Chemical Engineering - 1963

• January 22 - France and West Germany sign treaty of cooperation - ending 400 years of conflict.

• April 21 - Michael De Bakey implants artificial heart in human for first time at a Houston hospital; patient lives for four days.

• June 3 - Pope John XXIII dies

• June 21 - Cardinal Montini succeeds Pope John XXIII and becomes Pope Paul VI.

• June 17 - US Supreme Court declares no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.

• August 28 - Reverend Martin Luther King delivers "I have a Dream" speech during Civil Rights Rally in Washington, DC.

• November 23 - President John F.Kennedy is assassinated by a sniper in Dallas.  Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president that same day.

• November 24 - Lee Harvey Oswold, accused assassin of President Kenny, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby.

• Kenya achives independence.

• There are 15,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam.