1963: what happened around the world

In 1963, 110 events recorded on Erask's globe began — assassination of John F. Kennedy, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty among the best known. 77 more were already under way, such as The Troubles and Treaty of Paris. 121 things were founded or built that year, from Nigeria and Malaysia.

110events began
77already under way
121founded or built
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Accidents and fires39

Wars, battles and sieges33

Revolts, massacres and attacks27

Treaties, councils and politics5

Disasters4

Expeditions2

Already under way in 196377

Came to an end in 19636

Founded or built in 1963121

+91 more, on the globe.

Stories that pass through 1963

Volcanic EruptionsEvery significant eruption on record since 1500 How America Filled UpEvery American city of 60,000 people, in the year it began Women's SuffrageA map filling in, one country at a time, 1893-2012 DecolonisationHow a third of the world stopped belonging to somebody else, 1945–1990 Nuclear detonationsEvery recorded nuclear test, 1945–1998

Nearby years

1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 All of the 20th century →

Every entry comes from Wikidata and links to its Wikipedia article; entries are ordered by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them. Only things with a date are listed, and dates before the modern era are often approximate. How this is made →