1963 in Northern Ireland

1963
in
Northern Ireland

Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
See also:

Events during the year 1963 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

Events

  • 17 January – Prototype Short SC.7 Skyvan short-haul freighter first flies.
  • 25 March – Terence O'Neill succeeds Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
  • 23 September – British Enkalon synthetic fibre factory opens in Antrim.
  • 2 October – Second Short SC.1 VTOL research aircraft (XG905), flying from Belfast Harbour Airport, crashes due to a control malfunction, killing the pilot, J. R. Green.[1]
  • 28 October – Belfast Aldergrove opened as the principal airport for Northern Ireland, civilian facilities transferring from Nutts Corner.

Sport

Football

Winners: Distillery
Winners: Linfield 2 – 1 Distillery

Golf

Births

Deaths

See also

References


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