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5 October 1963 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 October 1963 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Do You Love Me” by Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.
- Top Film of 1963
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1963 was Cleopatra.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 5 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 October 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 October 1963 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 5 October
- 1962 The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.
- 1962 The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain.
- 1963 The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
- 1966 A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
- 1968 A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
Famous people born on 5 October
- Travis Kelce, American football player (born 1989)
- Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1952)
- Kate Winslet, English actress (born 1975)
- Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor (born 2006)
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
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Guy Ritchie10 September 1968FilmmakerView their day →Diana, Princess of Wales1 July 1961Member of the British royal familyView their day →Nigella Lawson6 January 1960Food writer & television cookView their day →Jason Statham26 July 1967ActorView their day →Catherine Zeta-Jones25 September 1969ActressView their day →Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer20 May 1964Peer & authorView their day →Kenneth Branagh10 December 1960Actor & filmmakerView their day →George Michael25 June 1963SingerView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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