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In the year 1963
424 Notable deaths
Medgar Evers
African-american civil rights activist (1925-1963).
Born July 2nd, 1925 in Decatur.
Died June 12th, 1963 at 37 years old in Jackson.
Ernie Davis
American football player.
Born December 14th, 1939 in New Salem-Buffington.
Died May 18th, 1963 at 23 years old in Cleveland (leukemia).
John XXIII
Head of the catholic church from 1958 to 1963.
Born November 25th, 1881 in Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII.
Died June 3rd, 1963 at 81 years old in Vatican City (stomach cancer).
Michael Rockefeller
Youngest son of new york governor nelson aldrich rockefeller.
Born May 18th, 1938 in New York City.
Died February 24th, 1963 at 24 years old in Asmat. [ref]
Dick Powell
American actor.
Born November 14th, 1904 in Mountain View. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1963 at 58 years old in West Los Angeles (lymphoma). [ref]
Ngo Dinh Diem
President of the republic of vietnam (1901-1963).
Born January 3rd, 1901 in Huế.
Died November 2nd, 1963 at 62 years old in Ho Chi Minh City (ballistic trauma).
Robert Stroud
American inmate and ornithologist (1890-1963).
Born January 28th, 1890 in Seattle.
Died November 21st, 1963 at 73 years old in Springfield.
Jean Cocteau
French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (1889–1963).
Born July 5th, 1889 in Maisons-Laffitte. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1963 at 74 years old in Espagne (myocardial infarction). [ref]
J. D. Tippit
American police officer.
Born September 18th, 1924 in Red River County.
Died November 22nd, 1963 at 39 years old in Dallas.
Oleg Penkovsky
British spy in the ussr.
Born April 23rd, 1919 in Vladikavkaz.
Died May 16th, 1963 at 44 years old in Moscow.
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