At A Glance
7 November 1964 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 November 1964 was a Saturday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “She's a Mod” by Ray Columbus and the Invaders 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 1964
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1964 was My Fair Lady.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 7 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 November 1964 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 November 1964 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 7 November
- 1956 Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
- 1957 Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
- 1967 Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
- 1967 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- 1972 United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
Famous people born on 7 November
- Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1867–1934)
- Gervonta Davis, American boxer (born 1994)
- Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (1879–1940)
- Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1964 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1964 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 29 January – The Royal Australian Air Force takes delivery of its first two Mirage fighter jets.
- 3 February – Cyclone Dora strikes the west coast of Cape York Peninsula causing extensive damage to the Edward River and Mitchell River Aboriginal missions.
- 27 March – There is a split in the Communist Party of Australia and the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) is formed.
Life in Australia in 1964
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.05
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Average House
$7,000
Weekly Wage
$20.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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