1963 in Northern Ireland

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See also:	1963 in the United Kingdom ; 1963 in Ireland ; Other events of 1963 ; List of years in Northern Ireland ;

Last updated October 13, 2023

Events during the year 1963 in Northern Ireland .

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.^[1]
28 October – Belfast Aldergrove opened as the principal airport for Northern Ireland, civilian facilities transferring from Nutts Corner.

Arts and literature

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).

Deaths

22 November – C. S. Lewis, novelist and author of The Chronicles of Narnia (born 1898).
30 November – Dehra Parker, longest serving woman MP in Northern Ireland and first woman to serve in the Northern Ireland Cabinet.
December – Andy Kennedy, footballer (born 1897).

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References

↑ "Test Flying Memorial site of British test pilots and engineers who died while test-flying (1946–1970 page)". Testflyingmemorial.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009.

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