At A Glance
3 March 1960 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 March 1960 was a Thursday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “Boom Boom Baby” by Crash Craddock 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 3 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 March 1960 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 March 1960 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 3 March
- 1938 Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- 1944 The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
- 1958 Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
- 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
- 1980 The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
Famous people born on 3 March
- Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer (born 1982)
- Julie Bowen, American actress (born 1970)
- Katherine Waterston, English-American actress (born 1980)
- Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist (born 1968)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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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