November 1963 - November 1, 1963 (Friday)

November 1, 1963 (Friday)

• Indigenous Australians are allowed to vote in federal elections on the same basis as other electors when an amendment to the Commonwealth Electoral Act becomes law. The November 1963 election is to be the first federal election for Indigenous people in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory, indigenous voting rights in other states having been in place since 1949.
• The Arecibo Observatory officially begins operation.
• Domhnall Ua Buachalla, the last Governor-General of the Irish Free State, is buried in Dublin.