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This year in history
In the year 1963

	January 21st	Nigerian basketball player, Hakeem Olajuwon, was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He is widely accepted as one of the greatest centres to ever play the game of basketball.
	February 21st	American actor, William Baldwin, was born in New York. He achieved fame early in his career having been able to get high profile roles in film such as Backdraft and Flatliners, but was unable sustain such high profile roles in later years.
	March 2nd	The music album, Please Please Me, by the Beatles was released in the United Kingdom. It was the first album recorded by The Beatles.
	March 16th	The Mount Agung volcano in Bali, erupted, causing widespread devastation which resulted in the death of more than 1,000 people.
	March 21st	The infamous American prison of Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, closed after 29 years of serving as a maximum security prison.
	March 22nd	The Beatles released their first album (Please Please Me) in Great Britain.
	March 27th	American film writer and director, Quentin Tarantino, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
	April 7th	Yugoslavia became a socialist republic under the presidency of Josip Broz Tito.
	April 13th	Russian chess player, Garry Kasparov, was born. He became the youngest ever World Chess Champion in 1985 and held the position for 15 years. He retired from competitive chess in 2005.
	May 11th	British actress, Natasha Richardson, was born in London England. She is the daughter of director Tony Richardson and actress Vanessa Redgrave.
	May 25th	Canadian comedian, Mike Myers, was born in Scarborough, Ontario. He first became a celebrity after the hit 'Saturday Night Live' clips of 'Wayne's World', which subsequently turned to 2 box office movie hits. He is most known today for his creation and performance of the comic super spy, Austin Powers.
	June 3rd	A Northwest Airlines passenger jet crashed in the Pacific Ocean near the coast of British Columbia. All 101 passengers died in the crash.
	June 9th	American actor, Johnny Depp, was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. He is a highly popular actor, known for his affinity for strange character role and his numerous associations with the prolific director, Tim Burton.
	June 17th	American actor, Greg Kinnear, was born in Logansport, Indiana. He was made famous around the world by his role in the blockbuster movie, As Good as It Gets.
	June 20th	A direct telephone line, known as the 'red telephone', was established between the Soviet Union and United States. The telephone line was established following the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
	June 24th	Zanzibar was granted independence by the United Kingdom.
	June 25th	British singer, George Michael, was born in Hertfordshire. His birth name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou and is of Cypriot descend.
	June 26th	US president J.F. Kennedy made his famous declaration: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) while visiting West Berlin.
	June 30th	Seven police officers were killed near Palermo, when a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, exploded near them.
	July 26th	The world's first geosynchronous satellite was launched from the Cape Canaveral launch center.
	July 26th	A massive earthquake hit Skopje, Yugoslavia resulting in more than 1100 deaths.
	July 30th	American actress, Lisa Kudrow, was born in Encino, California. She is best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the highly successful television series, Friends.
	July 30th	American basketball player, Chris Mullin, was born in Brooklyn, New York.
	August 5th	Nuclear testing was banned after a treaty was signed by the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.
	August 8th	A gang of 15 train robbers stole 2,6 million pounds in bank notes from the Royal Mail's Glasgow to London travelling post office train.
	August 9th	American singer, Whitney Houston, was born in East Orange, New Jersey. Though her career took a substantial downturn, presumably due to the abuse of drugs, in the 2000's, she is still one of pop music's highest selling artists.
	August 17th	A ferryboat sank off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. 112 passengers drowned.
	August 22nd	American musician, Tori Amos, was born in Newton, North Carolina.
	August 28th	Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous 'I have a dream' speech in front of 200000 people who were attending a civil rights rally in at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, USA.
	August 30th	British disc jockey, Paul Oakenfold, was born in London. He is a record producer and one of the best-known DJ's in the world.
	August 31st	Walter Cronkite became the anchor of the CBS Evening News. He held the position for 19 years during which time he was regarded as 'the most trusted man in America'.
	September 4th	A Swissair passenger flight crashed near Durrenasch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
	September 16th	Malaysia was formed as a federation consisting of the countries of Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo and Sarawak.
	September 19th	English goalkeeper, David Seaman, was born in South Yorkshire, England. he is considered as one of the best English goalkeepers of all time.
	October 6th	American film actress, Elisabeth Shue, was born in New Jersey, USA. She got her break in movies when she co-stared in 1984's hit movie, The Karate Kid.
	October 7th	Hurricane Flora landed on Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killing over 7,000 people.
	October 26th	American singer, Natalie Merchant, was born in New York.
	November 1st	The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the world's largest radio telescope, officially opened.
	November 18th	Danish footballer, Peter Schmeichel, was born in Gladsaxe, Denmark. He is widely considered as one of the best goalkeepers of all time. He played for Manchester United and won the UEFA Champions League with the team in 1999. He also was part of the Danish national football team which won the European Championship in 1992.
	November 22nd	Irish writer, C. S. Lewis, died at the age of 65. Lewis is best known for his work 'The Chronicles of Narnia'.
	November 22nd	US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
	November 22nd	British writer, Aldous Huxley, died at the age of 69. He is considered as one of the most influential writers / philosophers of the 20th century and was widely characterised as the 'Leader of Modern Thought'.
	November 23th	The first episode of the cult science fiction television series Doctor Who, was aired on the BBC. It would remain in production until 1989.
	November 24th	Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy was shot by Jack Ruby in Dallas, Texas while on a live televised broadcast.
	December 12th	Kenya gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
	December 19th	Zanzibar became independent, becoming a constitutional monarchy under Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed.

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