Historical Events
Appointment of Interest
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan resigns and is replaced by Alec Douglas-Home
- French air force gets first nuclear weapons
- Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba & Haiti, kills 6,000
- Vajont Dam disaster, landslide creates 50 million cubic metre wave killing around 2,000 in the Piave Valley in Northern Italy
Famous Deaths
- Thurlow Lieurance, American composer (By the Waters of Minnetonka; Sad Moon on Falling Leaf), ethnomusicologist (Indigenous peoples), and educator, dies at 85
Died in 1963 1963 Highlights
About October 9, 1963
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 60 years, 6 months and 18 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
Star Sign: Libra
Music Charts
#1 Song: Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs
#1 Song: Do You Love Me - Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
