Born on 4 August 1960

At A Glance

4 August 1960 at a glance

Day of the week

4 August 1960 was a Thursday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Everybody's Somebody's Fool” by Connie Francis 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 4 August is Leo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 4 August 1960 fell in the Year of the Rat.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 4 August 1960 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 4 August

• 1947 The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
• 1964 Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
• 1965 The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
• 1969 Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
• 1972 Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian origin, beginning the expulsions of Ugandan Asians.

Famous people born on 4 August

• Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1961)
• Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1955)
• Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Duchess of Sussex, American member of British royal family, media personality and actress (born 1981)
• Cole Sprouse, American actor (born 1992)

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