Born on 12 October 1959

At A Glance

12 October 1959 at a glance

Day of the week

12 October 1959 was a Monday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“The Three Bells” by The Browns was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1959

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1959 was Ben-Hur.

Star sign

The star sign for 12 October is Libra.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 12 October 1959 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 12 October 1959 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 12 October

• 1959 At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
• 1960 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
• 1963 After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
• 1964 The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
• 1968 Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.

Famous people born on 12 October

• Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, singer, and producer (born 1968)
• Edward VI, king of England (1537–1553)
• Doris Miller, American cook and soldier (1919–1943)
• Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer (born 1992)

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