At A Glance
11 June 1969 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 June 1969 was a Wednesday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “Get Back / Don't Let Me Down” by The Beatles was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.
- Top Film of 1969
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1969 was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 June 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 June 1969 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 11 June
- 1963 American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
- 1963 Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
- 1968 Lloyd J. Old identifies the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
- 1970 After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army general officers, becoming the first women to do so.
- 1971 The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
Famous people born on 11 June
- Shia LaBeouf, American actor (born 1986)
- Peter Dinklage, American actor and producer (born 1969)
- Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter (1933–2016)
- Hugh Laurie, English actor and screenwriter (born 1959)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1969 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1969 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 13 April – Trams in Brisbane (Queensland) end service after 84 years of operation.
- 10 May – The 1969 Tasmanian election is held, resulting in a hung parliament with the Australian Labor Party and Liberals winning 17 seats each.
- 19 June – The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules that equal pay for women doing the same work as men must be phased in by 1972.
Life in Australia in 1969
Prime Minister
John Gorton
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.06
Loaf of Bread
$0.18
Average House
$10,000
Weekly Wage
$44.00
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