At A Glance
24 September 1964 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 24 September 1964 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “I'm Into Something Good” by Herman's Hermits.
- Top Film of 1964
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1964 was My Fair Lady.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 24 September is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 24 September 1964 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 24 September 1964 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 24 September
- 1954 AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.
- 1954 The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.
- 1957 President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
- 1960 USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
- 1973 Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
Famous people born on 24 September
- Harriet Walter, English actress (born 1950)
- Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (1948–1998)
- Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (1941–1998)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (1896–1940)
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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