Editing 1963 (section)

===October===
{{Main|October 1963}}
* [[October 1]] &ndash; U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] toasts Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] at a luncheon in [[Rockville, Maryland]].
* [[October 2]]
** [[Nigeria]] becomes a [[republic]]; The [[First Nigerian Republic|1st Republican Constitution]] is established.
** The [[Presidential Commission on the Status of Women]] in the United States issues its final reports to President Kennedy.
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[1963 Honduran coup d'état]]: A violent coup in [[Honduras]] pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform under President [[Ramón Villeda Morales]] and begins two decades of military rule under General [[Oswaldo López Arellano]].
* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Flora]], one of the worst Atlantic storms in history, hits [[Hispaniola]] and [[Cuba]], killing nearly 7,000 people.
*[[October 7]] &ndash; [[Buddhist crisis]]: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady [[Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu]] arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the [[Kennedy administration]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Howard |last=Jones |year=2003 |title=Death of a Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-505286-2 |location=New York City |pages=372, 385}}</ref>
* [[October 9]] &ndash; In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the [[Vajont Dam]] causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty]], signed on [[August 5]], takes effect.<ref name=PNTBT/>
* [[October 14]] &ndash; A revolution starts in [[Radfan]], [[South Yemen]], against British colonial rule.
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Erhard]] replaces [[Konrad Adenauer]] as Chancellor of West Germany.<ref>{{cite book |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2014 |page=312}}</ref>
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Alec Douglas-Home]] succeeds [[Harold Macmillan]] as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Mark Dunton |title=Images of The National Archives: Prime Ministers of the 20th Century |isbn=978-1-5267-2952-1 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books Limited |year=2021 |page=59}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] &ndash; Fire at the Soviet Union's [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] in an [[R-9 Desna]] [[Missile launch facility|underground missile silo]]; seven people are killed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kiselev |first=A. I. |title=Astronautics: summary and prospects |publisher=Springer |location=Wien London |year=2003 |isbn=978-3-211-83890-7 |page=538}}</ref>
* [[October 30]] &ndash; The car manufacturing firm [[Lamborghini]] is founded in Italy.
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion]]: 81 die in a gas explosion during a [[Holiday on Ice]] show at the [[Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum]] in [[Indianapolis]], United States.