At A Glance
2 March 1964 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 March 1964 was a Monday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “I Saw Her Standing There / Love Me Do” by The Beatles 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 1964
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1964 was My Fair Lady.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 March 1964 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 March 1964 was Waning Gibbous.
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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1964 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1964 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 29 January – The Royal Australian Air Force takes delivery of its first two Mirage fighter jets.
- 3 February – Cyclone Dora strikes the west coast of Cape York Peninsula causing extensive damage to the Edward River and Mitchell River Aboriginal missions.
- 27 March – There is a split in the Communist Party of Australia and the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) is formed.
Life in Australia in 1964
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.05
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Average House
$7,000
Weekly Wage
$20.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
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