1st » The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico e.g Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
1st » The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins
2nd » South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm known as assassinated following a military coup.
6th » Vietnam War: Following the 1963 South Vietnamese coup known as November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Dương Văn Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.
7th » Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed Mining called mine after 14 days.
9th » At Miike coal mine, Miike District, Fukuoka called Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
18th » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
22nd » In Dallas named Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is Assassination of John F. Kennedy called assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is later captured and charged with the murder of both the
24th » In the first live, televised murder, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is murdered two days after the assassination, by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters.
27th » The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
29th » President of the United States e.g U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
29th » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport or Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1963
1st » Rick Allen (drummer) or Rick Allen, English drummer (Def Leppard)
1st » Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer and manager
1st » Big Kenny, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Big & Rich)
1st » Katja Riemann, German actress and singer
2nd » Bobby Dall, American bass player (Poison (American band) called Poison)
2nd » Jonas Gardell, Swedish author and screenwriter
2nd » Ron McGovney, American bass player (Metallica, Leather Charm, and Phantasm (band) named Phantasm)
2nd » Borut Pahor, Slovenian politician, 4th President of Slovenia
2nd » Craig Saavedra, American director, producer, and screenwriter
2nd » Park Young-seok, South Korean mountaineer (d. 2011)
3rd » Davis Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter
3rd » Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese race car driver
3rd » Ian Wright, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
4th » Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon (band) or Zébulon)
4th » Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress
4th » Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
5th » Brian Wheat, American bass player and songwriter (Tesla (band) e.g Tesla)
5th » Jean-Pierre Papin, French footballer and manager
6th » Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter (Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation (band) known as Premature Ejaculation) (d. 1998)
7th » John Barnes (footballer) known as John Barnes, Jamaican-English footballer and manager