At A Glance

31 January 1963 at a glance

Day of the week
31 January 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 31 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 31 January 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 31 January 1963 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 31 January

  • 1958 Cold War: Space Race: The Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite, detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
  • 1961 Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: The chimpanzee Ham travels into outer space.
  • 1966 The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
  • 1968 Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
  • 1971 Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

Famous people born on 31 January

  • Julián Alvarez, Argentine footballer (born 2000)
  • Justin Timberlake, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1981)
  • Minnie Driver, English singer-songwriter and actress (born 1970)
  • Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (1919–1972)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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