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Events from the year '''1963 in the United States'''. |
Events from the year '''1963 in the United States'''. |
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November 22 JFK assassinated in Texas |
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=== Federal government === |
=== Federal government === |
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* [[President of the United States|President]]: [[John F. Kennedy]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Massachusetts]]) (until November 22) |
* [[President of the United States|President]]: |
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::[[John F. Kennedy]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Massachusetts]]) (until November 22) |
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::[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Texas]]) (starting November 22) |
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* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]: [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Texas]]) (until November 22) |
* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]: |
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::[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Texas]]) (until November 22) |
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::''vacant'' (starting November 22) |
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* [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]: [[Earl Warren]] ([[California]]) |
* [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]: [[Earl Warren]] ([[California]]) |
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* [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]: [[John William McCormack]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Massachusetts]]) |
* [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]: [[John William McCormack]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Massachusetts]]) |
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===January=== |
===January=== |
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* January 8 – [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' is exhibited in the United States for the only time, being unveiled at the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite book|author=John Fitzgerald Kennedy|title=John F. Kennedy: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1962|page=546}}</ref> |
* January 8 – [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' is exhibited in the United States for the only time, being unveiled at the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite book|author=John Fitzgerald Kennedy|title=John F. Kennedy: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1962|page=546}}</ref> |
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* January 14 – [[George Wallace]] becomes governor of [[Alabama]]. In his [[George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address|inaugural speech]], he defiantly proclaims "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!"<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wallace/timeline/index_2.html The American Experience: George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire: Timeline (1952 – 1972)], ''[[Public Broadcasting Service]]'', 2000 |
* January 14 – [[George Wallace]] becomes governor of [[Alabama]]. In his [[George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address|inaugural speech]], he defiantly proclaims "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!"<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wallace/timeline/index_2.html The American Experience: George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire: Timeline (1952 – 1972)], ''[[Public Broadcasting Service]]'', 2000</ref> |
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* January 28 – African American student [[Harvey Gantt]] enters [[Clemson University]] in [[South Carolina]], the last U.S. state to hold out against racial integration. |
* January 28 – African American student [[Harvey Gantt]] enters [[Clemson University]] in [[South Carolina]], the last U.S. state to hold out against racial integration. |
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** [[Medgar Evers]] is assassinated in [[Jackson, Mississippi]]. His killer, [[Byron De La Beckwith]], is convicted in 1994. |
** [[Medgar Evers]] is assassinated in [[Jackson, Mississippi]]. His killer, [[Byron De La Beckwith]], is convicted in 1994. |
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** The film ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'', starring [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Rex Harrison]] and [[Richard Burton]], is released in the United States. |
** The film ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'', starring [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Rex Harrison]] and [[Richard Burton]], is released in the United States. |
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* June 13 – The cancellation of [[Mercury 10]] effectively ends the [[Mercury program]] of U.S. |
* June 13 – The cancellation of [[Mercury 10]] effectively ends the [[Mercury program]] of U.S. crewed [[spaceflight]]. |
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* June 17 – ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that state-mandated Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional. |
* June 17 – ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that state-mandated Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional. |
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* June 23 |
* June 23 |
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* August 21 – [[Cable 243]]: In the wake of the [[Xá Lợi Pagoda raids]], the [[Kennedy administration]] orders the [[US Embassy, Saigon]] to explore alternative leadership in South Vietnam, opening the way towards a coup against Diem. |
* August 21 – [[Cable 243]]: In the wake of the [[Xá Lợi Pagoda raids]], the [[Kennedy administration]] orders the [[US Embassy, Saigon]] to explore alternative leadership in South Vietnam, opening the way towards a coup against Diem. |
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* August 28 – [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] delivers his "[[I Have a Dream]]" speech on the steps of the [[Lincoln Memorial]] to an audience of at least 250,000, during the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]]. |
* August 28 – [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] delivers his "[[I Have a Dream]]" speech on the steps of the [[Lincoln Memorial]] to an audience of at least 250,000, during the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]]. |
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* August 30 – The [[Moscow–Washington hotline]] (a direct [[teleprinter]] link) is inaugurated by President Kennedy.<ref>{{cite news|title='Hot Line' Ready For Use In East–West Crisis|journal=Miami News|date=1963-08-31|page=4}}</ref> |
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===September=== |
===September=== |
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[[File:JFK limousine.png|thumb|right|November 22: President [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] assassinated]] |
[[File:JFK limousine.png|thumb|right|November 22: President [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] assassinated]] |
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[[File:Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office, November 1963.jpg|thumb| [[Lyndon Johnson]] being sworn in as next president, 2 hours after Kennedy's assassination]] |
[[File:Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office, November 1963.jpg|thumb| [[Lyndon Johnson]] being sworn in as next president, 2 hours after Kennedy's assassination]] |
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* November 22 – [[John F. Kennedy assassination]]: In [[Dallas]], President [[John F. Kennedy]] is shot to death, [[Texas]] Governor [[John B. Connally]] is seriously wounded, and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] [[First inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson|becomes]] the 36th president. All television coverage for the next three days is devoted to the assassination, its aftermath, the procession of the horsedrawn casket to the [[United States Capitol Rotunda|Capitol Rotunda]], and the [[State funeral of John F. Kennedy|funeral]] of President Kennedy. Stores and businesses shut down for |
* November 22 – [[John F. Kennedy assassination]]: In [[Dallas]], President [[John F. Kennedy]] is shot to death, [[Texas]] Governor [[John B. Connally]] is seriously wounded, and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] [[First inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson|becomes]] the 36th president. All television coverage for the next three days is devoted to the assassination, its aftermath, the procession of the horsedrawn casket to the [[United States Capitol Rotunda|Capitol Rotunda]], and the [[State funeral of John F. Kennedy|funeral]] of President Kennedy. Stores and businesses shut down for four days, in tribute. |
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* November 23 – The [[Golden Age Nursing Home fire]] kills 63 elderly people near Fitchville, [[Ohio]]. |
* November 23 – The [[Golden Age Nursing Home fire]] kills 63 elderly people near Fitchville, [[Ohio]]. |
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[[File:John F. Kennedy Lying in State November 24, 1963 (10965699893).jpg|thumb|November 24: President Kennedy lying in state at the [[United States Capitol rotunda|Capitol rotunda]]]] |
[[File:John F. Kennedy Lying in State November 24, 1963 (10965699893).jpg|thumb|November 24: President Kennedy lying in state at the [[United States Capitol rotunda|Capitol rotunda]]]] |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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* January 2 |
* January 2 |
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** [[David Cone]], baseball player<ref>{{baseballstats|mlb=112552}}</ref> |
** [[David Cone]], baseball player<ref>{{baseballstats|mlb=112552|nobullet=yes}}</ref> |
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** [[Edgar Martínez]], baseball player<ref>{{baseballstats|mlb=118365}}</ref> |
** [[Edgar Martínez]], baseball player<ref>{{baseballstats|mlb=118365|nobullet=yes}}</ref> |
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* January 3 |
* January 3 |
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** [[Rebecca Broussard]], actress and model |
** [[Rebecca Broussard]], actress and model |
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** [[Joshua Kadison]], singer-songwriter |
** [[Joshua Kadison]], singer-songwriter |
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** [[Gene Steratore]], American football official |
** [[Gene Steratore]], American football official |
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* February 9 |
* February 9 |
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** [[Brian Greene]], theoretical physicist |
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** [[Madusa]], wrestler and monster truck driver |
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* February 11 |
* February 11 |
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** [[Dan Osman]], extreme sport practitioner (d. [[1998 in the United States|1998]]) |
** [[Dan Osman]], extreme sport practitioner (d. [[1998 in the United States|1998]]) |
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* February 14 – [[John R. Dilworth]], animator and producer |
* February 14 – [[John R. Dilworth]], animator and producer |
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* February 15 – [[Steven Michael Quezada]], actor |
* February 15 – [[Steven Michael Quezada]], actor |
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* February 16 – [[Faran Tahir]], Pakistani-American actor |
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* February 17 |
* February 17 |
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** [[Michael Jordan]], basketball player<ref>{{cite web|first=Rick|last=Morrissey|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bulls/chi-michael-jordan-chicago-bulls-chapter-1-story.html|title=Chapter 1: Brooklyn|website=Chicago Tribune|date=September 10, 2009|access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref> |
** [[Michael Jordan]], basketball player<ref>{{cite web|first=Rick|last=Morrissey|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bulls/chi-michael-jordan-chicago-bulls-chapter-1-story.html|title=Chapter 1: Brooklyn|website=Chicago Tribune|date=September 10, 2009|access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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** [[Larry the Cable Guy]], stand-up comedian and actor |
** [[Larry the Cable Guy]], stand-up comedian and actor |
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* February 19 – [[Jessica Tuck]], actress |
* February 19 – [[Jessica Tuck]], actress |
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* February 20 – [[Charles Barkley]], basketball player<ref>{{ |
* February 20 – [[Charles Barkley]], basketball player<ref>{{cite basketball-reference|id=787|name=Charles Barkley}}</ref> |
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* February 21 – [[William Baldwin]], actor, producer and writer<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.biography.com/people/billy-baldwin-585044|title=Billy Baldwin: Film Actor, Actor, Television Actor (1963–)|website=[[Biography.com]]|publisher= [[A&E Networks]]|access-date=March 4, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323050741/https://www.biography.com/people/billy-baldwin-585044 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
* February 21 – [[William Baldwin]], actor, producer and writer<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.biography.com/people/billy-baldwin-585044|title=Billy Baldwin: Film Actor, Actor, Television Actor (1963–)|website=[[Biography.com]]|publisher= [[A&E Networks]]|access-date=March 4, 2019|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323050741/https://www.biography.com/people/billy-baldwin-585044 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* February 22 – [[Don Wakamatsu]], baseball player<ref>{{Baseballstats|mlb=123798}}</ref> |
* February 22 – [[Don Wakamatsu]], baseball player<ref>{{Baseballstats|mlb=123798|nobullet=yes}}</ref> |
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* February 23 |
* February 23 |
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** [[Reza Abdoh]], Iranian-born American director and playwright (d. [[1995 in the United States|1995]]) |
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** [[Bobby Bonilla]], baseball player |
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* February 25 – [[Joseph Edward Duncan]], serial killer (d. [[2021 in the United States|2021]]) |
* February 25 – [[Joseph Edward Duncan]], serial killer (d. [[2021 in the United States|2021]]) |
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* February 26 – [[Chase Masterson]], actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.startrek.com/article/ds9-things-you-should-know-about-chase-masterson|title=DS9 Things You Should Know About Chase Masterson:Age|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |
* February 26 – [[Chase Masterson]], actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.startrek.com/article/ds9-things-you-should-know-about-chase-masterson|title=DS9 Things You Should Know About Chase Masterson:Age|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |
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* April 4 – [[Jack Del Rio]], American football player and coach |
* April 4 – [[Jack Del Rio]], American football player and coach |
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* April 5 – [[Dawn Crosby]], singer (d. [[1996 in the United States|1996]]) |
* April 5 – [[Dawn Crosby]], singer (d. [[1996 in the United States|1996]]) |
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* April 6 |
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** [[Clark Spencer]], film producer, businessman and studio executive |
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* April 8 – [[Dean Norris]], actor |
* April 8 – [[Dean Norris]], actor |
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* April 9 |
* April 9 |
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** [[Mike Brumley (infielder)|Mike Brumley]], baseball player (d. [[2024 in the United States|2024]])<ref>[https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40366468/former-infielder-coach-mike-brumley-killed-crash-61 Former infielder, coach Mike Brumley killed in crash at 61]</ref> |
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** [[Marc Jacobs]], fashion designer |
** [[Marc Jacobs]], fashion designer |
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** [[Joe Scarborough]], newscaster |
** [[Joe Scarborough]], newscaster |
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** [[Michael English (American singer)|Michael English]], Christian musician |
** [[Michael English (American singer)|Michael English]], Christian musician |
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** [[Tracy Camilla Johns]], actress |
** [[Tracy Camilla Johns]], actress |
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* April 13 |
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* April 16 – [[Jimmy Osmond]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|first1=Ralph M.|last1=Newman|first2=Norm N.|last2=Nite|title=Rock on: The modern years, 1964-present|publisher=T. Y. Crowell Company|year=1974|page=360}}</ref> |
* April 16 – [[Jimmy Osmond]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|first1=Ralph M.|last1=Newman|first2=Norm N.|last2=Nite|title=Rock on: The modern years, 1964-present|publisher=T. Y. Crowell Company|year=1974|page=360}}</ref> |
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* April 17 – [[Joel Murray]], actor |
* April 17 – [[Joel Murray]], actor |
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* April 21 |
* April 21 |
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** [[Ken Caminiti]], baseball player (d. [[2004 in the United States|2004]]) |
** [[Ken Caminiti]], baseball player (d. [[2004 in the United States|2004]]) |
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** [[Ken Flach]], tennis player (d. [[2018 in the United States|2018]]) |
** [[Ken Flach]], tennis player (d. [[2018 in the United States|2018]]) |
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** [[Michael Chabon]], author |
** [[Michael Chabon]], author |
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** [[Joe Dumars]], basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats |nba_historical=247}}</ref> |
** [[Joe Dumars]], basketball player<ref>* {{basketballstats |nba_historical=247 |bbr=d/dumarjo01|nobullet=y}}</ref> |
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** [[Rich Rodriguez]], American football coach |
** [[Rich Rodriguez]], American football coach |
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* May 29 |
* May 29 |
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** [[Lisa Whelchel]], actress, singer and writer |
** [[Lisa Whelchel]], actress, singer and writer |
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** [[Tracey E. Bregman]], actress and designer |
** [[Tracey E. Bregman]], actress and designer |
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** [[Tom Burnett]], passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93 (d. [[2001 in the United States|2001]]) |
** [[Tom Burnett (Flight 93 passenger)|Tom Burnett]], passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93 (d. [[2001 in the United States|2001]]) |
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* May 30 – [[Shauna Grant]], porn actress (d. [[1984 in the United States|1984]]) |
* May 30 – [[Shauna Grant]], porn actress (d. [[1984 in the United States|1984]]) |
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* May 31 – [[Wesley Willis]], outsider musician (d. [[2003 in the United States|2003]]) |
* May 31 – [[Wesley Willis]], outsider musician (d. [[2003 in the United States|2003]]) |
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* June 1 – [[David Rudman]], puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director and producer |
* June 1 – [[David Rudman]], puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director and producer |
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* June 4 |
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** [[Mossimo Giannulli]], fashion designer |
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* June 5 – [[Karl Sanders]], singer-songwriter and guitarist |
* June 5 – [[Karl Sanders]], singer-songwriter and guitarist |
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* June 6 |
* June 6 |
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**[[Amir Derakh]], guitarist |
**[[Amir Derakh]], guitarist |
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**[[Don West (sportscaster)|Don West]], sportscaster |
**[[Don West (sportscaster)|Don West]], sportscaster |
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* June 22 – [[Randy Couture]], martial artist and actor |
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* June 24 – [[Mike Wieringo]], comic-book artist (d. [[2007 in the United States|2007]])<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=11188|title= Mike Wieringo Passes Away at 44|first= Jonah|last= Weiland|date= August 13, 2007|publisher= [[CBR.com]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121002051833/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=11188|archive-date= October 2, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|access-date= April 25, 2011}}</ref> |
* June 24 – [[Mike Wieringo]], comic-book artist (d. [[2007 in the United States|2007]])<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=11188|title= Mike Wieringo Passes Away at 44|first= Jonah|last= Weiland|date= August 13, 2007|publisher= [[CBR.com]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121002051833/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=11188|archive-date= October 2, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|access-date= April 25, 2011}}</ref> |
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* June 25 – [[John Benjamin Hickey]], actor |
* June 25 – [[John Benjamin Hickey]], actor |
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* July 5 – [[Dorien Wilson]], actor |
* July 5 – [[Dorien Wilson]], actor |
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* July 6 – [[Todd Burns]], baseball player |
* July 6 – [[Todd Burns]], baseball player |
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* July 7 – [[Lance Johnson]], baseball player |
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** [[Doug Dunakey]], golfer |
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**[[Lance Johnson]], baseball player |
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* July 17 – [[Regina Belle]], singer–songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ5uj4UfFxAC&q=Regina+Belle+1963|title=Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community|first= |
* July 17 – [[Regina Belle]], singer–songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ5uj4UfFxAC&q=Regina+Belle+1963|title=Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community|first=|last=|date=August 1, 2005|publisher=Cengage Gale|isbn=9780787679231|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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* July 18 – |
* July 18 – |
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** [[Sandy Fox]], voice actress<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sandyfox.com/Sandy_Fox/About.html | title=About Sandy Fox | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925115512/http://www.sandyfox.com/Sandy_Fox/About.html | archive-date=2015-09-25 | url-status=dead | work=SandyFox.com | access-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref> |
** [[Sandy Fox]], voice actress<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sandyfox.com/Sandy_Fox/About.html | title=About Sandy Fox | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925115512/http://www.sandyfox.com/Sandy_Fox/About.html | archive-date=2015-09-25 | url-status=dead | work=SandyFox.com | access-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref> |
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** [[Mike Greenwell]], baseball player and race car driver |
** [[Mike Greenwell]], baseball player and race car driver |
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** [[Al Snow]], professional wrestler |
** [[Al Snow]], professional wrestler |
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* July |
* July 20 – [[Adoni Maropis]], Greek-American actor |
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* July 22 – [[Rob Estes]], actor |
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* July 24 – [[Karl Malone]], professional basketball player<ref>{{Basketballstats|nobullet=y|nba_historical=karl_malone|bbr=m/malonka01}}</ref> |
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* July 30 |
* July 30 |
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** [[Lisa Kudrow]], actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Lisa Kudrow Biography|website=Biography.com ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]]/[[A&E Networks]])|access-date=August 28, 2021|url=https://www.biography.com/actor/lisa-kudrow|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223074152/https://www.biography.com/actor/lisa-kudrow |archive-date=2020-02-23 }}</ref> |
** [[Lisa Kudrow]], actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Lisa Kudrow Biography|website=Biography.com ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]]/[[A&E Networks]])|access-date=August 28, 2021|url=https://www.biography.com/actor/lisa-kudrow|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223074152/https://www.biography.com/actor/lisa-kudrow |archive-date=2020-02-23 }}</ref> |
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* September 10 – [[Randy Johnson]], baseball player |
* September 10 – [[Randy Johnson]], baseball player |
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* September 11 – [[Joey Dedio]], actor |
* September 11 – [[Joey Dedio]], actor |
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* September 11, Thomas Miller |
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* September 12 – [[Norberto Barba]], cinematographer and film director |
* September 12 – [[Norberto Barba]], cinematographer and film director |
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* September 16 |
* September 16 |
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* October 1 |
* October 1 |
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** [[Darvin Moon]], self-employed logger and amateur poker player (d. [[2020 in the United States|2020]]) |
** [[Darvin Moon]], self-employed logger and amateur poker player (d. [[2020 in the United States|2020]]) |
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** [[Mark McGwire]], baseball player<ref>{{Baseballstats|mlb=118743}}</ref> |
** [[Mark McGwire]], baseball player<ref>{{Baseballstats|mlb=118743|nobullet=yes}}</ref> |
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* October 6 – [[Elisabeth Shue]], actress |
* October 6 – [[Elisabeth Shue]], actress |
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* October 10 – [[Daniel Pearl]], journalist (d. [[2002 in the United States|2002]]) |
* October 10 – [[Daniel Pearl]], journalist (d. [[2002 in the United States|2002]]) |
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** [[Jonna Lee (actress)|Jonna Lee]], actress & artist/sculptor |
** [[Jonna Lee (actress)|Jonna Lee]], actress & artist/sculptor |
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** [[Rozz Williams]], singer (died [[1998 in the United States|1998]]) |
** [[Rozz Williams]], singer (died [[1998 in the United States|1998]]) |
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* [[November 8]] – [[Paul Butcher (American football)|Paul Butcher]], American football linebacker |
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* November 10 |
* November 10 |
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** [[Tommy Davidson]], comedian, film and television actor |
** [[Tommy Davidson]], comedian, film and television actor |
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* December 16 – [[Benjamin Bratt]], actor, producer and activist |
* December 16 – [[Benjamin Bratt]], actor, producer and activist |
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* December 18 – [[Brad Pitt]], film actor and producer |
* December 18 – [[Brad Pitt]], film actor and producer |
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* December 20 – [[Joel Gretsch]], actor |
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* December 23 |
* December 23 |
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** [[Jim Harbaugh]], American football player and coach |
** [[Jim Harbaugh]], American football player and coach |
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** [[Jess Harnell]], voice actor and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://englewood.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-noted-voice-actor-jess-harnell-of-englewood/691214/|title=Happy Birthday To Noted Voice Actor Jess Harnell, of Englewood|work=Englewood Daily Voice|location=Englewood, New Jersey|date=December 23, 2016|access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref> |
** [[Jess Harnell]], voice actor and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://englewood.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-noted-voice-actor-jess-harnell-of-englewood/691214/|title=Happy Birthday To Noted Voice Actor Jess Harnell, of Englewood|work=Englewood Daily Voice|location=Englewood, New Jersey|date=December 23, 2016|access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref> |
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** [[Donna Tartt]], novelist |
** [[Donna Tartt]], novelist |
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* [[December 30]] – [[Kim Hill (singer)|Kim Hill]], Christian singer |
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* December 31 – [[Eugene McDowell]], basketball player (d. [[1995 in the United States|1995]]) |
* December 31 – [[Eugene McDowell]], basketball player (d. [[1995 in the United States|1995]]) |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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* January 1 – [[Robert S. Kerr]], businessman and politician (b. [[1896 in the United States|1896]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Pett|first=Saul|title=Robert S. Kerr Exhibit|work=The [[Carl Albert Center]] at the [[University of Oklahoma]]|agency=Associated Press|year=1962|url=http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/kerr/KERRPN1.HTM|access-date=2007-10-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001232047/http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/kerr/KERRPN1.HTM <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-10-01}}</ref> |
* January 1 – [[Robert S. Kerr]], businessman and politician (b. [[1896 in the United States|1896]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Pett|first=Saul|title=Robert S. Kerr Exhibit|work=The [[Carl Albert Center]] at the [[University of Oklahoma]]|agency=Associated Press|year=1962|url=http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/kerr/KERRPN1.HTM|access-date=2007-10-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001232047/http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/kerr/KERRPN1.HTM <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-10-01}}</ref> |
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* January 5 – [[Rogers Hornsby]], baseball player ([[St. Louis Cardinals]]) (b. [[1896 in the United States|1896]]) |
* January 5 – [[Rogers Hornsby]], baseball player ([[St. Louis Cardinals]]) (b. [[1896 in the United States|1896]]) |
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* January 6 |
* January 6 |
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** [[Kay Sage]], poet (b. [[1898 in the United States|1898]]) |
** [[Kay Sage]], poet (b. [[1898 in the United States|1898]]) |
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* January 9 – [[Enea Bossi Sr.]], aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer (b. [[1888]] in Italy) |
* January 9 – [[Enea Bossi Sr.]], aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer (b. [[1888]] in Italy) |
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* January 27 – [[John Farrow]], Australian film director (b. [[1904 in Australia|1904]]) |
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* January 22 – [[Richard Spikes]], inventor (b. [[1878 in the United States|1878]])<ref>[https://aaregistry.org/story/richard-b-spikes-inventor-born/ Richard B. Spikes, Inventor born]</ref> |
* January 22 – [[Richard Spikes]], inventor (b. [[1878 in the United States|1878]])<ref>[https://aaregistry.org/story/richard-b-spikes-inventor-born/ Richard B. Spikes, Inventor born]</ref> |
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* January 29 – [[Robert Frost]], poet (b. [[1874 in the United States|1874]]) |
* January 29 – [[Robert Frost]], poet (b. [[1874 in the United States|1874]]) |
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* February 11 – [[Sylvia Plath]], Poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. [[1932 in the United States|1932]]) |
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* March 4 – [[William Carlos Williams]], poet (b. [[1883 in the United States|1883]]) |
* March 4 – [[William Carlos Williams]], poet (b. [[1883 in the United States|1883]]) |
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* March 5 – plane crash |
* March 5 – plane crash |
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** [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]], country music singer (b. [[1921 in the United States|1921]]) |
** [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]], country music singer (b. [[1921 in the United States|1921]]) |
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* March 8 – [[Jack Anglin]], country music singer (b. [[1916 in the United States|1916]]) |
* March 8 – [[Jack Anglin]], country music singer (b. [[1916 in the United States|1916]]) |
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* March 11 – [[Joe Judge (baseball)|Joe Judge]], baseball player (b. [[1894 in the United States|1894]]) |
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* April 3 – [[Alma Richards]], high jumper (b. [[1890 in the United States|1890]]) |
* April 3 – [[Alma Richards]], high jumper (b. [[1890 in the United States|1890]]) |
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* April 4 – [[Jason Robards Sr.]], actor (b. [[1892 in the United States|1892]]) |
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* April 9 – [[Eddie Edwards (musician)|Eddie Edwards]], jazz trombonist (b. [[1891 in the United States|1891]]) |
* April 9 – [[Eddie Edwards (musician)|Eddie Edwards]], jazz trombonist (b. [[1891 in the United States|1891]]) |
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* April 23 – [[Don Harvey (actor, born 1911)|Don Harvey]], actor (b. [[1911 in the United States|1911]]) |
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* May 2 – [[Van Wyck Brooks]], literary critic and writer (b. [[1886 in the United States|1886]]) |
* May 2 – [[Van Wyck Brooks]], literary critic and writer (b. [[1886 in the United States|1886]]) |
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* May 6 – [[Monty Woolley]], character actor (b. [[1888 in the United States|1888]]) |
* May 6 – [[Monty Woolley]], character actor (b. [[1888 in the United States|1888]]) |
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* May 19 – [[Walter Russell]], polymath (b. [[1871 in the United States|1871]]) |
* May 19 – [[Walter Russell]], polymath (b. [[1871 in the United States|1871]]) |
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* May 24 – [[Elmore James]], African American blues guitarist (b. [[1918 in the United States|1918]]) |
* May 24 – [[Elmore James]], African American blues guitarist (b. [[1918 in the United States|1918]]) |
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* June 4 – [[Dorothy Short]], actress (b. [[1915 in the United States|1915]]) |
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* June 7 – [[ZaSu Pitts]], film actress (b. [[1894 in the United States|1894]]) |
* June 7 – [[ZaSu Pitts]], film actress (b. [[1894 in the United States|1894]]) |
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* June 10 – [[Anita King]], actress and race-car driver (b. [[1884 in the United States|1884]]) |
* June 10 – [[Anita King]], actress and race-car driver (b. [[1884 in the United States|1884]]) |
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* June 12 – [[Medgar Evers]], field secretary for the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]], assassinated in [[Mississippi]] due to [[civil rights]] activity (b. [[1925 in the United States|1925]]) |
* June 12 – [[Medgar Evers]], field secretary for the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]], assassinated in [[Mississippi]] due to [[civil rights]] activity (b. [[1925 in the United States|1925]]) |
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* June 28 – [[Home Run Baker]], baseball player (b. [[1886 in the United States|1886]]) |
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* July 2 – [[Alicia Patterson]], newspaper editor (b. [[1906 in the United States|1906]]) |
* July 2 – [[Alicia Patterson]], newspaper editor (b. [[1906 in the United States|1906]]) |
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* July 9 – [[Frank Mayo (actor)|Frank Mayo]], actor (b. [[1889 in the United States|1889]]) |
* July 9 – [[Frank Mayo (actor)|Frank Mayo]], actor (b. [[1889 in the United States|1889]]) |
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* July 27 – [[Garrett Morgan]], inventor, businessman, and community leader (b. [[1877 in the United States|1877]]) |
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* August 1 – [[Theodore Roethke]], poet (b. [[1908 in the United States|1908]]) |
* August 1 – [[Theodore Roethke]], poet (b. [[1908 in the United States|1908]]) |
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* August 2 – [[Oliver La Farge]], fiction writer and anthropologist (b. [[1901 in the United States|1901]]) |
* August 2 – [[Oliver La Farge]], fiction writer and anthropologist (b. [[1901 in the United States|1901]]) |
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* August 3 – [[Phil Graham]], newspaperman (b. [[1915 in the United States|1915]]) |
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* August 4 – [[Tom Keene (actor)|Tom Keene]], Western film actor (b. [[1896 in the United States|1896]]) |
* August 4 – [[Tom Keene (actor)|Tom Keene]], Western film actor (b. [[1896 in the United States|1896]]) |
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* August 9 – [[Patrick Bouvier Kennedy]], son of President and Mrs. Kennedy (b. August 7) |
* August 9 – [[Patrick Bouvier Kennedy]], son of President and Mrs. Kennedy (b. August 7) |
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* August 11 – [[Clem Bevans]], character actor (b. [[1879 in the United States|1879]]) |
* August 11 – [[Clem Bevans]], character actor (b. [[1879 in the United States|1879]]) |
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* August 14 – [[Clifford Odets]], playwright (b. [[1906 in the United States|1906]]) |
* August 14 – [[Clifford Odets]], playwright (b. [[1906 in the United States|1906]]) |
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* August 23 – [[Glen Gray]], jazz saxophonist (b. [[1900 in the United States|1900]]) |
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* August 26 – [[Larry Keating]], actor (b. [[1899 in the United States|1899]]) |
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* August 27 – [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], leading African American sociologist, historian and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (b. [[1868 in the United States|1868]]) |
* August 27 – [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], leading African American sociologist, historian and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (b. [[1868 in the United States|1868]]) |
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* September 11 – [[Claude Fuess]], 10th [[List of Phillips Academy Heads of School|Headmaster]] of [[Phillips Academy]], [[Andover, Massachusetts]] (b. [[1885 in the United States|1885]]) |
* September 11 – [[Claude Fuess]], 10th [[List of Phillips Academy Heads of School|Headmaster]] of [[Phillips Academy]], [[Andover, Massachusetts]] (b. [[1885 in the United States|1885]]) |
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* October 20 – [[Everett Warner]], impressionist painter and printmaker (b. [[1877 in the United States|1877]]) |
* October 20 – [[Everett Warner]], impressionist painter and printmaker (b. [[1877 in the United States|1877]]) |
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* October 24 – [[Douglas Croft]], actor (b. [[1926 in the United States|1926]]) |
* October 24 – [[Douglas Croft]], actor (b. [[1926 in the United States|1926]]) |
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* October 29 – [[Adolphe Menjou]], actor (b. [[1890 in the United States|1890]]) |
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* November 1 – [[Elsa Maxwell]], gossip columnist, author, songwriter, screenwriter, and personality (b. [[1883 in the United States|1883]]) |
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* November 5 – [[Vernon Dent]], American actor and comedian, main antagonist of the [[The Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] (b. [[1895 in the United States|1895]]) |
* November 5 – [[Vernon Dent]], American actor and comedian, main antagonist of the [[The Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] (b. [[1895 in the United States|1895]]) |
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* November 22 |
* November 22 |
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** [[J. D. Tippit]], Dallas police officer (b. [[1924 in the United States|1924]]) |
** [[J. D. Tippit]], Dallas police officer (b. [[1924 in the United States|1924]]) |
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* November 24 – [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], sniper, [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassinated John F. Kennedy]] (b. [[1939 in the United States|1939]]) |
* November 24 – [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], sniper, [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassinated John F. Kennedy]] (b. [[1939 in the United States|1939]]) |
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* November 25 – [[Joseph Sweeney (actor)|Joseph Sweeney]], actor (b. [[1884 in the United States|1884]]) |
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* November 26 – [[Amelita Galli-Curci]], Italian-born operatic soprano (b. 1882 in Italy) |
* November 26 – [[Amelita Galli-Curci]], Italian-born operatic soprano (b. 1882 in Italy) |
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* November 28 – [[Karyn Kupcinet|Karyn Kupicnet]], American actress (b. [[1941 in the United States|1941]]) |
* November 28 – [[Karyn Kupcinet|Karyn Kupicnet]], American actress (b. [[1941 in the United States|1941]]) |
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* November 30 – [[Phil Baker (comedian)|Phil Baker]], comedian and emcee (b. [[1896 in the United States|1896]]) |
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* December 14 – [[Dinah Washington]], African American blues singer (b. [[1924 in the United States|1924]]) |
* December 14 – [[Dinah Washington]], African American blues singer (b. [[1924 in the United States|1924]]) |
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* December 26 – [[Gorgeous George]], professional wrestler (b. [[1915 in the United States|1915]]) |
* December 26 – [[Gorgeous George]], professional wrestler (b. [[1915 in the United States|1915]]) |
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Events from the year 1963 in the United States.
Incumbents
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- John F. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) (until November 22)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) (starting November 22)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) (until November 22)
- vacant (starting November 22)
- Chief Justice: Earl Warren (California)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: John William McCormack (D-Massachusetts)
- Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield (D-Montana)
- Congress: 87th (until January 3), 88th (starting January 3)
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 8 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the only time, being unveiled at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[1]
- January 14 – George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. In his inaugural speech, he defiantly proclaims "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!"[2]
- January 28 – African American student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson University in South Carolina, the last U.S. state to hold out against racial integration.
February
[edit]- February 8 – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy Administration.
- February 11 – The CIA's Domestic Operations Division is created.
- February 12 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing everyone aboard.
- February 19 – The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique launches the reawakening of the Women's Movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness-raising groups spread.
- February 28 – Dorothy Schiff resigns from the New York Newspaper Publisher's Association, feeling that the city needs at least one paper. Her paper, the New York Post, resumes publication on March 4.
March
[edit]- March – Iron Man debuts in Marvel Comics's Tales of Suspense #39, cover-dated this month.
- March 5 – In Camden, Tennessee, country music star Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley) is killed in a plane crash along with fellow performers Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, and Cline's manager and pilot Randy Hughes, while returning from a benefit performance in Kansas City, Kansas for country radio disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call.
- March 18 – Gideon v. Wainwright: The Supreme Court rules that state courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants who cannot afford to pay their own attorneys.
- March 21 – The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay closes; the last 27 prisoners are transferred elsewhere at the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
- March 31 – The 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike ends after 114 days.
April
[edit]- April 1 – The long-running soap opera General Hospital debuts on ABC Television in the United States.
- April 3 – Southern Christian Leadership Conference volunteers kick off the Birmingham campaign against racial segregation with a sit-in.
- April 8 – The 35th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Frank Sinatra, is held at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia wins and receives the most respective awards and nominations with seven and ten, winning Best Picture and Lean's second Best Director win.
- April 10 – The U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher sinks 220 mi (190 nmi; 350 km) east of Cape Cod; all 129 aboard (112 crewmen plus yard personnel) die.
- April 12 – Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth and others are arrested in a Birmingham protest for "parading without a permit".
- April 16 – Martin Luther King Jr. issues his Letter from Birmingham Jail.
- April 20 – Martin Luther King Jr. posts bail and begins to plan more demonstrations (the Children's Crusade).
May
[edit]- May 1 – The Coca-Cola Company debuts its first diet drink, TaB cola.
- May 2 – Thousands of African Americans, many of them children, are arrested while protesting segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor later unleashes fire hoses and police dogs on the demonstrators.
- May 8 – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, is shown in U.S. theaters.
- May 15 – Mercury program: NASA launches Gordon Cooper on Mercury 9, the last mission (on June 12 NASA Administrator James E. Webb tells Congress the program is complete).
- May 27 – The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's second studio album, and most influential, is released by Columbia Records.
June
[edit]- June 3 – Huế chemical attacks: Members of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam pour chemicals on the heads of Buddhist protesters. The U.S. threatens to cut off aid to Ngo Dinh Diem's regime.
- June 4 – President John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 11110.
- June 10
- President John F. Kennedy delivers "A Strategy of Peace" speech at the American University in Washington, D.C., outlining a road map for the complete disarmament of nuclear weapons and world peace.
- The University of Central Florida is established by the Florida legislature.
- June 11
- Alabama Governor George Wallace stands in the door of the University of Alabama to protest against integration, before stepping aside and allowing African Americans James Hood and Vivian Malone to enroll.
- President John F. Kennedy delivers a historic Civil Rights Address, in which he promises a Civil Rights Bill, and asks for "the kind of equality of treatment that we would want for ourselves."
- June 12
- Medgar Evers is assassinated in Jackson, Mississippi. His killer, Byron De La Beckwith, is convicted in 1994.
- The film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, is released in the United States.
- June 13 – The cancellation of Mercury 10 effectively ends the Mercury program of U.S. crewed spaceflight.
- June 17 – Abington School District v. Schempp: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that state-mandated Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional.
- June 23
- Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room opens at Disneyland, premiering the first Audio-Animatronics in the park.
- Detroit Walk to Freedom occurs in Detroit drawing a crowd of roughly 125,000 people.
- June 26 – In a speech in West Berlin, President John F. Kennedy famously declares "Ich bin ein Berliner".
July
[edit]- July 1 – ZIP codes are introduced in the U.S.
- July 7 – Double Seven Day scuffle: Secret police loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, attack American journalists including Peter Arnett and David Halberstam at a demonstration during the Buddhist crisis.
- July 26 – NASA launches Syncom, the world's first geostationary (synchronous) satellite.
August
[edit]- August 5 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
- August 18 – James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.[3]
- August 21 – Cable 243: In the wake of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the Kennedy administration orders the US Embassy, Saigon to explore alternative leadership in South Vietnam, opening the way towards a coup against Diem.
- August 28 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of at least 250,000, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- August 30 – The Moscow–Washington hotline (a direct teleprinter link) is inaugurated by President Kennedy.[4]
September
[edit]- September 7 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio, with 17 charter members.
- September 15 – The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four children and injures 22.
- September 19 – Iota Phi Theta fraternity is founded.
- September 24 – The U.S. Senate ratifies the nuclear test ban treaty.
October
[edit]- October 1 – The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women issues its final reports to President Kennedy.
- October 6 – The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees, 4 games to 0, to win their third World Series title in baseball.
- October 8 – Sam Cooke and his band are arrested after trying to register at a "whites only" motel in Louisiana. In the months following, he records "A Change Is Gonna Come".
- October 22 – Chicago Public Schools Boycott.
- October 28 – Demolition of the 1910 Pennsylvania Station begins in New York City, continuing until 1966.
- October 31 – 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion: 81 die in a gas explosion during a Holiday on Ice show at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum in Indianapolis.
November
[edit]- November 2–4 – 1963 Freedom Ballot, a mock election organized to protest and combat the systematic disenfranchisement of blacks in Mississippi.
- November 10 – Malcolm X makes his "Message to the Grass Roots" speech in Detroit.
- November 16 – A newspaper strike begins in Toledo, Ohio.
- November 18 – The first push-button telephone is made available to AT&T customers in the United States.
- November 22 – John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, President John F. Kennedy is shot to death, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th president. All television coverage for the next three days is devoted to the assassination, its aftermath, the procession of the horsedrawn casket to the Capitol Rotunda, and the funeral of President Kennedy. Stores and businesses shut down for four days, in tribute.
- November 23 – The Golden Age Nursing Home fire kills 63 elderly people near Fitchville, Ohio.
- November 24
- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by Jack Ruby in Dallas on live national television. Later that night, a hastily arranged program, A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts, featuring actors, opera singers, and noted writers, all performing dramatic readings and/or music, is telecast on ABC-TV.
- Vietnam War: President Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.
- November 25 – President Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Schools around the nation do not have class on that day, and millions around the world watch the funeral on live television.
- November 29 – President Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
December
[edit]- December 1 – Wendell Scott becomes the first African-American driver to win a NASCAR race at Speedway Park
- December 8
- Frank Sinatra Jr. is kidnapped at Harrah's Lake Tahoe.
- A lightning strike causes the crash of Pan Am Flight 214 near Elkton, Maryland, killing 81 people.
- December 10
- The X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane program is cancelled.
- Chuck Yeager becomes the first pilot to make an emergency ejection in the full pressure suit needed for high altitude flights.
- December 14 – Baldwin Hills Dam disaster floods South Los Angeles, causing five deaths.
- December 25 – Walt Disney releases his 18th feature-length animated motion picture, The Sword in the Stone, about the boyhood of King Arthur. It is Disney's final animated film to be released during his lifetime, before his death in 1966.
- December 26 – The Beatles' songs "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the U.S., marking the beginning of full-scale Beatlemania.
Undated
[edit]- David. H. Frisch and James H. Smith prove that the radioactive decay of mesons is slowed by their motion (see Einstein's special relativity and general relativity).
Ongoing
[edit]- Cold War (1947–1991)
- Space Race (1957–75)
Births
[edit]- January 2
- David Cone, baseball player[5]
- Edgar Martínez, baseball player[6]
- January 3
- Rebecca Broussard, actress and model
- New Jack, professional wrestler (d. 2021)[7]
- January 7 – Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 2011[8]
- January 9 – Eric Erlandson, guitarist, songwriter and producer
- January 10 – Mark Pryor, U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2014
- January 13 – Tim Kelly, guitarist (d. 1998)
- January 14 – Steven Soderbergh, film director[9]
- January 15 – Bruce Schneier, cryptographer and author
- January 18 – Martin O'Malley, 61st Governor of Maryland and 47th Mayor of Baltimore
- January 20 – Firebreaker Chip, professional wrestler
- January 25
- Molly Holzschlag, author and web developer (d. 2023)[10]
- Don Mancini, screenwriter and film director[11]
- January 26 – Guy Lawson, writer and journalist
- January 30 – Daphne Ashbrook, actress
- January 31 – John Dye, actor (d. 2011)
- February 4 – Tracie Ruiz-Confroto, synchronized swimmer
- February 8
- Joshua Kadison, singer-songwriter
- Gene Steratore, American football official
- February 9
- Brian Greene, theoretical physicist
- Madusa, wrestler and monster truck driver
- February 11
- Dan Osman, extreme sport practitioner (d. 1998)
- Diane Franklin, actress
- February 12
- Brian Haley, actor and stand-up comedian
- Brent Jones, American football player
- John Michael Higgins, actor and voice actor[12]
- Allison Rosati, Journalist
- February 14 – John R. Dilworth, animator and producer
- February 15 – Steven Michael Quezada, actor
- February 16 – Faran Tahir, Pakistani-American actor
- February 17
- Michael Jordan, basketball player[13]
- Rene Syler, television journalist
- Larry the Cable Guy, stand-up comedian and actor
- February 19 – Jessica Tuck, actress
- February 20 – Charles Barkley, basketball player[14]
- February 21 – William Baldwin, actor, producer and writer[15]
- February 22 – Don Wakamatsu, baseball player[16]
- February 23
- Reza Abdoh, Iranian-born American director and playwright (d. 1995)
- Bobby Bonilla, baseball player
- February 25 – Joseph Edward Duncan, serial killer (d. 2021)
- February 26 – Chase Masterson, actress and singer[17]
- February 28 – Joey Marella, wrestling referee (d. 1994)
- March 1
- Bryan Batt, actor
- Russell Wong, actor
- March 4
- Jason Newsted, Metallica bassist from 1986 to 2001
- Daniel Roebuck, actor
- March 5
- Joe Exotic, zoo owner and convicted felon
- Joel Osteen, pastor and televangelist
- March 6
- Kathy Kelly, musician
- Gary Stevens, jockey
- March 8 – Jim Nelson, journalist and editor
- March 10 – Rick Rubin, record producer[18]
- March 11 – David LaChapelle, photographer[19]
- March 12
- John Andretti, race car driver (d. 2020)
- Christine Falling, serial killer of six children
- Candy Costie, synchronized swimmer
- March 13 – Michael Quercio, musician
- March 14
- Mike Rochford, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Andrew Fleming, film director
- Mike Muir, singer and musician
- March 15
- Bret Michaels, rock singer (Poison)
- Greg Nicotero, SFX Artist, television producer, and director
- March 17 – Lise Simms, actress
- March 18
- Jeff LaBar, rock guitarist (d. 2021)
- Vanessa Williams, African American model, singer, actress and fashion designer
- March 19 – Mary Scheer, American actress and comedian[20]
- March 20
- Paul Annacone, tennis player and coach
- Kathy Ireland, model and actress
- March 21 – Shawn Lane, musician (d. 2003)
- March 22 – Diana Merriweather Ashby, cancer activist (d. 1997)
- March 24 – John T. Chisholm, prosecutor; District Attorney of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (2007–present)
- March 25 – Robbie Fulks, alternative country singer-songwriter and instrumentalist
- March 27
- Dave Koz, jazz musician[21]
- Quentin Tarantino, filmmaker, screenwriter and actor
- April 4 – Jack Del Rio, American football player and coach
- April 5 – Dawn Crosby, singer (d. 1996)
- April 6
- Clark Spencer, film producer, businessman and studio executive
- Derrick May, electronic musician
- April 8 – Dean Norris, actor
- April 9
- Mike Brumley, baseball player (d. 2024)[22]
- Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
- Joe Scarborough, newscaster
- April 10 – Warren DeMartini, rock guitarist
- April 12
- Michael English, Christian musician
- Tracy Camilla Johns, actress
- April 13
- Valerie Plame, CIA Operations officer and novelist
- Nick Vanos, basketball player (d. 1987)
- April 16 – Jimmy Osmond, American singer[23]
- April 17 – Joel Murray, actor
- April 21
- Ken Caminiti, baseball player (d. 2004)
- Brian Goldner, businessman and film producer (d. 2021)[24]
- April 30 – Michael Waltrip, race car driver
- May 1 – Benjamin LaGuer, prisoner proclaiming innocence for more than two decades (d. 2020)
- May 2 – Ray Traylor, professional wrestler ("Big Boss Man") (d. 2004)
- May 7 – Johnny Lee Middleton, bass player and songwriter
- May 8
- John Altobelli, baseball coach (d. 2020)
- Melissa Gilbert, actress and president of the Screen Actors Guild[25]
- May 9 – Ron Miles, musician and composer (d. 2022)[26]
- May 12 – Jerry Trimble, actor and martial artist
- May 16 – Jon Coffelt, artist
- May 23 – Wally Dallenbach Jr., race car driver and announcer
- May 24
- Ken Flach, tennis player (d. 2018)
- Michael Chabon, author
- Joe Dumars, basketball player[27]
- Rich Rodriguez, American football coach
- May 29
- Lisa Whelchel, actress, singer and writer
- Tracey E. Bregman, actress and designer
- Tom Burnett, passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
- May 30 – Shauna Grant, porn actress (d. 1984)
- May 31 – Wesley Willis, outsider musician (d. 2003)
- June 1 – David Rudman, puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director and producer
- June 4
- Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer
- Ira Valentine, American footballer (d. 2022)[28]
- June 5 – Karl Sanders, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- June 6
- Anthony Starke, actor
- Ahmed Johnson, pro wrestler
- Eric Cantor, politician, lawyer, and banker
- June 9 – Johnny Depp, actor, producer and musician
- June 12
- Tim DeKay, actor
- Jerry Lynn, professional wrestler
- June 13 – Greg Daniels, television comedy writer, producer, and director
- June 16
- The Sandman, professional wrestler
- Scott Alexander, screenwriter
- June 18 – Bruce Smith, American football player
- June 20
- Amir Derakh, guitarist
- Don West, sportscaster
- June 22 – Randy Couture, martial artist and actor
- June 24 – Mike Wieringo, comic-book artist (d. 2007)[29]
- June 25 – John Benjamin Hickey, actor
- June 27 – David Drake, playwright, stage director, actor and author
- June 28 – Mike Fitzpatrick, lawyer and politician (d. 2020)
- June 29 – Cathy Konrad, film and television producer
- July 1 – Roddy Bottum, musician
- July 4 – Michael Sweet, singer
- July 5 – Dorien Wilson, actor
- July 6 – Todd Burns, baseball player
- July 7 –
- Doug Dunakey, golfer
- Lance Johnson, baseball player
- July 17 – Regina Belle, singer–songwriter and actress[30]
- July 18 –
- Sandy Fox, voice actress[31]
- Mike Greenwell, baseball player and race car driver
- Al Snow, professional wrestler
- July 20 – Adoni Maropis, Greek-American actor
- July 22 – Rob Estes, actor
- July 24 – Karl Malone, professional basketball player[32]
- July 30
- Lisa Kudrow, actress[33]
- Chris Mullin, basketball player, coach, and executive
- August 1
- Coolio, rapper, record producer, and actor (d. 2022)[34]
- John Carroll Lynch, actor and film director[35]
- August 2 – Laura Bennett, fashion designer
- August 3
- James Hetfield, Metallica vocalist and backing guitarist[36]
- Lisa Ann Walter, actress and producer
- August 6
- Gwendolyn Graham, serial killer
- Kevin Mitnick, computer expert (d. 2023)[37]
- August 7
- Ramon Estevez, actor
- Harold Perrineau, actor
- August 9 – Whitney Houston, African American R&B vocalist, wife of Bobby Brown (d. 2012)[38]
- August 11 – Stefon Adams, former NFL cornerback
- August 13 – Steve Higgins, writer, producer, announcer, actor and comedian
- August 19 – John Stamos, actor[39]
- August 22 – Tori Amos, singer-songwriter
- August 23 – Kenny Wallace, race car driver
- August 27 – Bobby Griffith, gay suicide victim (d. 1983)
- August 31 – Egyptian Lover, rapper, DJ and producer
- September 4 – Claudia Rankine, poet
- September 9 – Chris Coons, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 2010
- September 10 – Randy Johnson, baseball player
- September 11 – Joey Dedio, actor
- September 11, Thomas Miller
- September 12 – Norberto Barba, cinematographer and film director
- September 16
- Richard Marx, singer[40]
- Leslie Wing, actress
- September 17
- Gian-Carlo Coppola, film producer (d. 1986)
- James Urbaniak, actor
- September 18 – Dan Povenmire, animator, voice actor, director, writer, producer and storyboard artist[41]
- September 25 – Tate Donovan, actor and director
- September 26 – Joe Nemechek, stock car driver
- September 28
- Steve Blackman, professional wrestler
- Susan Walters, actress and model
- Elliot Levine, keyboardist (Heatwave)
- September 29
- O'Landa Draper, gospel music artist (d. 1998)
- Les Claypool, bassist (Primus)
- October 1
- Darvin Moon, self-employed logger and amateur poker player (d. 2020)
- Mark McGwire, baseball player[42]
- October 6 – Elisabeth Shue, actress
- October 10 – Daniel Pearl, journalist (d. 2002)
- October 12 – Lane Frost, bull rider (d. 1989)
- October 14 – Lori Petty, actress, director and screenwriter[43]
- October 22 – Brian Boitano, figure skater
- October 23 – Gordon Korman, American-Canadian author
- October 25 – Tracy Nelson, actress, dancer and writer
- October 26
- Ted Demme, director and producer (d. 2002)[44]
- Natalie Merchant, singer, songwriter and musician
- October 31
- Michael Beach, actor
- Fred McGriff, baseball player
- Dermot Mulroney, actor
- Rob Schneider, actor, comedian and film director
- November 1 – Josh Wicks, soccer player
- November 6
- Jonna Lee, actress & artist/sculptor
- Rozz Williams, singer (died 1998)
- November 8 – Paul Butcher, American football linebacker
- November 10
- Tommy Davidson, comedian, film and television actor
- Mike McCarthy, American football coach
- Mike Powell, long jumper[45]
- November 11 – Billy Gunn, professional wrestler[46]
- November 13 – Vinny Testaverde, American football player
- November 18
- Len Bias, basketball player (died 1986)
- Dante Bichette, baseball player
- November 22
- Winsor Harmon, actor
- Brian Robbins, actor, director, producer and screenwriter
- November 25
- Chip Kelly, American football player and coach[47]
- Bernie Kosar, American football player
- Kevin Chamberlin, actor[48]
- November 27
- Dave Prichard, guitarist (died 1990)
- Linda Yaccarino, media executive
- December 8 – Wendell Pierce, African American actor
- December 12 – Liz Claman, journalist
- December 15 – Lenny Young, film producer[49]
- December 16 – Benjamin Bratt, actor, producer and activist
- December 18 – Brad Pitt, film actor and producer
- December 20 – Joel Gretsch, actor
- December 23
- Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach
- Jess Harnell, voice actor and singer[50]
- Donna Tartt, novelist
- December 30 – Kim Hill, Christian singer
- December 31 – Eugene McDowell, basketball player (d. 1995)
Deaths
[edit]- January 1 – Robert S. Kerr, businessman and politician (b. 1896)[51]
- January 2
- Jack Carson, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1910)
- Dick Powell, actor (b. 1904)[52]
- January 5 – Rogers Hornsby, baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) (b. 1896)
- January 6
- Frank Tuttle, film director (b. 1892)
- Stark Young, teacher, playwright, novelist, painter, literary critic and essayist (b. 1881)[53]
- January 8
- January 9 – Enea Bossi Sr., aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer (b. 1888 in Italy)
- January 27 – John Farrow, Australian film director (b. 1904)
- January 22 – Richard Spikes, inventor (b. 1878)[54]
- January 29 – Robert Frost, poet (b. 1874)
- February 11 – Sylvia Plath, Poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1932)
- March 4 – William Carlos Williams, poet (b. 1883)
- March 5 – plane crash
- Patsy Cline, country music singer (b. 1932)
- Cowboy Copas, country music singer (b. 1913)
- Hawkshaw Hawkins, country music singer (b. 1921)
- March 8 – Jack Anglin, country music singer (b. 1916)
- March 11 – Joe Judge, baseball player (b. 1894)
- April 3 – Alma Richards, high jumper (b. 1890)
- April 4 – Jason Robards Sr., actor (b. 1892)
- April 9 – Eddie Edwards, jazz trombonist (b. 1891)
- April 23 – Don Harvey, actor (b. 1911)
- May 2 – Van Wyck Brooks, literary critic and writer (b. 1886)
- May 6 – Monty Woolley, character actor (b. 1888)
- May 11 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1888)
- May 18 – Ernie Davis, American football player, first African American to win the Heisman Trophy (b. 1939)
- May 19 – Walter Russell, polymath (b. 1871)
- May 24 – Elmore James, African American blues guitarist (b. 1918)
- June 4 – Dorothy Short, actress (b. 1915)
- June 7 – ZaSu Pitts, film actress (b. 1894)
- June 10 – Anita King, actress and race-car driver (b. 1884)
- June 12 – Medgar Evers, field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, assassinated in Mississippi due to civil rights activity (b. 1925)
- June 28 – Home Run Baker, baseball player (b. 1886)
- July 2 – Alicia Patterson, newspaper editor (b. 1906)
- July 9 – Frank Mayo, actor (b. 1889)
- July 27 – Garrett Morgan, inventor, businessman, and community leader (b. 1877)
- August 1 – Theodore Roethke, poet (b. 1908)
- August 2 – Oliver La Farge, fiction writer and anthropologist (b. 1901)
- August 3 – Phil Graham, newspaperman (b. 1915)
- August 4 – Tom Keene, Western film actor (b. 1896)
- August 9 – Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, son of President and Mrs. Kennedy (b. August 7)
- August 10 – Estes Kefauver, politician (b. 1903)
- August 11 – Clem Bevans, character actor (b. 1879)
- August 14 – Clifford Odets, playwright (b. 1906)
- August 23 – Glen Gray, jazz saxophonist (b. 1900)
- August 26 – Larry Keating, actor (b. 1899)
- August 27 – W. E. B. Du Bois, leading African American sociologist, historian and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (b. 1868)
- September 11 – Claude Fuess, 10th Headmaster of Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (b. 1885)
- October 4
- Lloyd Fredendall, U.S. Army general (b. 1883)
- Kate Gordon Moore, psychologist (b. 1878)
- October 11 – John W. Nordstrom, Swedish-born American co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain (d. 1963)
- October 20 – Everett Warner, impressionist painter and printmaker (b. 1877)
- October 24 – Douglas Croft, actor (b. 1926)
- October 29 – Adolphe Menjou, actor (b. 1890)
- November 1 – Elsa Maxwell, gossip columnist, author, songwriter, screenwriter, and personality (b. 1883)
- November 5 – Vernon Dent, American actor and comedian, main antagonist of the Three Stooges (b. 1895)
- November 22
- Aldous Huxley, writer (b. 1894 in the United Kingdom)
- 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)
- November 28 – Karyn Kupicnet, American actress (b. 1941)
- November 30 – Phil Baker, comedian and emcee (b. 1896)
- December 14 – Dinah Washington, African American blues singer (b. 1924)
- December 26 – Gorgeous George, professional wrestler (b. 1915)
- December 28
- A. J. Liebling, journalist (b. 1904)
- Joseph Magliocco, mobster (b. 1898)
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ The American Experience: George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire: Timeline (1952 – 1972), Public Broadcasting Service, 2000
- ^ David R. Davies (2001). The Press and Race: Mississippi Journalists Confront the Movement. University Press of Mississippi. p. 225.
- ^ "'Hot Line' Ready For Use In East–West Crisis". Miami News. 1963-08-31. p. 4.
- ^ Career statistics from MLB
- ^ Career statistics from MLB
- ^ "Former ECW competitor New Jack passes away". WWE.
- ^ LastName, FirstName (2019). Chase's calendar of events. the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 77. ISBN 9781641433167.
- ^ 1963 in the United States at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60
- ^ "FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ John Willis' Theatre World. Crown Publishers. 1995. p. 199.
- ^ Morrissey, Rick (September 10, 2009). "Chapter 1: Brooklyn". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Charles Barkley Stats". Basketball Reference.
- ^ "Billy Baldwin: Film Actor, Actor, Television Actor (1963–)". Biography.com. A&E Networks. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Career statistics from MLB
- ^ "DS9 Things You Should Know About Chase Masterson:Age". Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ Rick Rubin American record producer
- ^ Sharkey, Alix (February 4, 2006). "Maximum Exposure". The Observer. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ Riggs, Thomas, ed. (2009). "Scheer, Mary 1963–". Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. 91. Detroit, MI: Gale: 248–249.
- ^ "Dave Koz | Artist". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ Former infielder, coach Mike Brumley killed in crash at 61
- ^ Newman, Ralph M.; Nite, Norm N. (1974). Rock on: The modern years, 1964-present. T. Y. Crowell Company. p. 360.
- ^ Brian Goldner
- ^ Patti Davis (May 2010). The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4587-7222-0.
- ^ Ron Miles, cornetist who imbued modern jazz with heart and soul, dies at 58
- ^ * Career statistics from Basketball Reference
- ^ Former Houston Oilers RB Ira Valentine Passes Away
- ^ Weiland, Jonah (August 13, 2007). "Mike Wieringo Passes Away at 44". CBR.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
- ^ Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community. Cengage Gale. August 1, 2005. ISBN 9780787679231 – via Google Books.
- ^ "About Sandy Fox". SandyFox.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ^ Career statistics from Basketball Reference
- ^ "Lisa Kudrow Biography". Biography.com (FYI/A&E Networks). Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ Oxenden, McKenna; Medina, Eduardo (September 28, 2022). "Coolio, 'Gangsta's Paradise' Rapper, Dies at 59". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ Matthew Tobey (2014). "John Carroll Lynch". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014.
- ^ Prown, Pete (1997). Legends of rock guitar : the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists. Milwaukee, WI: H. Leonard. p. 224. ISBN 9780793540426.
- ^ Famed US hacker Kevin Mitnick dies aged 59
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (12 February 2012). "Whitney Houston obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "John Stamos Biography: Drummer, Film Actor, Television Actor, Singer (1963–)". Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks). Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "Biography & Career Highlights". Richard Marx Online. Archived from the original on May 26, 2007. Retrieved April 9, 2007.
- ^ "California births". Family Tree Legends. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
- ^ Career statistics from MLB
- ^ Albright-Hanna, Adam (October 21, 2013). "Lori Petty – If This Is What 50 Looks Like, Aging Is Hot – Purple Clover". Purple Clover. Whalerock Industries. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ "Ted Demme, 38, Director for TV And for Movies, Including 'Blow'". The New York Times. January 16, 2002.
- ^ Mike Powell at World Athletics
- ^ "Billy Gunn". Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. Newspapers.com. October 27, 2000. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ Wilner, Jon (April 11, 2020). "Silicon Chip: 49ers coach Chip Kelly brings unseen innovation to NFL". The Mercury News. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ^ "About – Kevin Chamberlin". Kevin Chamberlin official website. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
BORN: November 25, 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- ^ Clarke, James (2012). Animated Films. Random House. ISBN 9781448132812.
- ^ "Happy Birthday To Noted Voice Actor Jess Harnell, of Englewood". Englewood Daily Voice. Englewood, New Jersey. December 23, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ Pett, Saul (1962). "Robert S. Kerr Exhibit". The Carl Albert Center at the University of Oklahoma. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
- ^ Blum, Daniel (1964). Daniel Blum's Screen World, 1964. Biblo-Moser. p. 224.
- ^ Pilkington, John (1985). Stark Young. Boston: Twayne. p. 141. ISBN 9780805774030.
- ^ Richard B. Spikes, Inventor born
External links
[edit]- "1963". Timeline. Digital Public Library of America. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014.
- Media related to 1963 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons