5th » The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty or nuclear test ban treaty.
8th » Great Train Robbery (1963) Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbery train robbers steal Pound sterling £2.6 million in bank notes.
15th » Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
15th » President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a Trois Glorieuses (1963) called three-day uprising in the capital.
18th » African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68) known as American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
21st » Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhism e.g Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
22nd » American Joseph A. Walker Joe Walker in an North American X-15 X-15 test plane reaches an altitude of convert 106 km mi abbr=on.
24th » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department Cable 243 named cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to 1963 South Vietnamese coup named launch a coup against Presi
28th » March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his 'I Have a Dream' speech
28th » Career Girls Murders Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Upper East Side Manhattan apartment, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda warning Miranda Rights.
28th » The Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge—Evergreen Point e.g Evergreen Point Bridge, the longest pontoon bridge known as floating bridge in the world, opens between Seattle and Medina, Washington, US.
30th » The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
31st » North Borneo (now Sabah) achieve a self governance.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1963
1st » Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (WC and the Maad Circle)
1st » Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor
1st » John Carroll Lynch, American actor
1st » Lynette Sadleir, New Zealand swimmer
1st » Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer
1st » Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Galaxie 500, Luna (band) known as Luna, and Dean & Britta)