At A Glance
6 April 1963 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 6 April 1963 was a Saturday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “Walk Like a Man” by The Four Seasons 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 6 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 6 April 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 6 April 1963 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 6 April
- 1957 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".
- 1965 Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
- 1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Party leadership election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon afterward.
- 1973 Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
- 1973 The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
Famous people born on 6 April
- Paul Rudd, American actor (born 1969)
- Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1975)
- Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist (born 1976)
- Charlie McDermott, American actor (born 1990)
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
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