At A Glance

2 March 1963 at a glance

Day of the week
2 March 1963 was a Saturday.
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
“From a Jack to a King” by Ned Miller 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 1963
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1963 was Cleopatra.
Star sign
The star sign for 2 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 2 March 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 2 March 1963 was First Quarter.

On this day: 2 March

  • 1962 In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
  • 1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
  • 1968 Baggeridge Colliery closes, marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
  • 1969 In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
  • 1970 Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.

Famous people born on 2 March

  • Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter (Coldplay) (born 1977)
  • Daniel Craig, English actor and producer (born 1968)
  • Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress (born 1981)
  • Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate (1931–2022)

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Events of 1963 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1963 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 21 March – At the conference, Arthur Calwell and Gough Whitlam were photographed outside the venue at Kingston in Canberra. Although Calwell was the Leader of the Opposition, neither man was a member of the federal executive.
  • 14 August – Yolngu people petitioned the Australian House of Representatives with a bark petition after the government sold part of the Arnhem Land reserve on 13 March to a bauxite mining company. The government did not consult the traditional owners.
  • 1 November – Indigenous Australians could vote in federal elections on the same basis as other electors when an amendment to the Commonwealth Electoral Act became law.
More events of 1963 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Australia in 1963

Prime Minister

Robert Menzies

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.05

Loaf of Bread

$0.14

Average House

$6,800

Weekly Wage

$19.00

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Nicole Kidman20 June 1967Actress & producerView their day →Hugh Jackman12 October 1968Actor & singerView their day →Simon Baker30 July 1969Actor & directorView their day →Steve Irwin22 February 1962Zookeeper & conservationistView their day →Kylie Minogue28 May 1968Singer & actressView their day →Cate Blanchett14 May 1969Actor & producerView their day →Guy Pearce5 October 1967ActorView their day →Eric Bana9 August 1968ActorView their day →

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