Timeline August 1963

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• 1868 – 1963 W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) Died 27 August 1963, aged 95 W.E.B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian and civil rights leader who co-founded the NAACP and championed Pan-Africanism. He spent his final years in Ghana after growing disillusioned with racial progress in the United States. He died in Accra on the eve of the March on Washington.
• 1882 – 1963 Georges Braque Cubism · France Georges Braque (May 13, 1882 – August 31, 1963) was a French painter who co-founded Cubism with Picasso. His fragmented, multi-perspective compositions transformed Western painting and influenced every major art movement that followed.
• 1895 – 1963 Richard Barthelmess (1895-1963) American actor, D. W. Griffith's leading man and a nominee at the very first Academy Awards.
• 1963 US Championships 1963 Men: Rafael Osuna · Women: Maria Bueno
• 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed US, UK and USSR agree to end atmospheric nuclear testing The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union signed a treaty in Moscow banning nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, outer space and underwater. It was the first major arms control agreement of the Cold War, though underground testing continued. Dozens of other nations later joined.
• 1963 Great Train Robbery Gang steals a fortune from a Royal Mail train in England A gang of robbers stopped a Glasgow-to-London mail train in Buckinghamshire and stole over 2.6 million pounds, an enormous sum at the time. Most of the gang were later caught and given long prison sentences, though some evaded capture for years. The heist became one of Britain's most notorious crimes.
• 1963 – 2012 Whitney Houston (1963-2012) Died 11 February 2012, aged 48 American singer and actress and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, known for hits including "I Will Always Love You." She was found dead in a hotel bathtub in Beverly Hills, with drowning and heart disease as contributing factors.
• 1963 Stevie Wonder tops the charts with Fingertips Youngest number one At 13 he becomes the youngest artist with a Billboard number one.
• 1963 Richard Barthelmess dies in Southampton Richard Barthelmess dies aged 68.
• 1963 Bob Dylan sings at the March on Washington Civil rights Performs on the day of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech.
• 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Mass civil rights demonstration in the US capital Some 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. to demand civil and economic rights for Black Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the Lincoln Memorial steps. The march built pressure that helped secure passage of the Civil Rights Act the following year.
• 1963 Moscow-Washington hotline established Direct communication link created after the missile crisis The United States and Soviet Union established a direct teletype link between the White House and the Kremlin, prompted by communication delays during the previous year's Cuban Missile Crisis. The "red telephone" became a lasting symbol of Cold War crisis management. It was first used during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.