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John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (b. 1917) J. D. Tippit, Dallas police officer (b. 1924) November 24 – Lee Harvey Oswald, sniper, assassinated John F. Kennedy (b. 1939) November 25 – Joseph Sweeney, actor (b. 1884) November 26 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-born operatic soprano (b. 1882 in Italy)
1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1963rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 963rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1960s decade.
Trouble close to home appeared when Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959 and forged increasingly close ties with the Soviet Union, becoming communism's center in Latin America. The United States responded with an economic boycott of Cuba, and a large-scale economic support program for Latin America under Kennedy, the Alliance for Progress.
Sixty years after his assassination on November 22, 1963, Americans should reflect on John F. Kennedy’s unfinished yet transformational legacy on civil rights, writes historian Peniel E. Joseph.
Miss America 1964; Miss USA 1963; 1963 American Mount Everest expedition; N. List of The New York Times number-one books of 1963; P. Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty;
1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
Miss America 1964; R. Killing of Johnny Robinson This page was last edited on 8 February 2025, at 15:25 (UTC). ... Category: September 1963 in the United States.
October 1963 events in the United States (1 C, 4 P) November 1963 events in the United States (2 C, 12 P) December 1963 events in the United States (1 C, 4 P)