18 January 1963Death of Hugh Todd Naylor GaitskellHugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell
Unexpected death of Gaitskell
Historical records for Great Britain in 1963, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Unexpected death of Gaitskell
Decemberides to stand for leadership of the Labour Party after the death of Hugh Gaitskell
Decides to stand for the Labour leadership after the death of Hugh Gaitskell.
Answers parliamentary questions on public information about smoking and lung cancer during his final year as Minister of Health.
Charlie Watts officially joins the Rolling Stones
Becomes the Rolling Stones's permanent drummer.
Wins the first leadership ballot with 115 votes against George Brown's 88 and James Callaghan's 41.
Wins the second leadership ballot against George Brown and becomes Leader of the Labour Party.
Becomes Labour's shadow spokesman for education after Harold Wilson assumes the leadership.
The Beatles "Please Please Me" tops the UK charts
The Beatles "Please Please Me" tops the UK charts
Produces Please Please Me, the Beatles' debut album, recorded quickly after early singles success.
The Polaris Sales Agreement is signed to implement the Nassau understanding between Britain and the United States
John Charles Julian Lennon is born to John and Cynthia Lennon at Sefton General Hospital in Liverpool.
John Charles Julian Lennon is born to John and Cynthia Lennon at Sefton General Hospital in Liverpool.
Produces From Me to You, helping secure the Beatles' rise in the British singles market.
Leaves Ipswich Town after eight seasons having guided them from the 3rd Division South to the very top of English football
Stephenson helps launch the boycott against bus company discrimination.
Bailey is refused a bus crew interview, prompting boycott action.
Makes England debut against Scotland
Becomes manager and helps shape the Rolling Stones's rebellious public image.
Puts Spurs in the history books when they became the first British club to win a major European trophy, Spurs defeat favourites Atl‚tico Madrid 5-1 to win the European Cup Winners Cup
Hackett helps organize community resistance during the bus boycott.
Henry supports the campaign against colour bar employment practices.
Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons
Profumo resigns from the Government
Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons
Profumo resigns from the Government
Oversees the release of the Rolling Stones's debut single Come On.
John Lennon marries Cynthia Lennon at Mount Pleasant
Produces She Loves You, one of the breakthrough singles of Beatlemania.
The boycott adds pressure for national race relations reform.
Best makes his Manchester United debut, aged 17against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford in a 1-0 victory
Jarvis Cocker is born in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
The Commission concludes that Osborne probably occupied the seat beside Oswald during part of the Mexico-bound bus journey.
McFarland hears Oswald say that he is traveling to Cuba through Mexico City during the bus journey toward Laredo.
Mrs. McFarland hears information indicating that Oswald had left New Orleans during the previous afternoon.
The Commission finds no evidence that Osborne and Oswald knew each other before sharing the bus journey.
Advocates policy of supporting science & technology for the future of Britain
Resigns as Prime Minister during the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool
Becomes Prime Minister after Harold Macmillan resigns.
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
Becomes President of the Board of Trade under Alec Douglas-Home.
Speech about the "white heat" of scientific revolution
Releases I Wanna Be Your Man with the Rolling Stones as an early hit.
The Beatles appear on the Royal Command Performance
The Beatles appear on the Royal Command Performance
George Harrison signs a 5 year publishing deal with Northern Songs Ltd
Performs with Vance Arnold and the Avengers as a support act for the Rolling Stones at Sheffield City Hall.
Produces With the Beatles as the group consolidates its early British popularity.
Scores twice as Manchester United defeat Leicester City 3-1.
After the French veto UK EC entry Princess Margaret is refused to dine with de Gaulle
Richardson wins the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Long Days Journey Into Night
Sellers receives a BAFTA British Actor nomination for Only Two Can Play.
The trophy goes to Manchester United as Busby's side overcome Leicester City by 3-1.
Performs folk and blues material around London during his early years as a singer.
22-year-old Moore captains his country for the first time in just his 12th appearance after the retirement of Johnny Haynes and an injury to his successor, Jimmy Armfield
Emerges from Liverpool's club scene during the Merseybeat era.
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Conferment of honorary us citizenship by Congress
Contracts of Employment Act 1963 requires written particulars and notice rights for many employees
Profumo has sex with Christine Keeler who sleeps with a Russian naval attache
Profumo has sex with Christine Keeler who sleeps with a Russian naval attache
Founder Member of The Dave Clark Five
Founder Member of The Dave Clark Five
Founder Member of The Dave Clark Five
Founder Member of The Dave Clark Five
Founder Member of The Dave Clark Five
Loses his political mentor when Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell dies unexpectedly.
Mike Leander signs up Jimmy Page as a session musician for Decca Records
Mike Leander signs up Jimmy Page as a session musician for Decca Records. Jimmy Pages first session for Decca is recording "Diamonds" by Jet Harris & Tony Meehan which goes to Number 1 on the singles chart
Healey leads Labour's defence policy work before the 1964 general election.
Healey takes responsibility for developing Labour’s defence policy before the general election.
Considers leaving politics to become editor of The Economist after Gaitskell's death.
On the 2nd & final vote for the leaderhip Wilson wins by 144 to Browns 103 votes. 1st ballot for the party leadership Wilson wins 115, Brown 88 & Callaghan 41 votes
This record states: And Wilson was elected.
This record states: And a drunk (Brown)", many Labour MPs who were prepared to accept Brown as deputy leader were unhappy with the idea of his being in charge.
This record states: But had good reason not to trust Brown because of private knowledge of his excessive drinking, which exacerbated his rude and aggressive style, Crosland called the leadership election "A choice between a crook (Wilson).
This record states: Many on the right of the Labour Party, including Anthony Crosland and Denis Healey, support James Callaghan for the leadership, opposed to Wilson.
Narrowly loses the Conservative Party leadership elections to Douglas-home
Defeated by Harold Wilson for leadership of the Labour Party
Helps Harold Wilson run his leadership election campaign
1st ballot for the party leadership, Wilson wins 115, Brown 88 & Callaghan 41 votes
Helps popularise the Merseybeat sound associated with Liverpool.
Appointed Foreign Minister
Sellers receives a Golden Globe supporting-actor nomination for Lolita.
Diagnosed with prostrate problems, causes his resignation
Sellers portrays the Reverend John Smallwood in the satire Heavens Above!
Produces How Do You Do It, a major early hit for Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Sellers first appears as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Pink Panther.
Appears in Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Lt. Col. Algernon Hawthorne
Plays bass in the group that becomes The Kinks.
Brown attends Kirkcaldy High School and develops interests in history and public affairs.
Goes on a lecture tour of the United States
Helps pass the Peerage Act, renounces his viscountcy & returns to the Commons
London Government Act 1963 creates Greater London and reorganises London local government
Becomes an early manager of The Kinks.
Elected Member of Parliament for Kinross, West Perthshire
Helps Harold Wilson run his leadership election campaign
Offices Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 regulates workplace health and safety in offices, shops, and railway premises
Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party
Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party
Renounces his peerage in order to sit in the Commons
Gives up his peerage
Peerage Act 1963 allows hereditary peers to disclaim peerages and admits peeresses to the House of Lords
Macmillan presents Polaris as the successor to Skybolt and as protection for Britain's independent nuclear role
Douglas-Home inherits the British Polaris programme after becoming Prime Minister
Thorneycroft oversees early British planning for Polaris submarines after the Nassau Agreement
Discusses politics and public life in regular radio and television appearances.
Publication of "Political Ideals"
Forms a Cabinet but 2 of the appointments refuse to serve in it
Helps pass the Peerage Act, renounces his viscountcy & returns to the Commons
Resigns because of the choice of Lord Home as Prime Minister
At the Party Conference in Blackpool announces MacMillans decision to resign
As the Stones grow, they come to the attention of Andrew Loog Oldham, who meets them at the suggestion of Record Mirror music writer Peter Jones, and becomes, with Eric Eastman, their co-managers
Oldham's arrival marks the beginning of Jones slow estrangement from the band, one which saw his prominent role diminished as Oldham sought to shift the Stones's centre from Jones to Jagger and Richards
As the Stones grow, they come to the attention of Andrew Loog Oldham, who meets them at the suggestion of Record Mirror music writer Peter Jones, and becomes, with Eric Eastman, their co-managers
As the Stones grow, they come to the attention of Andrew Loog Oldham, who meets them at the suggestion of Record Mirror music writer Peter Jones, and becomes, with Eric Eastman, their co-managers
Oldham coins the phrase "Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?".
Oldham, who had worked as the Beatles publicist, was an admirer of Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange, as well as the film Expresso Bongo, cultivated an image for the band as unruly and slightly menacing.
Runs into an inebriated John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who give him their barely finished song I Wanna Be Your Man which becomes an early Stones hit.
The Beatles visit the Rolling Stones at a London show and help connect the Stones with manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
Jones starts a group with Paul Jones called the Roosters
The Royal Navy prepares to develop a submarine based Polaris force after the Sales Agreement
Aden becomes part of Saudi Arabia
Builds a reputation as a leading London session guitarist before joining the Yardbirds.
Serves on Labour's front bench before the 1964 general election.
Appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
Appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary
Mason plays drums in Sigma 6, an early group with future Pink Floyd members
Waters plays in early student bands that lead toward the formation of Pink Floyd
Wright plays keyboards in Sigma 6 before the group evolves toward Pink Floyd
Spain takes up the question of the return of Gibraltar to the United Nations
Spain takes up the question of the return of Gibraltar to the United Nations
Appointed Harold Wilson's speech writer & adviser
Founder Member of Spencer Davis
Founder Member of Spencer Davis
Founder Member of Spencer Davis
Winwood joins the newly formed Spencer Davis Group while still a teenager.
Hoyle and William Fowler investigated physical explanations for powerful extragalactic radio sources.
Townshend & Entwistle join The Detours, a skiffle/rock and roll band fronted by Roger Daltrey, another former schoolmate
Townshend & Entwistle join The Detours, a skiffle/rock and roll band fronted by Roger Daltrey, another former schoolmate
Townshend & Entwistle join The Detours, a skiffle/rock and roll band fronted by Roger Daltrey, another former schoolmate
Appears as Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett in the wartime prisoner-of-war drama The Great Escape.
Sellers introduces Inspector Jacques Clouseau in Blake Edwards's The Pink Panther.
Sellers plays criminal mastermind Pearly Gates in The Wrong Arm of the Law.
Appears in "Tom Jones"
Discovers spontaneous high-frequency oscillations in gallium arsenide caused by changes in electron transport, the Gunn effect.
Henry Cooper knocks Ali down with a left hook near the end of the fourth round, the fight is stopped in the 5th round due to a deep cut on Coopers face
Water Resources Act 1963 creates river authorities and reforms water resource management
The Detours build a following in west London clubs.
Directs, "X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes"
Appointed Member of Yardbirds, mixing influences from Chicago blues and leading blues guitarists such as Buddy Guy, Freddie King and BB King
Founder Member of The Yardbirds
Founder Member of The Yardbirds
Founder Member of The Yardbirds
Founder Member of The Yardbirds
Founder Member of The Yardbirds
Appointed Member of Brixton Young Conservatives
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