November 1963

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The following events occurred in November, 1963.

November 1, 1963 (Friday)

• Indigenous Australians are allowed to vote in federal elections on the same basis as other electors when an amendment to the Commonwealth Electoral Act becomes law. The November 1963 election is to be the first federal election for Indigenous people in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory, indigenous voting rights in other states having been in place since 1949.
• The Arecibo Observatory officially begins operation.
• Domhnall Ua Buachalla, the last Governor-General of the Irish Free State, is buried in Dublin.

November 2, 1963 (Saturday)

• Died: South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, 62, assassinated following a military coup.

November 3, 1963 (Sunday)

• Elections in Greece result in a narrow victory for the Center Union, led by Georgios Papandreou.
• Born: Philip Davis Guggenheim, American film director and producer, in St. Louis, Missouri

November 4, 1963 (Monday)

• Died: Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo, 91, Brazilian poet, short story writer, diplomat and journalist

November 5, 1963 (Tuesday)

• In the Boston mayoral election, John F. Collins is elected for a second term.

November 6, 1963 (Wednesday)

• Vietnam War: Coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over as leader of South Vietnam.
• Laura Welch (later Bush), future First Lady of the United States, causes a car accident that results in the death of Michael Dutton Douglas in her hometown of Midland, Texas.

November 7, 1963 (Thursday)

• Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, 11 miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
• The Kinross and West Perthshire by-election caused by the death of Gilmour Leburn enables incumbent Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home to return to the House of Commons when he wins the seat with a majority of 9,328.

November 8, 1963 (Friday)

• Finnair flight OH-LCA crashes before landing at Mariehamn airport on the Åland islands.

November 9, 1963 (Saturday)

• Miike Coal Mine explosion: In Japan, a coal mine explosion kills 458 and sends 839 carbon monoxide poisoning victims to the hospital.
• A triple-train disaster in Yokohama, Japan kills 161 people.

November 10, 1963 (Sunday)

• Malcolm X makes a historic speech in Detroit, Michigan: Message to the Grass Roots.

November 11, 1963 (Monday)

• Iraqi coup d'état: Pro-Nasserist Iraqi officers, lead a bloodless military coup within the Ba'ath Party. Fifteen armed Iraqi Army military officers burst into a Ba'th Congress meeting, seize the Ba'th left nationalist faction leaders at gun point and fly them to Madrid.
• Died: André Le Troquer, 79, French lawyer and politician

November 12, 1963 (Tuesday)

• In the Philippine Senate election, the Liberal Party wins control.

November 13, 1963 (Wednesday)

• The Third Working Cabinet of Indonesia is dissolved.
• Born: Joe Dooley, Irish hurler, in Clareen

November 14, 1963 (Thursday)

• US President John F. Kennedy gives a news conference, answering questions from the press on topics such as the arrest of Frederick C. Barghoorn in Moscow for spying.

November 15, 1963 (Friday)

• A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates the new island of Surtsey.

November 16, 1963 (Saturday)

• A newspaper strike begins in Toledo, Ohio, USA.

November 17, 1963 (Sunday)

• Turkish local elections are held, to select mayors and local parliaments.

November 18, 1963 (Monday)

• Iraqi president Abdul Salam Arif, his brother, Brigade General Abdul Rahman Arif and their Iraqi Army supporters suppress the Ba'th National Guard Militia and bomb its headquarters.
• The Dartford Tunnel opens in the UK.
• The first push-button telephone is made available to AT&T customers.

November 19, 1963 (Tuesday)

• Born: Amado Boudou, Argentinian politician and businessman, Vice President of Argentina, in Buenos Aires
• Died: Carmen Amaya, 60, Spanish flamenco dancer and singer

November 20, 1963 (Wednesday)

• The Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
• Died: Nikolay Baranskiy, 82, Russian economic geographer

November 21, 1963 (Thursday)

• According to Madeleine Duncan Brown and others, Clint Murchison, Sr. holds a party in Dallas, Texas, on this date, which is attended by J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon, and other important figures.

November 22, 1963 (Friday)

• The Beatles' second U.K. album, With The Beatles, is released
• John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, United States President John F. Kennedy, 46, is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the 36th President. All television coverage for the next four 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 the entire weekend and Monday, in tribute.
• Died: Aldous Huxley, 69, English novelist; C. S. Lewis, 64, Irish novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist

November 23, 1963 (Saturday)

• John Kilbride, 12, is abducted by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady in Great Britain.
• The first episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who is broadcast in the UK. Because of the worldwide attention focused on the previous day's events, the episode is repeated the following week.
• The Golden Age Nursing Home fire kills 63 elderly people near Fitchville, Ohio.

November 24, 1963 (Sunday)

• Lee Harvey Oswald, 24, alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas, 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: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.

November 25, 1963 (Monday)

• The State funeral of John F. Kennedy takes place in Washington, DC; the President is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Classes are cancelled at schools around the USA, and millions watch the funeral on live international television. International figures present include King Baudouin I of Belgium; Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson of Canada; Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag of Denmark; Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia; President Charles de Gaulle of France; Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany; Queen Frederica of Greece; President Éamon de Valera of Ireland; President Park Chung-hee of Korea; Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg; and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

November 26, 1963 (Tuesday)

• Elections in South Korea result in a victory for the Democratic Republican Party.
• Died: Edwin B. Willis, 70, American Oscar-winning set designer

November 27, 1963 (Wednesday)

• U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
• Born: Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern, daughter of Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, in Munich, Germany

November 28, 1963 (Thursday)

• Born: Armando Iannucci, Scottish satirist, in Glasgow
• Died: Karyn Kupcinet, 22, American actress, found dead in her West Hollywood apartment by co-star Mark Goddard and his wife in mysterious circumstances; her death is officially recorded as a murder.

November 29, 1963 (Friday)

• Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal, killing all on board (the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history).
• Foundation stone for Mirzapur Cadet College is led in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

November 30, 1963 (Saturday)

• Australian federal election, 1963: The Coalition government is returned with an increased majority of 10 seats over the Australian Labor Party in the House of Representatives.