Editing 1963 (section)

===June===
{{Main|June 1963}}
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Huế chemical attacks]]: The [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] rains [[chloroacetone|liquid chemicals]] on the heads of Buddhist protestors, injuring 67 people. The United States threatens to cut off aid to the regime of [[Ngô Đình Diệm]].
* [[June 4]] &ndash; President of the United States [[John F. Kennedy]] signs [[Executive Order 11110]], authorizing the [[Secretary of the Treasury]] to continue issuing [[Silver certificate (United States)|silver certificates]].
* [[June 5]] &ndash; The first annual [[National Hockey League]] [[NHL Entry Draft|Entry Draft]] is held in [[Montreal]], Canada.
[[File:Thích Quảng Đức self-immolation.jpg|thumb|250px|Thích Quảng Đức's self-immolation]]
* [[June 11]] &ndash; In [[Saigon]], [[Buddhist monk]] [[Thích Quảng Đức]] commits [[self-immolation]] to protest the oppression of Buddhists by [[Ngô Đình Diệm]]’s government.
* [[June 13]] 
** The cancellation of [[Mercury-Atlas 10]] effectively ends the United States' manned [[spaceflight]] [[Project Mercury]].
** The New York Commodity Exchange begins trading silver [[futures contract]]s.
* [[June 15]] &ndash; The [[AC Cobra]] makes its first appearance at the [[1963 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]]. It will go on to win its class [[1964 24 Hours of Le Mans|the following year]].
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Vostok 6]] carries Soviet cosmonaut [[Valentina Tereshkova]], the first woman into space.
* [[June 17]] &ndash; In ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]],'' the [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] ruled that compulsory [[School prayer in the United States|prayer]] and Bible-reading violated the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]].
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Valentina Tereshkova]] the first woman in space, returns to Earth, landing in the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[June 20]]
** Establishment of the [[Moscow–Washington hotline]] (officially, the Direct Communications Link or DCL; unofficially, the "red telephone"; and in fact a [[teleprinter]] link) is authorized by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva by representatives of the Soviet Union and the United States.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Hot Line Agreements (1963, 1971, 1984) |title=Historical Dictionary Of Arms Control And Disarmament |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000lars |url-access=registration |first1=Jeffrey A. |last1=Larsen |first2=James M. |last2=Smith |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2005 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000lars/page/107 107]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Kahn |title=The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=1996 |page=715}}</ref>
** Swedish Air Force Colonel [[Stig Wennerström (spy)|Stig Wennerström]] is arrested as a spy for the [[Soviet Union]].
** War film ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'' (starring [[Steve McQueen]] and [[Richard Attenborough]]) is premiered in London.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Great Escape, premiere |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=20 June 1963 |page=2}}</ref>
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul VI]] (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds [[Pope John XXIII]] as the 262nd [[pope]].
* [[June 26]]
** [[John F. Kennedy]] gives his "[[Ich bin ein Berliner]]" speech in [[West Berlin]], Germany.<ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Simon |title=Shakespeare on the German stage |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge England New York |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-521-34386-2 |page=351}}</ref>
** [[David Ben-Gurion]] is replaced by [[Levi Eshkol]] as prime minister of Israel.