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October 12, 1963

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 9, 1963, covering October 12, 1963.

  1. 1
    Album cover for My Son; The Nut by Allan Sherman

    My Son; The Nut

    Allan Sherman

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul by Ray Charles

    Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul

    Ray Charles

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Trini Lopez At PJ's by Trini Lopez

    Trini Lopez At PJ's

    Trini Lopez

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for Bye Bye Birdie by Soundtrack

    Bye Bye Birdie

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for Peter; Paul And Mary by Peter| Paul & Mary

    Peter; Paul And Mary

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    9

Notable Births

Raimond Aumann

1963Raimond Aumann, German footballer[†]

Raimond Aumann is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1963Hideki Fujisawa, Japanese composer[†]

Hideki Fujisawa is a Japanese musician, better known by the stage name Dance Man . Dance☆Man calls himself an alien from "Mirror Ball Planet". He is always seen wearing a huge afro wig and sideburns, matched with sunglasses. He is very secretive about his identity to the public, and does not release any personal information in his CDs or his official website.

Satoshi Kon

1963Satoshi Kon, Japanese animator and screenwriter (died 2010)[†]

Satoshi Kon was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is best known for his acclaimed anime films Perfect Blue (1997), Millennium Actress (2001), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), and Paprika (2006), and the TV series Paranoia Agent (2004). In 2010, Kon died of pancreatic cancer at age 46.

Dave Legeno

1963Dave Legeno, English actor and mixed martial artist (died 2014)[†]

Dave Legeno was a British actor, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler.

Alan McDonald (Northern Ireland footballer)

1963Alan McDonald, Irish footballer and manager (died 2012)[†]

Alan McDonald was a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer.

Luis Polonia

1963Luis Polonia, Dominican baseball player[†]

Luis Andrew Polonia Almonte is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, California Angels, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, and Detroit Tigers.

Historical Events

1963After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.[†]

Walter Joseph Ciszek, S.J. was a Polish-American Jesuit priest of the Russian Greek Catholic Church who clandestinely conducted missionary work in the Soviet Union between 1939 and 1963.

Historical Context for October 12, 1963

In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[†]