At A Glance

1 August 1963 at a glance

Day of the week
1 August 1963 was a Thursday.
Irish Chart Song in 1963
The Irish chart song for 1963 was “From Me to You” by The Beatles.
Top Film of 1963
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1963 was Cleopatra.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 August is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 August 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for August is Peridot.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 August 1963 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 1 August

  • 1960 Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
  • 1961 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
  • 1964 The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 1965 Frank Herbert's novel, Dune, is published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
  • 1966 Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

Famous people born on 1 August

  • Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer (born 1979)
  • Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer (born 1987)
  • John Carroll Lynch, American actor (born 1963)
  • Sam Mendes, English director and producer (born 1965)

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Events of 1963 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1963 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 24 January – The Minister for Justice, Charles Haughey, announced that the government proposed to abolish the death penalty.
  • 4 March – The Labour Court met to try to break the deadlock in a strike by 30 Radio Éireann and Telefís Éireann journalists which arose from a claim for increased salaries and improved conditions by the journalists.
  • 25 March – The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Jim "J.J." O'Keeffe, inaugurated Ireland's first escalator, in Roches Stores, a department store on Henry Street in Dublin. The first working escalator was built in New York City in 1896.
More events of 1963 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 1963

Taoiseach

Seán Lemass

Petrol (per litre)

2s 9d/gal

Loaf of Bread

9d

Average House

£2,800

Weekly Wage

£6 10s

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