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21 October 1960 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 October 1960 was a Friday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “It's Now or Never” by Elvis Presley 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 1960
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1960 was Swiss Family Robinson.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 21 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 October 1960 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 October 1960 was New Moon.
On this day: 21 October
- 1956 The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
- 1959 In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
- 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
- 1965 Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
- 1967 The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
Famous people born on 21 October
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949)
- Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite (born 1980)
- Glen Powell, American actor (born 1988)
- Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (1956–2016)
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Events of 1960 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1960 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 14 January – The Reserve Bank and Commonwealth Bank are created.
- 15 January – The 2nd Annual Logie Awards are held the Savoy Hotel in Brighton, Victoria, although they are not televised. Graham Kennedy wins the "Star of the Year" (Gold Logie) award.
- 9 February – Georgian-born Australian amateur ocean rower Michael 'Tarzan' Fomenko is repatriated to Sydney from Hollandia, the capital of then-Dutch New Guinea, having arrived there the December prior after a months-long sea voyage from Queensland in a dugout canoe.
Life in Australia in 1960
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.04
Loaf of Bread
$0.13
Average House
$6,000
Weekly Wage
$16.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
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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 →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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