At A Glance

28 December 1963 at a glance

Day of the week
28 December 1963 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Dominique” by The Singing Nun.
Top Film of 1963
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1963 was Cleopatra.
Bestselling Novel of 1963
“The Shoes of the Fisherman” by Morris West was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1963.
Top-Rated TV Show
“The Beverly Hillbillies” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1963–64 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 28 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 28 December 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 28 December 1963 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 28 December

  • 1943 Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.
  • 1944 Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
  • 1956 Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try to resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
  • 1967 American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 1973 The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.

Famous people born on December 28

  • Sienna Miller, American-British actress and fashion designer (born 1981)
  • Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer (born 1954)
  • Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor (1922–2018)
  • Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress (born 2001)

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Events of 1963 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1963 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • April 1 – The long-running soap opera General Hospital debuts on ABC Televisions.
  • May 1 – The Coca-Cola Company debuts its first diet drink, TaB cola.
  • May 8 – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, is shown in U.S. theaters.

Life in the US in 1963

President

Lyndon B. Johnson

Gas (per gallon)

$0.30

Loaf of Bread

$0.22

Average House

$13,400

Weekly Wage

$96

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