A Look Back At
Born in 1963
What Was Life Like in 1963?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan
Monarch
Elizabeth II
What Things Cost
Pint of Beer
12p
Loaf of Bread
8p
Petrol (per litre)
6p
Average House
£2,750
Weekly Wage
£16.30
Value of Money
£1 in 1963 would be worth approximately £29.60 in today's money.
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.
- 10 October – From Russia with Love, the second James Bond film, premieres at Odeon Leicester Square in London.
- 23 November – First episode of the BBC Television science fiction series Doctor Who is broadcast with William Hartnell as the First Doctor. The series runs until 1989 and is revived from 2005.
- 30 November – After an unbroken 30-week spell at the top of the UK Albums Chart, The Beatles album Please Please Me is knocked off the top of the charts by the group's latest album With the Beatles (released on 22 November).
- 12 December – Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom, with Jomo Kenyatta as Prime Minister.
- 21 December – First episode of the seven-part serial The Daleks broadcast in the Doctor Who series, introducing the alien Daleks (revealed fully in the following week's episode).
Popular Toys & Games
- Easy-Bake Oven
- Mouse Trap Game
- Etch A Sketch
UK No. 1 on 1 January 1963
The Next Time / Bachelor Boy
Cliff Richard and the Shadows