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5 September 1968 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 September 1968 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Hey Jude” by The Beatles.
- Top Film of 1968
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1968 was 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 5 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 September 1968 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 September 1968 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 5 September
- 1960 Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
- 1960 Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
- 1968 End of the Congress of Carrara, one of the major 20th century anarchist congresses.
- 1970 Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
- 1977 Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
Famous people born on 5 September
- Freddie Mercury, British singer and songwriter (1946–1991)
- Michael Keaton, American actor and producer (born 1951)
- Annabelle Wallis, English actress (born 1984)
- Louis XIV, king of France (1638–1715)
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Events of 1968 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1968 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 5 January – Gardeners' World debuts on BBC1 television, featuring Percy Thrower.
- 1 March – First performance of an Andrew Lloyd Webber–Tim Rice musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in its original form as a "pop cantata", by pupils of Colet Court preparatory school in Hammersmith.
- 12 March – The island of Mauritius achieves independence from the UK.
Life in 1968
Prime Minister
Harold Wilson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
15p
Loaf of Bread
9p
Average House
£4,640
Weekly Wage
£23.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
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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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