The following events occurred in May 1963:
May 15, 1963: L. Gordon Cooper becomes last Mercury astronaut to go into space
May 4, 1963: Civil rights protesters dispersed in Birmingham, Alabama
May 18, 1963: Sukarno named "President for Life" of Indonesia
May 15, 1963: Gordon Cooper leaves transfer van at launchpad
The following events occurred in January 1963:
January 29, 1963: American poet Robert Frost dies at 88
January 13, 1963: Togo's President Sylvanus Olympio killed while trying to flee to U.S. Embassy
January 23, 1963: British MI5 agent Kim Philby flees to USSR
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