At A Glance
4 June 1969 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 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 4 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 June 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 June 1969 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 4 June
- 1961 Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
- 1970 Tonga gains independence from the British Empire.
- 1975 Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the United States giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
- 1977 JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. It will eventually prevail against Sony's rival Betamax system in a format war to become the predominant home video medium.
- 1979 Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
Famous people born on 4 June
- Angelina Jolie, American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist (born 1975)
- George III (1738–1820)
- Noah Wyle, American actor and producer (born 1971)
- Keith David, American actor (born 1956)
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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