Events Date 1963 October | History by KabAstro

Oct 1 Nigeria enacts a new constitution and becomes a republic

World Series

Oct 2 LA Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 NY Yankees in Game 1 of the Baseball World Series at Yankee Stadium; Dodgers win, 5-2 and sweep series, 4-0

Event of Interest

Oct 2 West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to USSR

Chancellor of West Germany Konrad Adenauer

Oct 3 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti; about 5,000 die & 100,000 injured
Oct 3 Meredith Wilson's musical "Here's Love", based on the film "Miracle on 34th Street", opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 338 performances
Oct 4 -8] Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba & Haiti
Oct 4 Gambia achieves full internal self-government

NHL All-Star Game

Oct 5 17th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Toronto Maple Leafs tie All Stars, 3-3; MVP: Frank Mahovlich, Toronto, LW

Oct 5 Hyde St Pier re-opens as State Historical Park

Music History

Oct 5 Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour

Singer-Songwriter and Rock and Roll Pioneer Little Richard

Streisand Appears on Judy Garland

Oct 6 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show"

Singer-Songwriter and Actress Barbra Streisand

Oct 6 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers edge NY Yankees, 2-1 at Dodger Stadium for 4-0 series sweep; MVP: Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax
Oct 7 Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary
Oct 7 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti & Dominican Republic, kills 7,190

Treaty of Interest

Oct 7 JFK signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty

Music History

Oct 7 The Rolling Stones record the Lennon-McCartney song "I Wanna Be Your Man" at Kingsway Sound Studio in London

Oct 8 Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya

Appointment of Interest

Oct 9 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan resigns and is replaced by Alec Douglas-Home

British Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home

Oct 9 French air force gets first nuclear weapons
Oct 9 Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba & Haiti, kills 6,000
Oct 9 Vajont Dam disaster, landslide creates 50 million cubic metre wave killing around 2,000 in the Piave Valley in Northern Italy

From Russia With Love

Oct 10 "From Russia With Love" 2nd James Bond film based on a novel by Ian Fleming, starring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi, premieres in London

Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 10 American chemist and anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Linus Pauling wins the Nobel Peace Prize the same day the first nuclear test treaty comes into effect [1]

Chemist and Peace Activist Linus Pauling

Oct 10 France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia
Oct 10 Netherlands population hits 12,000,000

The Twilight Zone

Oct 11 William Shatner stars in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode of CBS anthology series "The Twilight Zone"

Oct 12 Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel
Oct 12 Final event at Polo Grounds, New York City; 14,235 attend 1st (and only) "Latino All-Star Game" - National League wins 5-2 over American League; festivities include a concert by Tito Puente [1]
Oct 12 Rick Besoyan's musical "Student Gypsy" closes at 84th St Theater, NYC, after 16 performances
Oct 12 San Francisco's Oakland Bay Bridge converted to 1-way on each deck

LPGA Championship

Oct 13 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC: Mickey Wright wins 4th LPGA title by 2 shots from Mary Mills, Louise Suggs & Mary Lena Faulk

Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGA Louise Suggs

Oct 13 Ryder Cup Golf, East Lake CC: US beats Great Britain, 23-9; competition format changes with addition of 4-ball (better ball) matches on a 3rd day of play
Oct 13 The term "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium
Oct 14 Algeria & Morocco border conflict
Oct 14 WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (ABC) begins
Oct 15 Ludwig Erhard succeeds Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor of West Germany
Oct 16 2 secret US military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral
Oct 16 NY newspaper "Mirror" last edition

Music Premiere

Oct 17 Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz's musical "Jennie", starring Mary Martin, opens at the Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 82 performances

Oct 17 The Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at EMI Studios in London
Oct 18 IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics
Oct 20 Alec Douglas-Home's Conservative Party forms British government
Oct 20 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria

NFL Record

Oct 20 Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 1,863 yds

NFL Legend and Civil Rights Activist Jim Brown

Event of Interest

Oct 20 South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela & 8 others on conspiracy charges

Anti-apartheid Activist and South African President Nelson Mandela

Oct 20 WITV TV channel 7 in Charleston, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 22 225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest
Oct 22 BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes on October 22 in UK with the loss of all on board.

Barefoot in the Park

Oct 23 Neil Simon's stage play "Barefoot in the Park" starring Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley opens at the Biltmore Theatre, NYC; runs for 1530 performances

Sports History

Oct 23 New York Yankees name Yogi Berra as manager, replacing Ralph Houk who becomes the team's general manager

Oct 24 Dutch KRO-TV shows first episode of American western series "Bonanza"
Oct 24 N. Richard Nash, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' musical "110 in the Shade" opens at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, runs for 330 performances
Oct 24 Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award
Oct 25 Anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets scattered in Dallas
Oct 25 The Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Karlstad, Sweden, performing twice at a secondary school auditorium
Oct 26 US performs underground nuclear test at Fallon, Nevada
Oct 27 Australian cricket opening batsman Bob Simpson scores 359 for NSW v Queensland in a Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba in Brisbane

NHL Record

Oct 27 Detroit Red Wings right wing Gordie Howe scores 544th career goal in 6-4 loss to Montreal Canadiens, tying Maurice Richard's all-time NHL regular season record