A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat’]
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10 October 1963
The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect. The Partial Test Ban Treaty is the abbreviated name of the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon…
5 June 1963
John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns in a sex scandal known as the “Profumo affair”. On June 5, 1963, British Secretary…
21 March 1963
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closes. On March 21, 1963, the Alcatraz Island federal prison in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its inmates and closed at…
18 November 1963
The first push-button telephone goes into service. Bell Telephone introduced the first commercial push-button telephone on November 18, 1963. It was installed first in Carnegie…
17 March 1963
Mount Agung in Bali erupts, killing more than 1000 people. Mt. Agung, the famous landmark of Bali, Indonesia erupted violently on March 17, 1963 generating…
12 February 1963
Construction starts on the Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri. The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot monument in St. Louis in the U.S. state of…
26 December 1963
The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” is released in the USA. This was the first Beatles song to catch on in America. In…
26 June 1963
USA President John Kennedy gave his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, shortly after Soviet backed East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.