Born on 4 July 1968

At A Glance

4 July 1968 at a glance

Day of the week

4 July 1968 was a Thursday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “Baby, Come Back” by The Equals.

Top Film of 1968

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1968 was 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Star sign

The star sign for 4 July is Cancer.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 4 July 1968 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for July is Ruby.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 4 July 1968 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 4 July

• 1954 Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end.
• 1960 The 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia following the admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state over ten months prior (August 21, 1959), in accordance with the Flag Acts.
• 1966 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
• 1973 Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago sign the Treaty of Chaguaramas in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago establishing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It replaces the Caribbean Free Trade Association as another step towards Caribbean regional integration.
• 1982 Space Shuttle program: Columbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base at the end of the program's final test flight, STS-4. President Ronald Reagan declares the Space Shuttle to be operational.

Famous people born on 4 July

• Post Malone, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1995)
• Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist (born 1983)
• Queen Sonja of Norway (born 1937)
• Eva Marie Saint, American actress (1924–2026)

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