1963

This is a timeline page for moments that occurred in 1963 in the Danaverse.

August 2

A group of people, most of whom had been unknown to each other find their lives thrown for a loop in the wake of Smiler Grogan's death and talk of a briefcase with $350,000 in it waiting to be discovered in Santa Rosita Beach. Throughout the day, the travelers and others joining in as they become aware of the prize, make their way to the beach and eventually find the money, only for that to wind up leading to another chase, that of Captain TG Culpepper of the Santa Rosita Police Department, who had become disgruntled at having his request for his pension to be raised rejected once again. Ultimately, Culpepper, along with J Russell Finch, Melville Crump, Benjy Benjamin, Ding Bell, Sylvester Marcus, Otto Meyer, J Algernon Hawthorne, Lennie Pike, and two local cab drivers suffer injuries from a high fall as the money flies out to the public witnessing the spectacle. Santa Rosita citizens remember it as "the Mad Day." (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)

November 22

United States President John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Involved in the assassination plot is the Red Skull. (Captain America (1990))

United States President John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Forty-five minutes later, Dallas Police Officer JD Tippit is shot and killed in the nearby Oak Cliff neighborhood. Lee Harvey Oswald is suspected of both murders and soon arrested in the Texas Theatre where he is found. (Full Metal Jacket) (In the Line of Fire) (JFK)

United States President John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Just prior to the shooting, Oswald's body had been occupied by Sam Beckett in an effort to prevent the shooting, only for something to go awry, causing Sam the need to leap out of Lee's body. History is changed in this timeline however as Sam is informed afterward by Al Calavicci that Sam did change the original timeline, in which Jacqueline Kennedy, the First Lady had been killed by Oswald instead. (Quantum Leap (1989) 501, Lee Harvey Oswald Part 1, Leaping on a String) (Quantum Leap (1989) 502, Lee Harvey Oswald Part 2, Leap to Judgement)

United States President John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Firing the lethal shot from behind the fence at the grassy knoll is the Comedian. (Watchmen (2009))

United States President John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Magneto attempts to prevent it, but fails after being distracted by federal agents. While Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested and considered in public as the assassin, Magneto is arrested and imprisoned under the White House by the FBI. (X-Men, Days of Future Past)

In the wake of President Kennedy's assassination, Vice President Lyndon Johnson becomes the next President of the United States. (JFK)

In New Orleans, District Attorney Jim Garrison is informed of the assassination of President Kennedy by Lou Ivon. (JFK)

In the Shoreditch neighborhood of London, Coal Hill School teachers Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton track down mysterious student, Susan Foreman to the Foreman junkyard. After confronting her and the Doctor, while also being welcomed into the TARDIS, the Doctor starts up the time ship, beginning a long series of adventures. (Doctor Who (1963) 101-1, an Unearthly Child)

November 24

Lee Harvey Oswald is shot on live television as he is brought out by the Dallas Police Department. He is killed by Jack Ruby, a local mob figure. (JFK)

November 25

The funeral for President Kennedy takes place in Washington, DC. (JFK)

November 26

David Ferrie is questioned by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison concerning his whereabouts over the weekend, possibly in connection with the assassination plot against President Kennedy. Ferrie is then detained for further questioning by the FBI. (JFK)

November 29

The FBI release David Ferrie from custody. (JFK)

The Warren Commission is formed to investigate the death of President Kennedy. (JFK)

December 4

Malcolm X makes remarks about the assassination of President Kennedy that cause him to be suspended by the Nation of Islam. (Malcolm X)