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4 July 1961 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 July 1961 was a Tuesday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “Travelin' Man / Hello Mary Lou” by Ricky Nelson 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 1961
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1961 was One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 4 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 July 1961 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 July 1961 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 4 July
- 1951 Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
- 1951 William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
- 1954 Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end.
- 1960 The 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia following the admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state over ten months prior (August 21, 1959), in accordance with the Flag Acts.
- 1966 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
Famous people born on 4 July
- Post Malone, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1995)
- Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist (born 1983)
- Queen Sonja of Norway (born 1937)
- Eva Marie Saint, American actress (1924–2026)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1961 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1961 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 2 January – Oral contraceptives are first sold in Australia
- 20 January – to early March – Disastrous bushfires affect Western Australia, completely destroying a number of towns.
- 25 February – Last electric tram service runs in Sydney
Life in Australia in 1961
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.05
Loaf of Bread
$0.13
Average House
$6,300
Weekly Wage
$17.00
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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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