October 1963

Tuesday 01:

California State Board of Education created.

Monday 07:

Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190.

Wednesday 09:

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.

Monday 14:

The term "Beatlemania" is coined by the British press to describe the scene at the previous night's performance by The Beatles on the TV show "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium," a top-rated program that was the British equivalent to "The Ed Sullivan Show."