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12 August 1964 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 12 August 1964 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” by Manfred Mann.
- Top Film of 1964
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1964 was My Fair Lady.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 12 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 12 August 1964 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 12 August 1964 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 12 August
- 1960 Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
- 1964 South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
- 1977 The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
- 1981 The IBM Personal Computer is released.
- 1984 An infamous brawl takes place at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres.
Famous people born on 12 August
- Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1927–2007)
- Peter Krause, American actor (born 1965)
- George IV (1762–1830)
- Casey Affleck, American actor (born 1975)
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Events of 1964 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1964 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 22 January – The film Zulu is released.
- 5 May – Granada Television airs the first in what will become a series of documentary interviews with a generation of children, Seven Up!
- 6 July – Malawi gains its independence.
Life in 1964
Prime Minister
Alec Douglas-Home
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
13p
Loaf of Bread
8p
Average House
£3,360
Weekly Wage
£18.35
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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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