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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 19, 1963 |
Milan-San Remo |
Joseph Groussard (Fra) |
288 km |
| March 31, 1963 |
Tour of Flanders |
Noel Fore (Bel) |
249 km |
| April 7, 1963 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Emile Daems (Bel) |
266 km |
| May 5, 1963 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel) |
254 km |
| May 1-May 15, 1963 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
15 Stages,
2,442 km |
| May 19-June 9, 1963 |
Giro d'Italia |
Franco Balmamion (Ita) |
21 Stages, 4,063 km |
| June 23-July 14, 1963 |
Tour de France |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
21 Stages, 4,211 km |
| August 11, 1963 |
World
Championships |
Benoni Beheyt (Bel) |
Ronse, Belgium 278.8 km |
October 19, 1963 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Jo De Roo (Hol) |
Milan-Como,
263 km |
• August 28, 1963 - Rev. Martin Luther King gave his “I've Got A Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
• Kennedy Shot - November 1963, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Texan Lyndon B. Johnson succeeds JFK as President of the USA.
• USSR - Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
Notable Deaths -
* Giro d'Italia Champion / World Road Race Champion: Learco Guerra (Ita) 1882-1949, died February 7, 1963. Nicknamed "the Human Locomotive" Guerra won the Giro in 1934. He won the World Road Race in 1931.
* Tour de France Champion: Gustave Garrigou (Fra), 1884-1963, He was the Tour champion 1911.
Robert Frost, 1874-1963, one of the greatest American poets of the 20th century.
Rogers Hornsby, 1896-1963, great American baseball player. He has the highest career batting average for a right handed batter in baseball history.
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