At A Glance
2 September 1963 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 September 1963 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Bad to Me” by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas.
- Top Film of 1963
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1963 was Cleopatra.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 September 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 September 1963 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 2 September
- 1957 President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
- 1960 The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
- 1963 CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
- 1968 Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
- 1970 NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
Famous people born on 2 September
- Austin Abrams, American actor (born 1996)
- Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor, singer, and producer (born 1964)
- Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress, director, and producer (born 1966)
- Bradley Barcola, French footballer (born 2002)
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
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