At A Glance

12 October 1960 at a glance

Day of the week
12 October 1960 was a Wednesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ricky Valance.
Top Film of 1960
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1960 was Swiss Family Robinson.
Star sign
The star sign for 12 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 October 1960 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 October 1960 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 12 October

  • 1959 At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
  • 1960 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
  • 1963 After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
  • 1964 The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
  • 1968 Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.

Famous people born on 12 October

  • Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, singer, and producer (born 1968)
  • Edward VI, king of England (1537–1553)
  • Doris Miller, American cook and soldier (1919–1943)
  • Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer (born 1992)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1960 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1960 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 20 March – Lonnie Donegan's single "My Old Man's a Dustman" reaches No. 1 in the UK charts.
  • 27 April – The first production of Harold Pinter's play The Caretaker takes place at the Arts Theatre in London.
  • 24 June – Avro 748 makes its first flight from Woodford.
More events of 1960 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in 1960

Prime Minister

Harold Macmillan

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

11p

Loaf of Bread

7p

Average House

£2,530

Weekly Wage

£14.10

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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 →

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