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16 May 1968 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 May 1968 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Young Girl” by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.
- Top Film of 1968
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1968 was 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 16 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 May 1968 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 May 1968 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 16 May
- 1961 Park Chung Hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
- 1966 The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
- 1969 Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
- 1974 Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
- 1975 Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Famous people born on 16 May
- Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer (born 1953)
- Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress (born 1977)
- Megan Fox, American actress (born 1986)
- Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1966)
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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