07 Nov 1963 Carole Joan Crawford, 20, of Jamaica, crowned 13th Miss World
• 08 Nov 1963 Finnair flight OH-LCA crashes before landing at Mariehamn airport on the Åland islands.
• 09 Nov 1963 Tovarich closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 264 performances
• 10 Nov 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open
• 12 Nov 1963 Train crash in Japan, kills 164
• 14 Nov 1963 A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates a new island, Surtsey.
• 16 Nov 1963 Toledo, OH newspaper strike began
• 17 Nov 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
• 18 Nov 1963 Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone
• 19 Nov 1963 Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal, Quebec.
• 21 Nov 1963 JFK flies to Texas
• 22 Nov 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the murders of Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit. Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as the 36th president at 2:39 p.m.
• 23 Nov 1963 Doctor Who, the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England
• 24 Nov 1963 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
• 25 Nov 1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
• 26 Nov 1963 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy
• 27 Nov 1963 The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
• 28 Nov 1963 1st million copy record prior to release I Want to Hold Your Hand
• 29 Nov 1963 LBJ sets up Warren Comm to investigate assassination of JFK
• 30 Nov 1963 51st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats BC Lions, 21-10

Famous Birthday

• Jean-Pierre Papin

  French footballer and manager.

• Stéphane Bern

  French-Luxembourgish journalist, a reporter specialized in royal families.

• Franck Dubosc

  French humourist and actor, born in Petit-Quevilly (close to Rouen).

• Nicollette Sheridan

  British actress.

• Nadine Morano

  French politician, a prominent member of the UMP.

• René Steinke
• Tatum O'Neal

  American child star of the '70s who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1973 for her performance as a smoking, smart-mouthed 9-year-old...

• Nicolas Canteloup

  French comedian and imitator with a TV career.

• Lena Zavaroni

  Scottish singer, a child star at age ten who sang "Ma, He's making Eyes At Me," and " If My Friends Could See Me Now.

• Thierry Paulin

  French serial killer of elderly women.

• Ming-Na
• Afef Jnifen
• Edith Lefel
• Zina Garrison

  American tennis player and coach.

• Peter Schmeichel

  Danish soccer football goalkeeper who teamed in Manchester United.

• Dylan Walsh
• José Manuel Perez
• Terry Farrell

  American actress.

• Winsor Harmon

  American actor.

• Hélèna Villovitch
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Famous Deaths

• Djuanda Kartawidjaja

  Premier (Indonesia), dies at 52.

• Simon Jurovsky

  Composer, dies at 51.

• Otto Flake

  Writer.

• Aldous L Huxley

  English Author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69.

• Bikram Singh

  Indies Lieutenant General (Kashmir).

• C[live] S[taples] Lewis [Hamilton]

  Author (Silver Chair), dies at 64.

• Daulet Singh

  Indies Lieutenant General.

• John F Kennedy

  35th President (1961-63), assassinated in Dallas at 46.

• NKD Nanavati

  Indies General Major (WWII).

• William R Titterton

  English Author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87.

• Fred Uttal

  TV host (QED), dies at 55.

• Carmen Amaya

  Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50.

• C S Lewis

  Irish author (Born 1898).

• Ngo ?inh Diem

  South Vietnamese politician (Born 1901).

• Wilhelm Beiglbock

  Austrian physician (Born 1905).

• J D Tippit

  American law enforcement officer (Born 1924).

• Marotrao Kannamwar

  Indian politician.

• Luis Cernuda

  Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.

• Karyn Kupcinet

  American stage, film, and television actress and homicide victim.

• Margaret Murray

  British archaeologist, born in India, who became an assistant to Sir Flinders Petrie and, later, one of the first woman Dons.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Jimmy Gilmer - Sugar Shack
2. Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple
3. Dale & Grace - I'm Leaving It Up To You
4. The Village Stompers - Washington Square
5. The Singing Nun - Dominique

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Do You Love Me?
2. Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone
3. The Beatles - She Loves You
4. The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
5. The Searchers - Sugar And Spice