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The '''list of shipwrecks in 1963''' includes all [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[1963]].
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==Events==
==December==
=== [[December 22]] ===
*[[1252]] - [[Pope Innocent IV]] issues the [[papal bull]] ''[[ad exstirpanda]]'', which authorizes, but also limits, the [[torture]] of [[heretics]] in the [[Medieval Inquisition]].
*[[1514]] - [[Jodocus Badius Ascensius]] publishes [[Christiern Pedersen]]'s [[Latin]] version of [[Saxo]]’s ''[[Gesta Danorum]],'' the oldest known version of that work.
*[[1525]] - The [[battle of Frankenhausen]] ends the [[Peasants' War]].
*[[1567]] - [[Mary Queen of Scots]] marries [[James Hepburn]], [[Earl of Bothwell]], her third husband.
*[[1602]] - [[Bartholomew Gosnold]] becomes the first [[Europe]]an to see [[Cape Cod]].
*[[1618]] - [[Johannes Kepler]] confirms his previously rejected discovery of the [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion|third law of planetary motion]] (he first discovered it on [[March 8]] but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
*[[1701]] - The [[War of the Spanish Succession]] begins.
*[[1718]] - [[James Puckle]], a [[London]] [[lawyer]], patents the world's first [[machine gun]].
*[[1756]] - The [[Seven Years' War]] begins when [[England]] declares war on [[France]].
*[[1776]] - [[American Revolution]]: the [[Virginia Convention]] instructs its [[Continental Congress]] delegation to propose a [[Lee Resolution|resolution of independence]] from [[Great Britain]], paving the way for the [[United States Declaration of Independence]].
*[[1791]] - [[Maximilien Robespierre]] proposes the [[Self-denying Ordinance]].
*[[1792]] - [[First Coalition|War of the First Coalition]]: [[France]] declares war on [[Kingdom of Sardinia]].
*[[1793]] - [[Diego Marín Aguilera]] flies a glider for "about 360 [[metre|meters]]", at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted flights.
*[[1796]] - [[First Coalition]]: [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Milan]] in triumph.
*[[1800]] - [[George III]] survives two assassination attempts in one day.
*[[1811]] - [[Paraguay]] declares independence from [[Spain]].
*[[1817]] - Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the [[United States]], the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now [[Friends Hospital]]) in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]].
*[[1836]] - [[Francis Baily]] observes "[[Baily's beads]]" during an [[annular eclipse]].
*[[1849]] - Troops of the [[Two Sicilies]] take [[Palermo]] and crush the republican government of [[Sicily]].
*[[1851]] - [[Ramai IV of Thailand|Rama IV]] is crowned King of [[Thailand]].
*[[1858]] - Opening of the present [[Royal Opera House]] in [[Covent Garden]], [[London]].
*[[1862]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. it is later renamed the [[United States Department of Agriculture]].
*[[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Resaca]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] ends.
* 1864 - American Civil War: [[Battle of New Market]], [[Virginia]] – students from the [[Virginia Military Institute]] fight alongside the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army to force [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[General]] [[Franz Sigel]] out of the [[Shenandoah Valley]].
*[[1869]] - [[Woman's suffrage]]: in [[New York]], [[Susan B. Anthony]] and [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] form the [[National Woman's Suffrage Association]].
*[[1891]] - ''[[Rerum Novarum]]'', the first document of the [[Catholic Social Teaching]] tradition, is published by [[Pope Leo XIII]].
*[[1897]] - The [[Greece|Greek]] army retreats with heavy losses in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)|Greco-Turkish War]].
*[[1905]] - [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
*[[1910]] - The last time a major earthquake happened on the [[Elsinore Fault Zone]].
*[[1911]] - The [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] declares [[Standard Oil]] to be an "unreasonable" [[monopoly]] under the [[Sherman Antitrust Act]] and orders the company to be broken up.
* 1911 - The [[Greek cruiser Georgios Averof|Georgios Averof cruiser]] is bought by Greece.
*[[1914]] - [[Bolivia]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention|Buenos Aires]] [[copyright]] [[treaty]].
*[[1918]] - The [[Finnish Civil War]] ends.
*[[1919]] - The [[Winnipeg General Strike]] begins. By 11:00 a.m., almost the whole working population of [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]] had walked off the job.
* 1919 - Greek invasion of [[İzmir]]. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 [[Turkey (country)|Turks]]. The responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades. [[Hasan Tahsin]] fires the first shot of the [[Turkish War of Independence]].
*[[1920]] - [[Council of Lithuania]] adjourns as the newly elected [[Constituent Assembly of Lithuania]] meets for the first time in [[Kaunas]].
*[[1928]]- [[Mickey Mouse]] premiered in his first cartoon, [[Plane Crazy]]
*[[1929]] - A fire at the [[Cleveland Clinic]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] kills 123.
*[[1932]] - The [[May 15 Incident]]: in an attempted [[Coup d'état]], the [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] of [[Japan]] [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] is killed.
* 1934 - [[Kārlis Ulmanis]] establishes an authoritarian government in [[Latvia]].
*[[1935]] - The [[Moscow Metro]] is opened to public.
*[[1936]] - [[Amy Johnson]] arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to [[Cape Town]]
*[[1940]]] - [[USS Sailfish (SS-192)]] recomisioned, origionaly the Squalus.
*[[1940]] - [[World War II]]: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped [[Netherlands|Dutch]] troops surrender to [[Nazi Germany|Germany]], marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
*[[1940]] - [[McDonald's]] opens its first restaurant in [[San Bernardino, California]].
*[[1941]] - [[Baseball player]] [[Joe DiMaggio]] of the [[New York Yankees]] starts his record-breaking 56-game hitting streak.
*[[1942]] - World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the [[Women's Army Corps|Women's Army Auxiliary Corps]] (WAAC) is signed into law.
*[[1943]] - [[Joseph Stalin]] dissolves the [[Comintern]] (or ''[[Third International]]'').
*[[1945]] - World War II: The final skirmish in [[Europe]] is fought near [[Prevalje]], [[Slovenia]].
*[[1948]] - Following the demise of the [[British Mandate of Palestine]], [[Egypt]], [[Transjordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Iraq]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] [[1948 Arab-Israeli War|attack]] [[Israel]].
*[[1951]] - The [[Poland|Polish]] [[cultural attache]] in [[Paris]], [[Czesław Miłosz]], asks the French government for [[political asylum]].
*[[1955]] - The [[Austrian Independence Treaty]] is signed.
* 1955 - The [[first ascent]] of [[Makalu]], the world's fifth highest mountain.
*[[1957]] - At [[Malden Island]] in the [[Pacific]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]] tests its first [[hydrogen bomb]] in [[Operation Grapple#Grapple|Operation Grapple]]. The device fails to detonate properly.
*[[1958]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Sputnik program|Sputnik 3]].
*[[1960]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Sputnik program|Sputnik 4]].
*[[1963]] - [[Project Mercury]]: The launch of the final Mercury mission, [[Mercury-Atlas 9]] with astronaut L. [[Gordon Cooper]] on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in [[outer space|space]].
* 1970 - President [[Richard Nixon]] appoints [[Anna Mae Hays]] and [[Elizabeth P. Hoisington]] the first female [[United States Army]] [[General]]s.
* 1970 - Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at [[Jackson State University]] by police during [[Jackson State killings|student protests]].
*[[1972]] - The island of [[Okinawa]], under U.S. military governance since its [[Battle of Okinawa|conquest]] in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
* 1972 - In [[Laurel, Maryland]], [[Arthur Bremer]] shoots and paralyzes [[Alabama]] [[Governor of Alabama|Governor]] [[George Wallace]] while he is campaigning to be become President.
*[[1974]] – [[Ma'alot massacre]]: A total of 31 people, including hostage takers, are killed.
*[[1987]] - The Soviet Union launches the [[Polyus (spacecraft)|Polyus]] prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
*[[1988]] - [[Soviet war in Afghanistan]]: After more than eight years of fighting, the [[Red Army]] begins its withdrawal from [[Afghanistan]].
*[[1990]] - ''[[Portrait of Doctor Gachet]]'' by [[Vincent van Gogh]] is sold for a record $82.5 million, the [[List of most expensive paintings|most expensive painting]] at the time.
*[[1991]] - [[Edith Cresson]] becomes France's first female [[Premier of France|prime minister]].
*[[1997]] - The United States government acknowledges the existence of the [[Laotian Civil War|"Secret War" in Laos]] and dedicates the [[Laos Memorial]] in honor of [[Hmong]] and other "Secret War" veterans.
*[[2008]] - [[Same-sex marriage in California|California]] becomes the second [[U.S. state]] after [[Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] in [[2004]] to legalize [[same-sex marriage]] after the state's own Supreme Court [[In re Marriage Cases|rules a previous ban unconstitutional]].


* '''''[[TSMS Lakonia|Lakonia]]''''' (ex-MS ''Johan van Oldenbarnevelt''): 20,314 ton [[Passenger ship|Passenger liner]], due to onboard fire in the [[Atlantic ocean]] while sailing to the island of [[Madeira]]. 128 fatalities.
==Births==
*[[1567]] - (baptism) [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Italian composer (d. [[1643]])
*[[1608]] - [[René Goupil]], French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. [[1642]])
*[[1720]] - [[Maximilian Hell]], Slovakian astronomer (d. [[1792]])
*[[1749]] - [[Levi Lincoln, Sr.]], American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. [[1820]])
*[[1773]] - Prince [[Klemens Wenzel von Metternich]], Austrian statesman (d. [[1859]])
*[[1786]] - General [[Dimitris Plapoutas]], a Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence (d. [[1864]])
*[[1817]] - [[Debendranath Tagore]], Indian religious reformer (d. [[1905]])
*[[1848]] - [[Viktor Vasnetsov]], Russian painter (d. [[1926]])
*[[1856]] - [[L. Frank Baum]], American author (d. [[1919]])
*[[1857]] - [[Williamina Fleming]], Scottish-born astronomer (d. [[1911]])
*[[1859]] - [[Pierre Curie]], French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. [[1906]])
*[[1862]] - [[Arthur Schnitzler]], Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. [[1931]])
*[[1890]] - [[Katherine Anne Porter]], American author (d. [[1980]])
*[[1891]] - [[Mikhail Bulgakov]], Russian writer (d. [[1940]])
* 1891 - [[Fritz Feigl]], Austria-born chemist (d. [[1971]])
*[[1892]] - [[Jimmy Wilde]], boxer (d. [[1969]])
*[[1895]] - [[William D. Byron]], U.S. Congressman (d. [[1941]])
*[[1898]] - [[Arletty]], French model and actress (d. [[1992]])
*[[1899]] - [[Jean-Etienne Valluy]], French general (d. [[1970]])
*[[1901]] - [[Xavier Herbert]], Australian author (d. [[1984]])
* 1901 - [[Luis Monti]], Argentine-Italian footballer (d. [[1983]])
*[[1902]] - [[Richard J. Daley]], Mayor of Chicago (d. [[1976]])
*[[1903]] - [[Maria Reiche]], German-born mathematician and archaeologist (d. [[1998]])
*[[1905]] - [[Joseph Cotten]], American actor (d. [[1994]])
*[[1907]] - [[Sukhdev Thapar]], Indian freedom fighter (d. [[1931]])
*[[1909]] - [[James Mason]], English actor (d. [[1984]])
*[[1910]] - [[Constance Cummings]], British [[actress]] (d. [[2005]])
*[[1911]] - [[Max Frisch]], Swiss author (d. [[1991]])
* 1911 - [[Herta Oberheuser]], Nazi doctor (d. [[1978]])
*[[1912]] - [[Arthur Berger]], American composer (d. [[2003]])
*[[1914]] - [[Turk Broda]], ice hockey goaltender (d. [[1972]])
* 1914 - [[Tenzing Norgay]], (adopted birthdate) Nepalese Sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary to the top of Mount Everest (d. [[1986]])
*[[1915]] - [[Hilda Bernstein]], English-born South African author, artist, and activist (d. [[2006]])
* 1915 - [[Mario Monicelli]], Italian director and screenwriter
* 1915 - [[Paul Samuelson]], American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1915 - [[Gus Viseur]], French button accordionist (d. [[1974]])
*[[1918]] - [[Eddy Arnold]], American country music singer (d. [[2008]])
* 1918 - [[Joseph Wiseman]], Canadian actor
*[[1922]] - [[Jakucho Setouchi]], Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
*[[1923]] - [[Richard Avedon]], American photographer (d. [[2004]])
* 1923 - [[John Lanchbery]], English composer (d. [[2003]])
* 1923 - [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], Indian actor (d. [[2003]])
*[[1924]] - [[Maria Koepcke]], German ornithologist (d. [[1971]])
*[[1926]] - [[Anthony Shaffer]], English playwright (d. [[2001]])
* 1926 - [[Peter Shaffer]], English playwright
*[[1930]] - [[Jasper Johns]], American painter
*[[1931]] - [[Ken Venturi]], American golfer
*[[1935]] - [[Utah Phillips]], American labor organizer and folk singer
*[[1936]] - [[Anna Maria Alberghetti]], Italian-born actress
* 1936 - [[Wavy Gravy]], American clown and activist
* 1936 - [[Ralph Steadman]], British cartoonist
* 1936 - [[Paul Zindel]], American writer (d. [[2003]])
*[[1937]] - [[Madeleine Albright]], U.S. Secretary of State
* 1937 - [[Trini Lopez|Trini López]], American musician
*[[1938]] - [[Mireille Darc]], French actress
* 1938 - [[Lenny Welch]], American singer
*[[1939]] - [[Dorothy Shirley]], British athlete
*[[1940]] - [[Lainie Kazan]], American actress and singer
* 1940 - [[Don Nelson]], American basketball coach, currently of the Golden State Warriors
*[[1941]] - [[K.T. Oslin]], American musician
*[[1942]] - [[Jusuf Kalla]], vice- president of Indonesia and Chairman of the Golkar Party.
* 1942 - [[Doug Lowe (Australian politician)|Doug Lowe]], 35th Premier of Tasmania
*[[1944]] - [[Ulrich Beck]], German sociologist
* 1944 - [[Bill Alter]], Missouri State Senator
*[[1945]] - [[Lasse Berghagen]], Swedish singer
* 1945 - [[Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza]], heir to the Portuguese crown
*[[1947]] - [[Graeham Goble]], Australian musician, singer/songwriter, and record producer (co-founding member of ''Little River Band'')
*[[1948]] - [[Brian Eno]], English musician and record producer
* 1948 - [[Kathleen Sebelius]], American politician, governor of Kansas
* 1948 - [[Yutaka Enatsu]], Japanese professional baseball pitcher
*[[1950]] - [[Nicholas Hammond]], American actor
*[[1951]] - [[Frank Wilczek]], American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
*[[1952]] - [[Chazz Palminteri]], American actor, writer and director
*[[1953]] - [[George Brett (baseball)|George Brett]], American baseball player
* 1953 - [[Mike Oldfield]], English composer
*[[1954]] - [[Robert P. Harrison]], American thinker
*[[1955]] - [[Lee Horsley]], American actor
*[[1956]] - [[Dan Patrick]], American sportscaster
*[[1957]] - [[Juan José Ibarretxe]], Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
* 1957 - [[Kevin Von Erich]], American professional wrestler
*[[1958]] - [[Ron Simmons]], American professional wrestler
*[[1959]] - [[Andrew Eldritch]], English singer and songwriter ''(The Sisters of Mercy)''
* 1959 - [[Kaokor Galaxy]], Thai boxer
* 1959 - [[Luis Perez-Sala]], Spanish racing driver
*[[1960]] - [[Rob Bowman (filmmaker)|Rob Bowman]], American film director
*[[1961]] - [[Katrin Cartlidge]], British actress (d. [[2002]])
*[[1961]] - [[Melle Mel]], American musician
* 1965 - [[Raí]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1966]] - [[Pete Wiggs]], English musician ''(Saint Etienne)''
*[[1967]] - [[Madhuri Dixit]], Indian actress
* 1967 - [[John Smoltz]], baseball player
*[[1968]] - [[Cecilia Malmström]], Swedish politician
* 1968 - [[Seth Putnam]], American musician
*[[1969]] - [[Hideki Irabu]], Japanese baseball player
* 1969 - [[Emmitt Smith]], American football player
* 1969 - [[Asalah Nasri]], Syrian singer
*[[1970]] - [[Martin Rossiter]], Welsh Musician
* 1970 - [[Frank de Boer]], Dutch football player
* 1970 - [[Ronald de Boer]], Dutch football player
* 1970 - [[Desmond Howard]], American football player
* 1970 - [[Rod Smith]], American football player
*[[1971]] - [[Phil Pfister]], American strength athlete
*[[1972]] - [[David Charvet]], French actor
*[[1974]] - [[Vassilis Kikilias]], Greek basketball player
* 1974 - [[Ahmet Zappa]], American musician
* 1974 - [[Shiney Ahuja]], Indian actor
*[[1975]] - [[Ray Lewis (NFL)|Ray Lewis]], American football player
*[[1976]] - [[Adolfo Bautista]], Mexican footballer
* 1976 - [[Torraye Braggs]], American basketball player
* 1976 - [[Jacek Krzynówek]], Polish footballer
* 1976 - [[Ryan Leaf]], American football player
* 1976 - [[Tyler Walker]], baseball player
*[[1978]] - [[Amy Chow]], American gymnast
* 1978 - [[Dwayne DeRosario]], Canadian footballer
* 1978 - [[Caroline Dhavernas]], Canadian actress
* 1978 - [[Eduardo César Gaspar|Edu]], Brazilian footballer
* 1978 - [[David Krumholtz]], American actor
* 1978 - [[Krissy Taylor]], American model (d. [[1995]])
*[[1980]] - [[Josh Beckett]], American baseball player
* 1980 - [[Rocky Marquette]], American actor
*[[1981]] - [[Patrice Evra]], French-Senegalese footballer
* 1981 - [[Justin Morneau]], Canadian baseball player
* 1981 - [[Zara Phillips]], British royal and eventer
* 1981 - [[Jamie-Lynn Sigler]], American actress
*[[1982]] - [[Alex Breckenridge]], American actress
* 1982 - [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]], Jamaican athlete
* 1982 - [[Segundo Castillo]], Ecuadorian footballer
* 1982 - [[Tatsuya Fujiwara]], Japanese actor
* 1982 - [[Jessica Sutta]], American dancer, singer and actress ''(The Pussycat Dolls)''
*[[1983]] - [[Devin Bronson]], American guitarist (Avril Lavigne)
*[[1984]] - [[Sérgio Jimenez]], Brazilian racing driver
*[[1985]] - [[Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva|Cristiane]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1986]] - [[Matías Fernández]], Chilean footballer
* 1986 - [[Adam Moffat]], Scottish football player
*[[1986]] - [[Kyle Loza]],Freestyle Motocross Rider
*[[1987]] - [[Ersan İlyasova]], Turkish basketball player
* 1987 - [[Jennylyn Mercado]], Filipina actress and singer
* 1987 - [[Andy Murray]], Scottish tennis player
*[[1990]] - [[Joseph Mattock|Joe Mattock]], English football player
*[[1995]] - [[Ksenia Sitnik]], Belarusian singer


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==Deaths==
* [[913]] - [[Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz]]
*[[1036]] - [[Emperor Go-Ichijo|Emperor Go-Ichijō]] of Japan (b. [[1008]])
*[[1157]] - [[Yury Dolgoruky]], Russian prince
*[[1174]] - [[Nur ad-Din]], ruler of Syria (b. [[1118]])
*[[1381]] - [[Eppelein von Gailingen]], German robber baron
*[[1470]] - [[Charles VIII of Sweden]] (b. [[1409]])
*[[1585]] - [[Niwa Nagahide]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1535]])
*[[1591]] - [[Dmitry Ivanovich]], Tsarevich (b. [[1582]])
*[[1609]] - [[Giovanni Croce]], Italian composer (b. [[1557]])
*[[1634]] - [[Hendrick Avercamp]], Dutch painter (b. [[1585]])
*[[1698]] - [[Marie Champmeslé]], French actress (b. [[1642]])
*[[1699]] - [[Edward Petre]], English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. [[1631]])
*[[1714]] - [[Roger Elliott]], British general and Governor of Gibraltar
*[[1740]] - [[Ephraim Chambers]], English encyclopaedist (b. [[1680]])
*[[1760]] - [[Alaungpaya]], King of Burma (b. [[1711]])
*[[1773]] - [[Alban Butler]], English Catholic priest and writer (b. [[1710]])
*[[1782]] - [[Marquis of Pombal]], Prime Minister of Portugal (b. [[1699]])
*[[1879]] - [[Gottfried Semper]], German architect (b. [[1803]])
*[[1886]] - [[Emily Dickinson]], American poet (b. [[1830]])
*[[1924]] - [[Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant]], French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. [[1852]])
*[[1935]] - [[Kazimir Malevich]], Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. [[1878]])
*[[1937]] - [[Phillip Snowden]], British politician (b. [[1864]])
*[[1940]] - [[Menno ter Braak]], Dutch author and polemicist (b. [[1902]])
*[[1945]] - [[Charles Williams]], UK writer (b. [[1886]])
*[[1948]] - [[Edward Flanagan]], American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. [[1886]])
*[[1954]] - [[William March]], American writer (b. [[1893]])
*[[1956]] - [[Austin Osman Spare]], English magician (b. [[1886]])
*[[1964]] - [[Vladko Maček]], Kingdom of Yugoslavia deputy prime minister (b. [[1879]])
*[[1967]] - [[Edward Hopper]], American painter (b. [[1882]])
*[[1971]] - [[Tyrone Guthrie]], English director, producer, and writer (b. [[1900]])
*[[1978]] - Sir [[Robert Menzies]], twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. [[1894]])
*[[1982]] - [[Gordon Smiley]], American race car driver (b. [[1946]])
*[[1984]] - [[Francis Schaeffer]], American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. [[1912]])
*[[1986]] - [[Theodore White]], American writer (b. [[1915]])
* 1986 - [[Elio de Angelis]], Italian race car driver (b. [[1958]])
*[[1989]] - [[Johnny Green]], American songwriter (b. [[1908]])
*[[1991]] - [[Andreas Floer]], German mathematician (b. [[1956]])
* 1991 - [[Ronald Lacey]], English actor (b. [[1935]])
*[[1992]] - [[Jovy Marcelo]], Filipino race car driver (b. [[1965]])
*[[1993]] - [[Salah Ahmed Ibrahim]], Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. [[1933]])
*[[1994]] - [[Gilbert Roland]], Mexican actor (b. [[1905]])
*[[1995]] - [[Eric Porter]], British actor (b. [[1928]])
*[[1996]] - [[Charles B. Fulton]], American jurist (b. [[1910]])
*[[1998]] - [[Earl Manigault]], American basketball player (b. [[1944]])
*[[2003]] - [[June Carter Cash]], American musician and singer (b. [[1929]])
* 2003 - [[George Francis (suspected mobster)|George Francis]], British gangster (b. [[1940]])
*[[2005]] - [[Alan B. Gold]], Quebec Chief Justice (b. [[1917]])
*[[2007]] - [[Jerry Falwell]], American evangelist (b. [[1933]])
* 2007 - [[Yolanda King]], American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. [[1955]])
*[[2008]] - [[Alexander Courage]], composer of original ''Star Trek'' theme (b. [[1919]])
*2008 - [[Tommy Burns (footballer)|Tommy Burns]], Scottish footballer (b. [[1956]])
* 2008 - [[Robert Dunlop]], Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (b. [[1960]])
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==Holidays and observances==
* International [[Conscientious Objector]]s' Day
*[[Paraguay]] - [[Independence Day]]. Celebrations for the anniversary of the independence begin on [[Flag Day]], [[14 May]].
*[[Roman Empire]] - [[Mercuralia]] in honor of [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] held.
*[[Buddha's Birthday]] in [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]] and [[South Korea]] ([[2005]]).
*[[United States]] - [[Peace Officers Memorial Day]].
*[[Slovenia]] - Day of [[Slovenian armed forces]].
*[[Teacher's Day]] in [[Mexico]] ''(Día del Maestro)'' and [[South Korea]] (스승의 날).
*[[Nakba Day]] in [[Palestinian people|Palestinian communities]].
In the [[Roman Catholic Church]]:
* [[Achillius of Larissa|Saint Achillius]]
* [[Hilary of Galeata]]
* [[Saint Isidore the Labourer]]
* [[Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle]]
* [[Saint Reticius]]
* [[Saint Denise]]
* [[Saint Dymphna]]
* [[Saint Hallvard]] (in [[Norway]])
* [[Seven Apostolic Men]]
In the [[Coptic Church]]
* [[Athanasius of Alexandria]]


[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1963]]
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/15 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=05|day=15}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=May&day=15 On This Day in Canada]
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[[ka:15 მაისი]]
[[csb:15 môja]]
[[kk:Мамырдың 15]]
[[sw:15 Mei]]
[[ht:15 me]]
[[ku:15'ê gulanê]]
[[la:15 Maii]]
[[lv:15. maijs]]
[[lb:15. Mee]]
[[lt:Gegužės 15]]
[[li:15 mei]]
[[lmo:15 05]]
[[hu:Május 15.]]
[[mk:15 мај]]
[[ml:മേയ് 15]]
[[mr:मे १५]]
[[ms:15 Mei]]
[[nah:Tlamācuīlti 15]]
[[nl:15 mei]]
[[nds-nl:15 meie]]
[[ja:5月15日]]
[[nap:15 'e maggio]]
[[no:15. mai]]
[[nn:15. mai]]
[[nrm:15 Mai]]
[[nov:15 de maye]]
[[oc:15 de mai]]
[[uz:15-may]]
[[nds:15. Mai]]
[[pl:15 maja]]
[[pt:15 de Maio]]
[[ksh:15. Meij]]
[[ro:15 mai]]
[[ru:15 мая]]
[[se:Miessemánu 15.]]
[[sco:15 Mey]]
[[sq:15 Maj]]
[[scn:15 di maiu]]
[[simple:May 15]]
[[sk:15. máj]]
[[sl:15. maj]]
[[so:15 Meey]]
[[sr:15. мај]]
[[sh:15.5.]]
[[su:15 Méi]]
[[fi:15. toukokuuta]]
[[sv:15 maj]]
[[tl:Mayo 15]]
[[ta:மே 15]]
[[tt:15. May]]
[[te:మే 15]]
[[th:15 พฤษภาคม]]
[[vi:15 tháng 5]]
[[tg:15 май]]
[[tr:15 Mayıs]]
[[uk:15 травня]]
[[ur:15 مئی]]
[[vec:15 de majo]]
[[vo:Mayul 15]]
[[fiu-vro:15. lehekuu päiv]]
[[wa:15 di may]]
[[vls:15 meie]]
[[war:Mayo 15]]
[[yo:15 May]]
[[zh-yue:5月15號]]
[[bat-smg:Gegožė 15]]
[[zh:5月15日]]

Revision as of 08:37, 11 October 2008

The list of shipwrecks in 1963 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1963.

December

December 22

See also

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