A coup d’etat in Togo ends with the assassination of the president Sylvanus Olympio
Tag: 1963
31 December 1963
Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia are formed out of the collapse of the Central African Federation officially collapses.
20 June 1963
The so-called “hot-line” or “red telephone” is established between the Soviet Union and the United States.
5 June 1963
The Profumo affair: The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal.
14 December 1963
The Baldwin Hills reservoir wall bursts, killing 5 people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.
22 November 1963
US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.
20 June 1963
A hotline is established between the Soviet Union and the United States after the Cuban Missile Crisis.