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4 January 1960 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 January 1960 was a Monday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “Joey's Song / Ooh! Look-a-There, Ain't She Pretty?” by Bill Haley & His Comets 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 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 January 1960 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 January 1960 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 4 January
- 1951 Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time.
- 1956 The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
- 1958 Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
- 1959 Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
- 1967 The Doors released their eponymous debut album.
Famous people born on 4 January
- Derrick Henry, American football player (born 1994)
- Charles Melton, American actor (born 1991)
- Victor Wembanyama, French basketball player (born 2004)
- Dafne Keen, British-Spanish actress (born 2005)
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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
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
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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