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17 April 1960 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 17 April 1960 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “My Old Man's a Dustman” by Lonnie Donegan.
- Top Film of 1960
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1960 was Swiss Family Robinson.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 17 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 17 April 1960 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 17 April 1960 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 17 April
- 1951 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
- 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
- 1964 Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.
- 1969 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
- 1970 Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
Famous people born on 17 April
- Jennifer Garner, American actress (born 1972)
- Rooney Mara, American actress (born 1985)
- Sean Bean, English actor (born 1959)
- J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (1837–1913)
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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