January 1963 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Jan 9 Mao Zedong writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo"

Jan 12 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia v England

Historic Publication

Jan 14 "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath is published by Heinemann in the UK, the author commits suicide a month later

Event of Interest

Jan 14 George Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"

Event of Interest

Jan 16 Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb

Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev

Event of Interest

Jan 16 Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" premieres

Jan 17 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km
Jan 18 Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10:59)

Treaty of Interest

Jan 22 Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer

Jan 27 Yevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec
Jan 28 -34°F (-37°C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record)

Event of Interest

Jan 30 Ivan Sutherland submits a thesis containing his Sketchpad program, a forerunner to modern-day graphic user interfaces and computer-aided design programs

Birthdays in History

Jan 3 Alex Wheatle MBE, black British novelist
Jan 4 May-Britt Moser, Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist (2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology for discovery of place cells), born in Fosnavåg, Norway
Jan 6 Philippe Perrin, French test pilot, born in Meknes, Morocco

Rand Paul (60 years old)

Jan 7 American politician (Senate-R-Kentucky 2011-), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jan 9 Michael Everson, Irish-American expert in writing systems and Unicode, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
Jan 10 Deborah Bone, English mental health nurse who was the inspiration for the song "Disco 2000" by Jarvis Cocker, born in Sheffield, England (d. 2014)
Jan 10 Mark Pryor, American politician, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 13 Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
Jan 15 Erling Kagge, Norwegian explorer (South Pole), born in Oslo, Norway
Jan 17 Tom Lord-Alge, American Grammy Award-winning music engineer and mixer (Steve Winwood; Santana), born in New Jersey
Jan 18 Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland, born in Washington, D.C.
Jan 18 Maxime Bernier, French Canadian politician, born in Saint-Georges, Canada
Jan 19 John Bercow, British politician (C), Speaker of the House of Commons (2009-), born in London, England
Jan 19 Martin Bashir, British reporter, born in Wandsworth, London
Jan 20 David Baszucki, Canadian-American entrepreneur, engineer and innovator (Roblox Corporation, Knowledge Revolution), born in Canada

Deaths in History

Jan 6 Lourens Baas Becking, Dutch botanist (Baas Becking hypothesis), dies at 68
Jan 7 Arthur Edward Moore, Australian politician (Premier of Queensland 1929-32), dies at 86
Jan 8 Kay [Katherine Linn] Sage, American artist and poet commits suicide aged 64
Jan 8 Stark Young, American writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
Jan 11 Arthur Nock, English-American historian (St Paul, history of religion), dies at 60
Jan 13 Rad Kortenhorst [Leonardus Gerardus Kortenhorst], Dutch politician (KVP), dies at 76
Jan 14 Gustav Regler, German writer, dies at 64
Jan 18 Hugh Gaitskell, British politician (Leader of the Labour Party), dies at 56
Jan 21 Franz Jung, German writer and political activist, dies at 74
Jan 28 Jean Felix Piccard, Swiss scientist, explorer and balloonist (1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon), dies on his 79th birthday