At A Glance

12 June 1963 at a glance

Day of the week
12 June 1963 was a Wednesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “From Me to You” by The Beatles.
Top Film of 1963
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1963 was Cleopatra.
Star sign
The star sign for 12 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 June 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 June 1963 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 12 June

  • 1963 The film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released in US theaters. It was the most expensive film made at the time.
  • 1964 Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela's original 5-year sentence is extended to life sentence for high treason together with Denis Goldberg, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Andrew Mlangeni, Elias Motsoaledi and Walter Sisulu in the Rivonia Trial for sabotage in South Africa.
  • 1967 The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws that prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
  • 1975 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain: Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha rules against Indira Gandhi in a case on her election to the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office, triggering a political crisis.
  • 1979 Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man-powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.

Famous people born on 12 June

  • George H. W. Bush, American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (1924–2018)
  • Dave Franco, American actor (born 1985)
  • Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (1929–1945)
  • Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic (born 1962)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1963 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1963 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 11 May – The Beatles album Please Please Me goes to the top of the UK Albums Chart.
  • 5 June – Profumo affair: John Profumo, Secretary of State for War, admits to misleading Parliament and resigns over his affair with Christine Keeler.
  • 8 August – The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire.

Life in 1963

Prime Minister

Harold Macmillan

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

12p

Loaf of Bread

8p

Average House

£2,750

Weekly Wage

£16.30

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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s

Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.

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