Editing 1963 (section)

===August===
{{Main|August 1963}}
[[File:March on Washington edit.jpg|thumb|right|150px|August 28: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]]
* [[August 5]] &ndash; The United States, United Kingdom and [[Soviet Union]] sign the [[Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty]].<ref name=PNTBT>{{cite web |title=Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water |url=http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/t/test_ban |publisher=United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs |access-date=2018-10-10}}</ref>
* [[August 8]] &ndash; The [[Great Train Robbery (1963)|Great Train Robbery]] takes place in [[Buckinghamshire]], England.
* [[August 14]] &ndash; A huge and devastating [[forest fire]] hits the region around [[Paraná (state)|Paraná State]], [[Brazil]]. According to government documents, two million hectares (4.94&nbsp;million acres) are lost to burning and 110 persons perished.<ref>[[:pt:Incêndio florestal no Paraná dm 1963]] ''(Portuguese language edition)'' Retrieved on July 3, 2020.</ref>
* [[August 15]] &ndash; ''[[Trois Glorieuses (1963)|Trois Glorieuses]]'': President [[Fulbert Youlou]] is overthrown in the [[Republic of Congo]] after a three-day uprising in the capital, [[Brazzaville]].
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Xá Lợi Pagoda raids]]: The [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces]] loyal to [[Ngô Đình Nhu]], brother of President [[Ngô Đình Diệm]], vandalise Buddhist pagodas across South Vietnam, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. In the wake of the raids, the [[Kennedy administration]] by [[Cable 243]] orders the [[United States Embassy, Saigon]] to explore alternative leadership in the country, opening the way towards a coup against Diệm.
* [[August 22]] &ndash; American test pilot [[Joseph A. Walker|Joe Walker]] again achieves a sub-orbital spaceflight according to international standards, this time by piloting the [[X-15]] to an altitude of 67.0 miles (107.8 kilometers).
* [[August 24]] &ndash; First games played in the [[Bundesliga]], the primary professional [[Association football]] league in [[West Germany]], replacing the Oberliga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=10 things on the Bundesliga |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/[object%20Object]/faq/10-things-on-the-bundesliga |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] delivers his "[[I Have a Dream]]" speech on the steps of the [[Lincoln Memorial]] to an audience of at least 250,000, during the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]]. It is, at that point, the single [[Largest protests in American history|largest protest in American history]].
* [[August 30]] &ndash; The [[Moscow–Washington hotline]] (a direct [[teleprinter]] link) is inaugurated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy.<ref>{{cite news |title='Hot Line' Ready For Use In East–West Crisis |journal=Miami News |date=1963-08-31 |page=4}}</ref>