Editing 1963 (section)

===July===
{{Main|July 1963}}
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[ZIP code]]s are introduced by the [[United States Postal Service]].
* [[July 5]] &ndash; Diplomatic relations between the [[Israel]]i and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level.
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Double Seven Day scuffle]]: Secret police loyal to [[Ngô Đình Nhu]], brother of President [[Ngô Đình Diệm]], attack American journalists including [[Peter Arnett]] and [[David Halberstam]] at a demonstration during the [[Buddhist crisis]] in South Vietnam.
* [[July 11]] &ndash; South Africa: police raid [[Liliesleaf Farm]] to the north of [[Johannesburg]], arresting a group of [[African National Congress]] leaders.
* [[July 19]] &ndash; American test pilot [[Joseph A. Walker|Joe Walker]], flying the [[X-15]], reaches an altitude of 65.8 miles (105.9 kilometers), making it a sub-orbital spaceflight by recognized international standards.
* [[July 26]]
** An [[1963 Skopje earthquake|earthquake]] in [[Skopje]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] (present-day [[North Macedonia]]) leaves 1,800 dead.
** [[NASA]] launches [[Syncom]] 2, the world's first [[geostationary orbit|geostationary]] ([[geosynchronous orbit|synchronous]]) [[satellite]].
* [[July 30]] &ndash; The Soviet newspaper ''[[Izvestia]]'' reports that British diplomat and [[double agent]] [[Kim Philby]] has been given asylum in Moscow.