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Viet Cong's first victory
In the Battle of Ap Bac, in the Dinh Tuong Province, Viet Cong won it’s first major victory. Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Civil Guards could not overcome Viet Cong’s 261st battalion. Five U.S. helicopters were shot down by Viet Cong when they started to ferry troops into the battle to help. Nobody could break the Viet Cong’s line of defence. -
Mona Lisa is exhibited in the USA
In 1963, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was put on display in the United States for the first time in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The painting was made somewhere between 1503 and 1506, and is estimated to be worth around $720 million today. -
Defence Minister Douglas Harkness resigns
In 1963, there was a huge debate over whether or not Canada should acquire nuclear weapons from the States. The Minister of National Defence, Douglas Harkness, strongly believed that “it was unreasonable to secure the Bomarc without the nuclear warhead.” When there was a Cabinet meeting February 3, Harkness announced that “the people of the nation, Party, Cabinet and he had lost confidence in the Prime Minister.” When a Vote of Confidence took place and he was proven wrong, he left to submit his -
Three people are killed in The Reesor Siding Strike
Workers on strike in a Lumber and Sawmill company clashed with police, leaving three dead and eight injured when police opened fire on the unarmed workmen. -
Marvel introduces Iron Man
He made his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 -
Simon Fraser University is founded
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and operates satellite campuses in downtown Vancouver and Surrey. The university was named after Simon Fraser, a North West Company fur trader and explorer. It is the only non-American university in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). -
Mount Agung erupts in Bali
The eruption devastated numerous villages, killing approximately 1500 people. Cold lahars caused by heavy rainfall after the eruption killed an additional 200. A second eruption on May 16 led to pyroclastic flows that killed another 200 inhabitants. The lava flows missed the Mother Temple of Besakih. The saving of the temple is regarded by the Balinese people as miraculous and a signal from the gods. -
Martin Luther king Jr. is arrested
He was arrested for contempt of court and for parading without a permit. He had come to Birmingham in an attempt to integrate public facilities in accordance with Supreme Court rulings. It was a large parade of protests, and some of the protesters acted violently. -
FLQ publishes their first manifesto
Publishing of the first FLQ manifesto entitled "Message du FLQ à la Nation" -
Terrorist group sets off first bombs in Quebec
The FLQ (Front de libération du Québec), a terrorist group supporting the separation of Quebec from Canada, sets off a bomb in RCMP headquarters in Westmount. -
Wilfred O'Neil dies
Wilfred O'Neil is killed when a bomb placed by the FLQ explodes. -
Huế Phật Đản shootings
Ngô Đình Diệm's army shoots and kills 9 unarmed Buddhist civiliants. The army and police fired guns and launched grenades into a crowd of Buddhists who had been protesting against a government ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on the day of Phật Đản, which commemorates the birth of Gautama Buddha. -
Ten bombs are placed in mailboxes by the FLQ
The FLQ places ten bombs in as many residential mailboxes of the town of Westmount. Five of these ten bombs explode . Walter Leja, Sergeant Major of the Canadian Army, is injured while trying to disarm one of the explosive devices. -
Mike Myers is born
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Martin Luther King Jr. gives his speech
Standing on the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washinton for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr delivers his famous "I have a dream" speech to over 250,000 civil rights supporters. This speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Johnny Depp is born ♥
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The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism is announced
In an attempt to keep Quebec from separating, and bring Canada together, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson passes the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, which makes French, as well as English, one of Canada's offiical languages. Everything from this point on must be labeled in both English and French. -
Earthquake in Skopje
In Skople, Yugoslavia, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck, killing 1,070 people, injuring 4,000 people, and leaving 200,000 people homeless. Around 80% of the city is destroyed. -
Whitney Houston is born
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John Stamos is born
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Marvel releases first ever X-men comic
They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1 -
Place des Arts opens in Montreal
Place des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec. The Corporation George-Étienne-Cartier, named in honour of George-Étienne Cartier, a Father of Confederation and opera lover, was set up to build it, and the first part of the complex was built on September 21, 1963. -
Hurricane Flora
Hurricane Flora is among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, with a death total of over 7,000. It struck the East Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Florida. -
John F. Kennedy is assassinated
He was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. He was shot while traveling with his wife and two other officials. His shooter was identified as being Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Tran-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes
About five minutes after takeoff in poor weather, the jet crashed about 20 miles (32 km) north of Montreal, near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec, killing all 118 people on board: 111 passengers and 7 crew members. -
Pan Am Flight 214 crashes
Pan Am Flight 214 was en route from Baltimore to Philadelphia when it crashed near Elkton, Maryland after being hit by lightning, killing all 81 on board. -
Brad Pitt is born
