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Here is a list of events and notable dates concerning the year 1963. You can jump to various months with the toolbar below:

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Back to 1962

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January

• January 27: A sheriff hears a strange vocalization while responding to a report of a Bigfoot near the Sonora highway 1 2 (Hairy Bipeds)
• January 29: Children of the Damned opens (Movies)

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February

• February 19: Laurell K. Hamilton is born (Authors)
• February 28: Private pilots photograph a 3 meter tall Bigfoot near Sonora, California 1 2 (Hairy Bipeds)

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March

• March 12: (fictional) Jordan Collier is born (TV Characters) (The 4400)
• March 16: Kevin Smith (actor) is born (Actors) (Xena
• March 27: Quentin Tarantino is born (Directors)

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April

• April 11: Greg Keyes is born (Authors)

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May

• May 25: Mike Myers is born (actors)

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June

• June 9: David Koepp is born (Screenwriters, Directors)
• June 16: Scott Alexander is born (Screenwriters)
• June 19: Jason and the Argonauts (1963 movie) opens in theaters (Movie)
• June 29: Frank R. Paul dies in Teaneck, New Jersey (Artist)

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July

• July 16: Phoebe Cates is born (Actors)
• July 22: Joanna Going is born (Actors)

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August

August undated:

• The Pain Peddlers by Robert Silverberg is first published in Galaxy Science Fiction (Short Stories)

• August 3: A man and his son see a Bigfoot jump a 1.5 meter fence near Hoopa, California 1 (Hairy Bipeds)
• August 7: Harold Perrineau is born (Actors)
• August 25: Edward L. Cahn is born (Directors)
• August 28: The Haunted Palace opens in theaters (Movies)
• August 30: Michael Chiklis is born (Actors)

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September

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September undated:

• Professor X and Iceman makes their first comic book appearance (X-Men) (Comics)

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• September 8: Brad Silberling is born (Actor)
• September 11: The Kiss of the Vampire debuts (Movie)
• September 18: X (1963 movie) opens in theaters (Movie)
• September 21: Angus MacFayden is born (Actors)
• September 23: Alex Proyas is born (Directors)
• September 26: Lysette Anderson is born (Actors)
• September 29: My Favorite Martian debuts (episode: My Favorite Martin on CBS (TV Series)

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October

• October 3: Michael Beach is born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (actor)
• October 6: Elizabeth Shue is born (Actors)
• October 24: Douglas Croft dies in Los Angeles, California (Actors)
• October 29: Tim Minear is born (Producer)

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November

• November 20: Ming-Na is born (Actor)
• November 22: President John F. Kennedy is shot in Dallas, TX
• November 22: Aldous Huxley dies (Author)
• November 23: The first episode of Doctor Who, "An Unearthly Child," airs at 5:15 p.m. on BBC1 (TV Series)
• November 27: Fisher Stevens is born (Actor)

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December

• December 20: Joel Gretsch is born

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