At A Glance

3 February 1963 at a glance

Day of the week
3 February 1963 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Walk Right In” by The Rooftop Singers.
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 3 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 3 February 1963 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 3 February 1963 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 3 February

  • 1944 World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
  • 1945 World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
  • 1958 Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
  • 1960 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation.
  • 1966 The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.

Famous people born on February 3

  • Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress (born 1976)
  • Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister and activist (born 1978)
  • Maura Tierney, American actress and producer (born 1965)
  • Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)

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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.
More events of 1963 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in the US in 1963

President

John F. Kennedy

Gas (per gallon)

$0.30

Loaf of Bread

$0.22

Average House

$13,400

Weekly Wage

$96

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