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10 May 1968 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 May 1968 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong.
- Top Film of 1968
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1968 was 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 May 1968 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 May 1968 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 10 May
- 1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
- 1946 First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
- 1962 Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
- 1975 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.
- 1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
Famous people born on 10 May
- Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (1899–1987)
- Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist (born 1960)
- Kenan Thompson, American actor and comedian (born 1978)
- Richarlison, Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1968 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1968 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 5 January – Gardeners' World debuts on BBC1 television, featuring Percy Thrower.
- 1 March – First performance of an Andrew Lloyd Webber–Tim Rice musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in its original form as a "pop cantata", by pupils of Colet Court preparatory school in Hammersmith.
- 12 March – The island of Mauritius achieves independence from the UK.
Life in 1968
Prime Minister
Harold Wilson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
15p
Loaf of Bread
9p
Average House
£4,640
Weekly Wage
£23.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Guy Ritchie10 September 1968FilmmakerView their day →Diana, Princess of Wales1 July 1961Member of the British royal familyView their day →Nigella Lawson6 January 1960Food writer & television cookView their day →Jason Statham26 July 1967ActorView their day →Catherine Zeta-Jones25 September 1969ActressView their day →Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer20 May 1964Peer & authorView their day →Kenneth Branagh10 December 1960Actor & filmmakerView their day →George Michael25 June 1963SingerView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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