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13 September 1960 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 September 1960 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Apache” by The Shadows.
- Top Film of 1960
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1960 was Swiss Family Robinson.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 September 1960 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 September 1960 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 13 September
- 1956 The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
- 1956 The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
- 1962 An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
- 1964 South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.
- 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne.
Famous people born on 13 September
- Lili Reinhart, American actress (born 1996)
- Jean Smart, American actress (born 1951)
- Tyler Perry, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1969)
- Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (1916–1990)
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.
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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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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