At A Glance

8 July 1963 at a glance

Day of the week
8 July 1963 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “I Like It” by Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Top Film of 1963
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1963 was Cleopatra.
Star sign
The star sign for 8 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 8 July 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 8 July 1963 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 8 July

  • 1948 The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called the Women's Air Force (WAF).
  • 1960 Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
  • 1962 Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
  • 1966 King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
  • 1970 Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.

Famous people born on 8 July

  • Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director, and producer (born 1977)
  • Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and writer (born 1973)
  • Sophia Bush, American actress and director (born 1982)
  • David Corenswet, American actor (born 1993)

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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