Historical figures in 1963
The atlas holds 85 people and 149 moments here, in 1963. The most recorded lives are John F. Kennedy, Édith Piaf and Martin Luther King Jr.. Among them Writers, Musicians and Composers and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Gamal Abdel Nasser
in 1963
4 moments here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
George Michael
in 1963
1 moment here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Glynis Johns
in 1963
1 moment here
British actress, dancer and singer whose stage and screen career ran from childhood performances in Britain to Broadway and later American work.…
Gough Whitlam
in 1963
1 moment here
Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Grace Kelly
in 1963
2 moments here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Haile Selassie
in 1963
3 moments here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Hebe Camargo
in 1963
1 moment here
Brazilian television host, singer, actress, and radio performer widely known as the “Queen of Brazilian Television.” Born in Taubaté, she moved to…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1963
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1963
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Ingmar Bergman
in 1963
1 moment here
Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, theatre director, theatre manager and author. Bergman’s career moved between Stockholm’s student and professional…
Jim Morrison
in 1963
1 moment here
James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…
John Atta Mills
in 1963
1 moment here
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian legal scholar and politician who served as vice president of Ghana from 1997 to 2001 and president from 7…
John Eccles
in 1963
1 moment here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1963
23 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Lennon
in 1963
1 moment here
English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1963
3 moments here
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Jorge Amado
in 1963
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1963
2 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Julius Nyerere
in 1963
1 moment here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Kenzaburō Ōe
in 1963
1 moment here
Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…
Kim Dae-jung
in 1963
1 moment here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Lata Mangeshkar
in 1963
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and occasional composer whose career spanned eight decades. Born in Indore, she moved to Mumbai in 1945 and became a central…
Le Corbusier
in 1963
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1963
1 moment here
Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Moments
- 1963 Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference Julius Nyerere
- 1963 Death in Patna Rajendra Prasad
- 1963 Official visit to Jamaica U Thant
- 1963 Getz/Gilberto recording, first session Astrud Gilberto
- 1963 Getz/Gilberto recording, second session Astrud Gilberto
- 1963 Chemistry in Medicine symposium at Brookhaven Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1963 Final live performances at Lille Opera Édith Piaf
- 1963 Too True to Be Good at the 54th Street Theatre Glynis Johns
- 1963 Attended Central American summit John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Doug Jones fight Muhammad Ali
- 1963 Tovarich opens on Broadway Vivien Leigh
- 1963 OAU Council of Ministers in Dakar Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 1963 Boston Marathon Abebe Bikila
- 1963 Imprisoned during Birmingham campaign Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1963 Hat-trick against France Pelé
- 1963 State visit to Japan Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1963 Residence in Oberforstbach B. J. Habibie
- 1963 Convalescence at Cap Ferrat Édith Piaf
- 1963 Soviet Union tour Fidel Castro
- 1963 Bilateral discussions at Brijuni Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1963 State visit to independent Algeria Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1963 First confined on Robben Island Nelson Mandela
- 1963 Return to KOSTRAD command Suharto
- 1963 West Irian victory parade Suharto
- 1963 Official visit to Brazzaville Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1963 Birth in East Finchley George Michael
- 1963 Arrived in Dublin John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Declared solidarity with West Berlin John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Delivered the American University peace address John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Met Macmillan at Birch Grove John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Motorcaded through Cork John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Stopped in Limerick John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Visited Galway John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Visited the ancestral cottage John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Visited West German cities John F. Kennedy
- 1963 East African Federation meeting Jomo Kenyatta
- 1963 Sworn in as prime minister Jomo Kenyatta
- 1963 Returned to Pretoria Local Prison Nelson Mandela
- 1963 Ashura speech at Feyziyeh Madrasa Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1963 Detention and transfer to Tehran Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1963 Meeting with President Kennedy Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1963 State visit in London Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1963 Kennedy visit to Rathaus Schöneberg Willy Brandt
- 1963 OAU founding summit Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1963 Met Italian leaders in Rome John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Met Pope Paul VI John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Visited Naples John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Crossing divided Berlin Richard Nixon
- 1963 Kidnapping at the Potomac Hotel Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1963 Move to La Gatounière near Mougins Édith Piaf