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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The following events occurred in February 1963:
February 5, 1963: Canada's Prime Minister Diefenbaker loses vote of confidence
February 21, 1963: Telstar becomes first satellite destroyed by radiation
February 14, 1963: Syncom 1 becomes the first geosynchronous satellite, but is damaged beyond repair
Proposed deployment sequence for Gemini ballute stabilization device