Timeline Friday 26 July 1963

Events on Friday 26 July 1963 1

• 1963 Skopje earthquake devastates Macedonian capital Major quake kills over a thousand people A powerful earthquake struck Skopje, then part of Yugoslavia, killing over a thousand people and destroying much of the city. International aid poured in and the city was largely rebuilt with modernist architecture. The disaster prompted major advances in earthquake-resistant urban planning.