At A Glance

3 June 1963 at a glance

Day of the week
3 June 1963 was a Monday.
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
“I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March 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 3 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 3 June 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 3 June 1963 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 3 June

  • 1950 Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
  • 1963 Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
  • 1965 The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
  • 1979 A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
  • 1984 Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.

Famous people born on 3 June

  • George V (1865–1936)
  • Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player (born 1986)
  • Tony Curtis, American actor (1925–2010)
  • Imogen Poots, English actress and model (born 1989)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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.

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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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s

Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.

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