January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
Day of death August 14, 1963
The temperature on August 14, 1963 was between 9.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
June 26 » Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
September 2 » CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
September 7 » The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
October 10 » France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
November 22 » The Beatles release With the Beatles.
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