Centuries: 20th21st | ||
Decades: 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s | ||
Events during the year 1963 in Northern Ireland.
Contents
Incumbents
Governor - The Lord Wakehurst
Prime Minister - Basil Brooke (until 25 March), Terence O'Neill (from 25 March)
Events
17 January – Prototype Short SC.7 Skyvan short-haul freighter first flies.
25 March – Terence O'Neill succeeds Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
23 September – British Enkalon synthetic fibre factory opens in Antrim.
2 October – Second Short SC.1 VTOL research aircraft (XG905), flying from Belfast Harbour Airport, crashes due to a control malfunction, killing the pilot, J. R. Green.
28 October – Belfast Aldergrove opened as the principal airport for Northern Ireland, civilian facilities transferring from Nutts Corner.
Sport
Football
Irish League
Winners: Distillery
Irish Cup
Winners: Linfield 2 – 1 Distillery
Golf
British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship is held at Royal County Down Golf Club, (winner: Brigitte Varangot).
Births
10 July – Conor Murphy, Sinn Féin MP and MLA.
30 July – Thomas Buchanan, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
9 August – Sam Storey, boxer.
25 August – Candida Doyle, keyboard player.
12 October – Alan McDonald, footballer and football manager.
27 October – Johnny Adair, loyalist paramilitary.
11 December
Tom Elliott, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
David Hilditch – Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
15 December – Christopher "Crip" McWilliams, Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army.
Richard English, historian.
Siobhán O'Hanlon, Sinn Féin official (died 2006).