At A Glance
3 February 1963 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 February 1963 was a Sunday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Diamonds” by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan.
- Top Film of 1963
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1963 was Cleopatra.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 3 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 February 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 February 1963 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 3 February
- 1944 World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
- 1945 World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
- 1958 Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
- 1960 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation.
- 1966 The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
Famous people born on 3 February
- Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress (born 1976)
- Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister and activist (born 1978)
- Maura Tierney, American actress and producer (born 1965)
- Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
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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