What Happened In May 1963 In History

Historical Events for May, 1963

• 2nd » Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
• 3rd » The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and Birmingham campaign Fire hoses and police dogs called responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, brin
• 8th » Army of the Republic of South Vietnam South Vietnamese soldiers of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem Huế Phật Đản shootings open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesākha Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist cri
• 11th » Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama or Birmingham, Alabama disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a Birmingham crisis named crisis involving federal troops.
• 13th » The U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland is decided.
• 14th » Kuwait joins the United Nations.
• 15th » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in outer space known as space.
• 22nd » An assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis, who will die five days later.
• 24th » Baldwin–Kennedy meeting on race relations in the US
• 25th » In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1963

• 3rd » Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach
• 3rd » Edward Kessler, English theologian
• 3rd » Jamie Reeves, English strongman and wrestler
• 3rd » Mona Siddiqui, Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic
• 4th » Vange Leonel, Brazilian singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2014)
• 5th » Heidi Kozak, American actress
• 5th » James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter (Dream Theater, Winter Rose, Explorers Club (band) called Explorers Club, and MullMuzzler)
• 5th » Simon Rimmer, English chef and author
• 5th » Scott Westerfeld, American author
• 6th » Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina
• 7th » Johnny Lee Middleton, American bass player and songwriter (Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
• 8th » Sylvain Cossette, Canadian singer-songwriter (Paradox (Canadian band) called Paradox)
• 8th » Anthony Field, Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Cockroaches and The Wiggles)
• 8th » Michel Gondry, French director and screenwriter
• 8th » Robin Jarvis, English author
• 8th » Izabela Kloc, Polish politician
• 8th » Aleksandr Kovalenko, Belarusian triple jumper
• 8th » Rick Zombo, American ice hockey player and coach
• 9th » Joe Cirella, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 9th » Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer and television host (Novi fosili)
• 10th » Anatoly Lebed, Estonian-Russian lieutenant (d. 2012)
• 10th » Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut
• 10th » Debbie Wiseman, English composer
• 11th » Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician
• 11th » Roark Critchlow, Canadian-American actor
• 11th » Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian and actor
• 11th » Natasha Richardson, English-American actress (d. 2009)
• 12th » Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician
• 12th » Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 12th » Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver
• 12th » Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles and Eddie) (d. 2001)
• 12th » Jerry Trimble, American actor and stuntman
• 12th » Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
• 12th » Vanessa A. Williams, American actress
• 13th » Andrea Leadsom, English politician
• 13th » Wally Masur, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
• 14th » Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach
• 14th » David Yelland (journalist) called David Yelland, English journalist
• 15th » Brenda Bakke, American actress
• 16th » Jon Coffelt, American painter and sculptor
• 16th » Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
• 16th » Serge Teyssot-Gay, French guitarist (Noir Désir)
• 16th » David Wilkinson (theologian) named David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic
• 17th » Jon Koncak, American basketball player
• 17th » Page McConnell, American keyboard player and songwriter (Phish, Vida Blue (band) named Vida Blue, and Phil Lesh and Friends)
• 17th » Taimo Toomast, Estonian opera singer
• 18th » Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and actor
• 18th » Sam Vincent (basketball) called Sam Vincent, American basketball player and coach
• 19th » Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager
• 20th » David Wells, American baseball player
• 21st » Richard Appel, American screenwriter and producer
• 21st » Pete Sandoval, Salvadoran-American drummer (Terrorizer and Morbid Angel)
• 21st » Kevin Shields, American-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (My Bloody Valentine (band) e.g My Bloody Valentine, The Complex (band) known as The Complex, and Primal Scream)
• 21st » Dave Specter, American guitarist
• 23rd » Wally Dallenbach, Jr., American race car driver and sportscaster
• 24th » Lois Ayres, American porn actress
• 24th » Ivan Capelli, Italian race car driver
• 24th » Michael Chabon, American author
• 24th » Joe Dumars, American basketball player
• 24th » Rich Rodriguez, American football player and coach
• 25th » George Hickenlooper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
• 25th » Mike Myers, Canadian-American actor, singer, screenwriter, and producer
• 25th » Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower
• 26th » Simon Armitage, English author, poet, and playwright
• 26th » Claude Legault, Canadian actor
• 26th » Mary Nightingale, English journalist
• 27th » Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer
• 28th » Gavin Harrison, English drummer (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, and OSI (band) named OSI)
• 28th » Houman Younessi, Australian-American scientist and educator
• 29th » Blaze Bayley, English singer-songwriter (Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane (band) known as Wolfsbane)
• 29th » Tracey E. Bregman, German-American actress
• 29th » Zhu Jianhua, Chinese high jumper
• 29th » Ukyo Katayama, Japanese race car driver
• 29th » Claude Loiselle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 29th » Lisa Whelchel, American actress and singer
• 30th » Shauna Grant, American porn actress and model (d. 1984)
• 30th » Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter (Voivod (band) e.g Voivod)
• 30th » Élise Lucet, French journalist
• 30th » Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut
• 31st » Hugh Dillon, Canadian singer, producer, and actor (Headstones (band) named Headstones and Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir)
• 31st » Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary
• 31st » Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Wesley Willis Fiasco) (d. 2003)

Famous Deaths for May 1963

• 1st » Lope K. Santos, Filipino author and politician (b. 1879)
• 6th » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American physicist (b. 1881)
• 6th » Ted Weems, American violin player, and trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 6th » Monty Woolley, American actor and director (b. 1888)
• 10th » Eugene Lipscomb, American football player and wrestler (b. 1931)
• 11th » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 12th » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 12th » Robert Kerr (athlete) known as Robert Kerr, Canadian sprinter (b. 1882)
• 13th » Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885)
• 17th » John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
• 18th » Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)
• 19th » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
• 23rd » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 24th » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 27th » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 31st » Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator (b. 1867)

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