Timeline Tuesday 8 October 1963

Events on Tuesday 8 October 1963 3

• 1963 Hurricane Flora devastates Haiti and Cuba One of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record Hurricane Flora stalled over Haiti and Cuba for days, dumping catastrophic rainfall and causing widespread flooding. The storm killed several thousand people, mostly in Haiti, making it one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes of the 20th century. Cuba's agricultural sector suffered severe losses.
• 1963 – 2020 Brian "Licorice" Locking's later years Jehovah's Witness work After leaving the Shadows in 1963, Brian "Licorice" Locking devoted his life to work as a Jehovah's Witness, making occasional appearances at reunions and on recordings with former bandmates over the following decades. He died peacefully on 8 October 2020 at the age of 81.
• 1963 Sam Cooke turned away from a Shreveport motel Segregation Turned away from a whites-only motel and arrested.