Historical Events in November 1963

Nov 2 "Tambourines to Glory" opens at Little Theater NYC for 24 performances

Coup d'état

Nov 2 Ngô Đình Diệm, the President of South Vietnam, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup by the South Vietnamese Army

President of South Vietnam Ngô Đình Diệm

Sports History

Nov 3 Joe Weatherly finishes 7th in the season ending Golden State 400 at Riverside International Raceway; retains NASCAR Sprint Cup by 2,228 points from 14-time winner Richard Petty

Music Concert

Nov 4 John Lennon utters his famous quip at a Royal Variety Performance "For our last number, I'd like to ask your help. The people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And for the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry…" at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London

Event of Interest

Nov 5 US VP Lyndon B. Johnson visits Netherlands

Nov 7 Carole Joan Crawford, 20, wins Miss World

Elston Howard AL MVP

Nov 7 New York Yankee catcher Elston Howard is first African-American to be voted AL MVP

Nov 7 Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
Nov 9 Coal-dust explosion and the resulting buildup of carbon monoxide kills 458 at Mitsui Miike Coal Mine in Omuta, Japan
Nov 9 Lee Pockriss and Anne Croswell's musical "Tovarich" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 264 performances
Nov 9 Tsurumi rail accident on Tōkaidō Main Line, two passenger trains collide with derailed freight train, killing 162 people. in Yokohama, Japan

New All-time Goal Scorer

Nov 10 Detroit right wing Gordie Howe surpasses Maurice Richard as leading NHL all-time goal scorer with 545th career goal in a 3-0 Red Wings victory over Montreal Canadiens in Detroit

The Beatles

Nov 11 Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for appearances by The Beatles

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Nov 13 Dale Wasserman's stage play "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey, starring Kirk Douglas, Ed Ames; Joan Tetzel, and Gene Wilder, opens at Cort Theatre, NYC; runs for 82 performances

Nov 15 Valium, created by chemist Leo Sternbach at Roche, approved by US Drug and Food Administration - most prescribed drug in the world 1969-1982 [1]
Nov 16 Toledo, OH newspaper strike began
Nov 18 Bell Telephone introduces the touch-tone telephone to customers in Pennsylvania
Nov 18 Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under River Thames opens

First Moroccan Parliament

Nov 18 King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco

J.F.K. Flies To Texas

Nov 21 US President John F. Kennedy flies to Texas (assassinated the next day)

Nov 22 Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as the 36th US President after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Nov 22 The Beatles release their second album "With the Beatles" in UK

John F. Kennedy Assassinated

Nov 22 US President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in an open-topped motorcade in Dallas, Texas

Kennedy in his motorcade in Dallas, Texas, moments before he was assassinated

Nov 23 "Tambourines to Glory" closes at Little Theater NYC after 24 performances
Nov 23 Debut of "Doctor Who" the long-running British sci-fi series
Nov 23 Following the protocol after Abraham Lincoln's death, JFK's body lies in repose in the East Room of the White House and viewed by officials and heads of state [1]
Nov 23 Horatio Alger Society founded
Nov 23 LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning after the assassination of JFK
Nov 25 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
Nov 26 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (QB)

Pete Rose

Nov 26 Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year

Nov 26 Explorer 18 spacecraft launched by NASA
Nov 27 The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg
Nov 28 Crusher beats Verne Gagne in St Paul, to become NWA champ
Nov 28 The Beatles "She Loves You" unusually, returns to #1 in UK record chart and reaches 1 million copies sold
Nov 28 WHNT TV channel 19 in Huntsville, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Nov 29 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" single released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom
Nov 29 Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal, Canada
Nov 29 US President LBJ sets up the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy
Nov 30 28th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 10-8 in Birmingham, Auburn's first points in the series in five years
Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup, Empire Stadium, Vancouver: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat BC Lions, 21-10; features controversial sequence involving American players Angelo Mosca and Willie Fleming
Nov 30 Martin Walser's "Überlebensgross Herr Krott" premieres in Stuttgart