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February 12, 1963

On February 12, 1963, construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. The year's #1 song was "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys. Garry Kasparov, Conan O'Brien, Rachel Whiteread would arrive in the same year.

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1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1963rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 963rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1960s decade.

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On February 12, 1963

  1. 1963 Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

    US National Historic Landmark in St. Louis, Missouri

    The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch, Missouri's tallest accessible structure, and no building can be taller than the arch in the St.

  2. 1963 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashes into the Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing all 45 people on board.

    1963 aviation accident in Florida

    Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 was a scheduled passenger flight operated on February 12, 1963, that broke up in midair and crashed into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport in a severe thunderstorm. The plane was destined for Portland, Oregon, via Chicago, Spokane, and Seattle.

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Others born in 1963

Garry Kasparov 1963– Russian chess player and author
Conan O'Brien 1963– American television host, comedian, and writer
Rachel Whiteread 1963– English sculptor
Ken Caminiti 1963– American baseball player (died 2004)
Rosalind Gill 1963– English sociologist and academic
Sean Lock 1963– English comedian and actor (died 2021)

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