Events from the year 1963 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal Government
Governors and Lieutenant Governors
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Governors
- Governor of Alabama: John M. Patterson (Democratic) (until January 14), George Wallace (Democratic) (starting January 14)
- Governor of Alaska: William A. Egan (Democratic)
- Governor of Arizona: Paul Fannin (Republican)
- Governor of Arkansas: Orval Faubus (Democratic)
- Governor of California: Pat Brown (Democratic)
- Governor of Colorado: Stephen L. R. McNichols (Democratic) (until January 8), John Arthur Love (Republican) (starting January 8)
- Governor of Connecticut: John N. Dempsey (Democratic)
- Governor of Delaware: Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic)
- Governor of Florida: C. Farris Bryant (Democratic)
- Governor of Georgia: Ernest Vandiver (Democratic) (until January 15), Carl E. Sanders (Democratic) (starting January 15)
- Governor of Hawaii: John A. Burns (Democratic)
- Governor of Idaho: Robert E. Smylie (Republican)
- Governor of Illinois: Otto Kerner Jr. (Democratic)
- Governor of Indiana: Matthew E. Welsh (Democratic)
- Governor of Iowa: Norman A. Erbe (Republican) (until January 17), Harold E. Hughes (Democratic) (starting January 17)
- Governor of Kansas: John Anderson Jr. (Republican)
- Governor of Kentucky: Bert T. Combs (Democratic) (until December 10), Edward T. Breathitt (Democratic) (starting December 10)
- Governor of Louisiana: Jimmie H. Davis (Democratic)
- Governor of Maine: John H. Reed (Republican)
- Governor of Maryland: J. Millard Tawes (Democratic)
- Governor of Massachusetts: John A. Volpe (Republican) (until January 3), Endicott Peabody (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Governor of Michigan: John Swainson (Democratic) (until January 1), George W. Romney (Republican) (starting January 1)
- Governor of Minnesota: Elmer L. Andersen (Republican) (until March 25), Karl F. Rolvaag (Democratic) (starting March 25)
- Governor of Mississippi: Ross R. Barnett (Democratic)
- Governor of Missouri: John M. Dalton (Democratic)
- Governor of Montana: Tim M. Babcock (Republican)
- Governor of Nebraska: Frank B. Morrison (Democratic)
- Governor of Nevada: Grant Sawyer (Democratic)
- Governor of New Hampshire: Wesley Powell (Republican) (until January 3), John W. King (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Governor of New Jersey: Richard J. Hughes (Democratic)
- Governor of New Mexico: Tom Bolack (Republican) (until January 1), Jack M. Campbell (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Governor of New York: Nelson Rockefeller (Republican)
- Governor of North Carolina: Terry Sanford (Democratic)
- Governor of North Dakota: William L. Guy (Democratic)
- Governor of Ohio: Michael DiSalle (Democratic) (until January 14), Jim Rhodes (Republican) (starting January 14)
- Governor of Oklahoma:
- Governor of Oregon: Mark Hatfield (Republican)
- Governor of Pennsylvania: David L. Lawrence (Democratic) (until January 15), William Scranton (Republican) (starting January 15)
- Governor of Rhode Island: John A. Notte Jr. (Democratic) (until January 1), John Chafee (Republican) (starting January 1)
- Governor of South Carolina: Ernest Hollings (Democratic) (until January 15), Donald S. Russell (Democratic) (starting January 15)
- Governor of South Dakota: Archie M. Gubbrud (Republican)
- Governor of Tennessee: Buford Ellington (Democratic) (until January 15), Frank G. Clement (Democratic) (starting January 15)
- Governor of Texas: Price Daniel (Democratic) (until January 15), John Connally (Democratic) (starting January 15)
- Governor of Utah: George Dewey Clyde (Republican)
- Governor of Vermont: F. Ray Keyser Jr. (Republican) (until January 10), Philip H. Hoff (Democratic) (starting January 10)
- Governor of Virginia: Albertis S. Harrison Jr. (Democratic)
- Governor of Washington: Albert D. Rosellini (Democratic)
- Governor of West Virginia: William Wallace Barron (Democratic)
- Governor of Wisconsin: Gaylord A. Nelson (Democratic) (until January 7), John W. Reynolds Jr. (Democratic) (starting January 7)
- Governor of Wyoming: Jack R. Gage (Democratic) (until January 7), Clifford P. Hansen (Republican) (starting January 7)
Lieutenant Governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Albert B. Boutwell (Democratic) (until January 14), James B. Allen (Democratic) (starting January 14)
- Lieutenant Governor of Alaska: Hugh Wade (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Nathan Green Gordon (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of California: Glenn Malcolm Anderson (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Robert Lee Knous (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Anthony J. Armentano (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Samuel J. Tedesco (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: Eugene Lammot (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Georgia: Garland T. Byrd (Democratic) (until January 15), Peter Zack Geer (Democratic) (starting January 15)
- Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii: William S. Richardson (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: W. E. Drevlow (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Samuel H. Shapiro (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Richard O. Ristine (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: W. L. Mooty (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Harold H. Chase (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Wilson W. Wyatt (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Harry Lee Waterfield (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: C. C. Aycock (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Edward F. McLaughlin Jr. (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Francis X. Bellotti (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: T. John Lesinski (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Karl Rolvaag (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Alexander M. Keith (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Paul B. Johnson Jr. (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Hilary A. Bush (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Montana: David F. James (political party unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Dwight W. Burney (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Maude Frazier (Democratic) (until January 1), Paul Laxalt (Republican) (starting January 1)
- Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: vacant (until January 1), Mack Easley (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Lieutenant Governor of New York: Malcolm Wilson (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: vacant
- Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Orville W. Hagen (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Frank A. Wenstrom (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: John W. Donahey (Democratic) (until January 14), John William Brown (Republican) (starting January 14)
- Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: George Nigh (Democratic) (until January 6), Leo Winters (Democratic) (starting January 6)
- Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: John Morgan Davis (Democratic) (until January 15), Raymond P. Shafer (Republican) (starting January 15)
- Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Edward P. Gallogly (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Burnet R. Maybank Jr. (Democratic) (until January 15), Robert Evander McNair (Democratic) (starting January 15)
- Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: vacant (until month and day unknown), Nils Boe (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: vacant (until month and day unknown), James L. Bomar Jr. (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Texas: vacant (until January 15), Preston Smith (Democratic) (starting January 15)
- Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Ralph A. Foote (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Mills E. Godwin Jr. (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Washington: John Cherberg (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Warren P. Knowles (Republican) (until January 7), Jack B. Olson (Republican) (starting January 7)
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Events
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February
March
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July
August
September
October
November
November 22: President
Kennedy assassinated
- 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 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 the entire weekend and Monday, 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 arounds the world watch the funeral on live television.
- November 29 – President Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
December
Undated
Ongoing
Births
- January 7 – Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 2011
- January 10 – Mark Pryor, U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015
- January 18 – Martin O'Malley, 61st Governor of Maryland and 47th Mayor of Baltimore
- January 31 – John Dye, actor (d. 2011)
- February 17
- March 4 – Jason Newsted, Metallica bassist from 1986 to 2001
- March 12 – Christine Falling, serial killer of six children
- March 27 – Quentin Tarantino, filmmaker, screenwriter and actor
- April 6 – Derrick May, electronic musician
- June 9 – Johnny Depp, actor, producer and musician
- June 20
- July 7
- July 18 – Mike Greenwell, baseball player and race car driver
- July 28 – Michael Ruhlman, author
- August 3 – James Hetfield, Metallica vocalist and backing guitarist
- August 6 – Gwendolyn Graham, serial killer
- August 9 – Whitney Houston, African American R&B vocalist, wife of Bobby Brown (d. 2012)[3]
- August 27 – Bobby Griffith, gay suicide victim (d. 1983)
- September 9 – Chris Coons, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 2010
- September 10 – Randy Johnson, baseball player
- October 1 – Mark McGwire, baseball player
- November 1 – Josh Wicks, soccer player
- December 8 – Wendell Pierce, African American actor
- December 12 – Liz Claman, journalist
- December 18 – Brad Pitt, film actor and producer
Deaths
- January 1 – Robert S. Kerr, businessman and politician (b. 1896)
- January 2
- January 5 – Rogers Hornsby, baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) (b. 1896)
- January 6
- January 8
- January 9 – Enea Bossi Sr., aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer (b. 1888 in Italy)
- January 29 – Robert Frost, poet (b. 1874)
- March 4 – William Carlos Williams, poet (b. 1883)
- March 5 – plane crash
- April 3 – Alma Richards, high jumper (b. 1890)
- 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 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)
- July 18 – Jack Solomon, restaurateur (b. 1896)
- August 1 – Theodore Roethke, poet (b. 1908)
- August 2 – Oliver La Farge, fiction writer and anthropologist (b. 1901)
- 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 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. 1865)
- September 11 – Claude Fuess, 10th Headmaster of Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (b. 1885)
- October 4
- October 20 – Everett Warner, impressionist painter and printmaker (b. 1877)
- October 24 – Douglas Croft, actor (b. 1926)
- November 22
- November 24 – Lee Harvey Oswald, sniper, assassinated John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
- December 14 – Dinah Washington, African American blues singer (b. 1924)
- December 26 – Gorgeous George, professional wrestler (b. 1915)
- December 28
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