At A Glance

21 March 1964 at a glance

Day of the week
21 March 1964 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Little Children” by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas.
Top Film of 1964
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1964 was My Fair Lady.
Star sign
The star sign for 21 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 March 1964 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 March 1964 was First Quarter.

On this day: 21 March

  • 1963 Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closes.
  • 1965 Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of uncrewed lunar space probes.
  • 1965 Martin Luther King Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
  • 1968 Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
  • 1970 The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.

Famous people born on 21 March

  • Gary Oldman, English actor, filmmaker, musician, and author (born 1958)
  • Rosie O'Donnell, American actress, producer, and talk show host (born 1962)
  • Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer (born 1980)
  • Matthew Broderick, American actor (born 1962)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1964 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1964 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 22 January – The film Zulu is released.
  • 5 May – Granada Television airs the first in what will become a series of documentary interviews with a generation of children, Seven Up!
  • 6 July – Malawi gains its independence.

Life in 1964

Prime Minister

Alec Douglas-Home

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

13p

Loaf of Bread

8p

Average House

£3,360

Weekly Wage

£18.35

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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s

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