1 January: Osamu Tezuka's
Astro Boy. Japan's first serialized animated TV series based off of the popular manga, is broadcasted for the first time, on the Japanese TV station Fuji Television.
2 January: The battle of Durban, Syndicalist funded and trained Blacks clashed against South African authorities in the deadliest Township Riot so far, over 50 Blacks and 45 Whites were killed during the battle.
14 January: In outrage over the passage of ANSA, George Wallace was elected as the governor of Alabama, in his inauguration speech, he infamously said "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"
18 January: The
New Otani Hotel, a pioneering building in Japanese Skyscraper history, was inaugurated.
22 January: The
Élysée Treaty between the Commune of France and the Bavarian Commune, Rhennish Commune, North German Union, and Prussia, was signed. The signing of the Élysée treaty is widely regarded as a formal 'end' to Franco-German rivalry, and an important stepping stone towards the reunification of Germany.
10 February: Ten cities in Kyushu merged to form the city of Kitakyushu
18 February: Gunung Agung in Bali, Insulindia, has commenced volcanic activity that reduced global tempratures by 0.4 degrees celsius.
19 February: The Feminine Mystique, written by Betty Friedan, was published. Ushering a reawakening of the Women's Movement in America.
30 March: The Tokaido Shinkansen reaches a top speed of 256 Km/h, a world record for Train Speeds.
31 March: The 1962-63 New York Newspaper Strike ends after 114 days.
1 April: The 1st episode of the long running Soap Opera show,
General Hospital, was aired in the Union State of America.
3 April: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference kicks off the
Birmingham Campaign against Racial Segregation in America, with a sit-in.
10 April: The Japanese Nuclear Submarine I-507 nearly sank. A simple safety inspection on the Submarine's ballast tanks revealed some notable deficiencies that could lead to the Submarine sinking and not being able to go back to the surface.
12 April: Martin Luther King was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama. For "Parading without a permit."
14 April: The Institute for
Mental health in Belgrade was established.
16 April: Martin Luther King wrote his famous "Letter from the Birmingham Jail."
18 April: Negotiations between Japanese and South-African diplomats break down after recent Township riots. With one of the negotiators saying 'South Africa will remain White and Pure!'
1 May: The first Insulindian Papuan Football Team from Papua,
Persipura Jayapura, was formed.
2 May: Thousands of Black Americans were arrested in Birmingham, Alabama. With flagrant violations of ANSA on full display for all Americans on live TV.
4 May: John F Kennedy signs an executive order expelling both Public Safety Commissioner Eugene 'Bull' Connor and Governor George Wallace, also signing another executive order declaring a national state of emergency exclusively for Alabama.
5 May: Huey Long, former American Union State President, famously gave a speech on Live Television supporting John F Kennedy's actions. A particular line from him became famous: 'I said every man a king, not every white man a king!'
8 May: The first CVS pharmacy opens in Massachusetts.
10 May: With significant political pressure from the Kennedy Administration, the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favour of ANSA on the Alabama Case against it. Marking a grave blow for segregationists and potentially setting the tone for future major Supreme Court cases in the future.
16 May: 6 days after the Supreme Court ruling. Congress would pass the Universal Healthcare Act, also known popularly as the Medicare Act. Creating a Countrywide Healthcare System in which all Americans are eligible on entering, Kennedy noted in his speech to Congress that 'No man and woman, black or white, shall be denied access to this program under any circumstances, not one man from Mississippi nor one woman in Washington State.'
3 June: A series of laws was passed by the Japanese Diet, all of them focusing on the distribution of legal drugs and the regulations of drugs and psychoactive substances in general. It's coming effects in the next couple of months would mark the first successful drug legalization and decriminalization program in the world.
10 June:
- John F Kennedy, after signing the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law, was nearly shot and killed by a sniper while in the Oval Office.
- Later on that day. Kennedy, seemingly defiant, stated that he would begin the process of drafting a new Civil Rights and Voting Rights act; his statement, recorded on radio while he's in a hospital, inflamed the South even further.
- Talks in the American South were abound about a '3rd American Civil war.'
11 June: In Southern Rhodesia, the first Mozambique Troops, in coordination with Syndicalist Black guerrillas in the area, crossed the border in a raid, surprising the South African garrison, killing troops before looting weapons and going back to their own borders.
14 June: Exercise SEALANDAIR 1963, hosted in the Federation of Malaya and the Republic of Insulindia, hosted the largest agglomeration of CPS troops in history. Almost 350.000 troops from all countries in the CPS participated in a joint exercise in both Peninsular Malaya and Sumatra, with Naval Invasions and Army Coordination being important focuses for this year's exercise.
15 June: For the first time in history, a Japanese Manufacturer won the prestigious racing event in Le Mans, Commune of France. An independent, small car company by the name of Mitsuoka, with their Race Car known as the
Yuubari winning the race.
1 July: the Philippines and Siam became officially the first ever non western country (besides Japan) to be granted the status of 'developed' or 'high income' by multiple NGO's across the globe.
13 July: The first ever American spaceship, the Mercury 1, was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Despite potential threats of White Militias potentially disrupting the launch. The process went on smoothly. With American Astronaut John Glenn landing safely in the North Pacific, picked up by American Aircraft Carriers.
26 July: Combat all across Rhodesia, Bechuanaland and Namibia between South African troops and Syndietern troops from Angola and Mozambique leaves thousands dead, the situation in South Africa begins to slowly spiral out of control.
30 July: Treaty of Kampala. The Realm of Kikuyuland signs a peace treaty with Tanganyika and Buganda. With both countries ceding territories bordering the country. Stanley Mathenge, Generalissimo of the country, announces that he would step down as the leader of the country on the 1st of December this year, and elections would be held immediately after his resignation.
4 August: Operation Southern Shield. With the assent from the President, AIS (American Intelligence Service) Agents all across the country begin the process of infiltrating, and dismantling various hate groups throughout the American South.
7 August: The first Hatsuyuki Class Destroyer, the
Hatsuyuki, begins Seaworthiness trials on this day. She is the first of the next generation of Japanese General Purpose Destroyers. With some 55 ships being planned to be built in the coming years.
8 August: The first (and only) Nuclear Cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The
Isokaze was launched from Yokosuka Shipyard in the morning. High development and construction costs forced the IJN to limit the production of this ship to just 1.
28 August: Martin Luther King delivers his famous '
I have a dream' speech among an audience of at least 250.000. His march on Washington was the single largest protest in American history.
1 September: The first ever train with an Automatic Train Stop (ATS) system was unveiled for the Tokyo Subway
5 September: Insulindia announces the creation of a nationwide Anti Corruption Commission, with the aid and advice from Japanese experts within the field of graft, collusion, and senior civil servants. Insulindia hopes that the problem of rampant corruption within its country could be curbed with the creation of this Commission.
15 September: The
16th Baptist Church Bombing, in Birmingham, Alabama, kills 4 and injures 22.
18 September: American Senator Strom Thurmond was found dead in his residence in Washington DC, a staunch opponent against segregation, supporters of the Senator and his policies suspected that Kennedy and his ilk was responsible for the Senator's death.
25 September: White mobs congregate outside the embassies of the Union of Britain, Commune of France, and Japan in Pretoria, they are only held back when shots were fired in the air by the respective embassies' guards.
29 September: The Second Period of the
Second Vatican Council was opened in Rome, Socialist Republic of Italy, under the commandment of the so-called 'Red Pope', the Vatican II would decide that it wasn't Jewish people that was responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.
2 October: Tanganyikan Revolution. The Askari controlled government of Tanganyika suffers a popular revolution, as members of it's newer officer corps felt no loyalty to the government in Dar Es Salaam. Defeat in the war also led to popular discontent among the population. The newly proclaimed Republic of Tanzania after a joint military and civilian administration coup in the capital, would organize elections by the end of next year.
4 October: Hurricane Flora hits Hispaniola and Cuba, killing 7.000 people.
15 October: The collapse of South Africa. In Pretoria, in an effort to control the rapidly collapsing country, the Government would order all Whites to formally commit themselves into a 'General Defense for the country', broadcasted in Radio and shown in pamphlets. The government would order all whites to go into the Townships and 'Bring Order into the ungrateful Blacks and Coloreds.'
28 October: Pennsylvania Station in New York City would be renovated as a hub for a proposed high speed rail line connecting all of the Eastern Seaboard's major cities.
31 October: 74 die in a gas explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum in Indianapolis.
6 November: The collapse of South Africa. With the approval of both France and Britain. Mozambique and Angola cross the border of the country. Seemingly intent on taking Rhodesia and Namibia.
9 November: Two major accidents in Japan.
16 November: A newspaper strike occurs in Toledo, Ohio.
20 November: White leaders in South Africa formally ended negotiations between the Japanese delegation on any power sharing agreement. Citing recent political developments.
22 November: In a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. President John F Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. He was fortunately driving in a closed top car, and the shot impacted the Bullet proof glass. Kennedy was promptly flown back to DC for safety reasons.
29 November: An Air Canada flight crashed near Dorval International Airport in Montréal, killing all 118 on-board. It was the worst air disaster in Canadian history.
1 December: President John F Kennedy establishes the Warren Commission in order to investigate the attempted assassination attempt on his life.
3 December: The Warren Commission begins formal investigations.
7 December: At the annual Army-Navy rivalry football game played in Philadelphia, Union State of America. The first instance of the live replay was utilized. Shocking and Wowing audiences.
15 December: Reunification Day, after months of negotiations. The German States of Bavaria, Rhennish Commune, North German Union and Prussia, would reunify as the Socialist Republic of Germany. With the added clause that the new state would cede all of East Prussia to Poland.
18 December: Negotiations for Brazilian Reunification would begin. With the UoB and France hosting the negotiations in the cities of Birmingham and Nantes respectively.
25 December: The Disney Movie The Sword in the Stone was aired across theatres all around America. It is the last film personally supervised by Walt Disney himself.
31 December: Intense battles all across South Africa rages. As White South Africans fight Blacks and Coloreds in the Townships, and Syndietern troops in Rhodesia and Namibia. Half of Rhodesia and all of Northern Namibia has fallen to Syndietern troops, with blacks and coloreds Self Defense Forces taking full control of the city of Durban.