At A Glance

3 February 1968 at a glance

Day of the week
3 February 1968 was a Saturday.
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
“Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)” by John Farnham 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 1968
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1968 was 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Star sign
The star sign for 3 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 3 February 1968 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 3 February 1968 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 3 February

  • 1958 Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
  • 1960 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation.
  • 1966 The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
  • 1984 Doctor John Buster and a research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in the United States announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
  • 1984 Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.

Famous people born on 3 February

  • Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress (born 1976)
  • Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister and activist (born 1978)
  • Maura Tierney, American actress and producer (born 1965)
  • Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1968 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1968 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 31 January – The Australian-administered United Nations trust territory of Nauru became independent, in accordance with the provisions of the Nauru Independence Act 1967.
  • 17 April – A state election is held in South Australia. Steele Hall (Liberal and Country League) defeats Don Dunstan (ALP), and becomes Premier of South Australia.
  • 1 May – The Duke of Edinburgh arrives in Australia for a ten-day visit.

Life in Australia in 1968

Prime Minister

John Gorton

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.06

Loaf of Bread

$0.17

Average House

$9,000

Weekly Wage

$40.00

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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s

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