At A Glance

11 August 1969 at a glance

Day of the week
11 August 1969 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Honky Tonk Women” by The Rolling Stones.
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 August is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 11 August 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for August is Peridot.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 11 August 1969 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 11 August

  • 1962 Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
  • 1969 The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon.
  • 1972 Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
  • 1973 At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of hip-hop culture and music. DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of beat juggling and Coke La Rock performs a new style of vocal performance called rapping.
  • 1975 East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.

Famous people born on 11 August

  • Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (1943–2023)
  • Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor (born 1983)
  • Viola Davis, American actress (born 1965)
  • Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler (1953–2025)

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Events of 1969 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1969 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 9 April – The British prototype Concorde airliner makes its first flight, from Bristol Filton Airport (the first French flight was on 2 March).
  • 2 May – Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York.
  • 23 May – The Who release the concept album Tommy. (On 14 December they perform it as a rock opera on stage at the London Coliseum.)
More events of 1969 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in 1969

Prime Minister

Harold Wilson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

15p

Loaf of Bread

10p

Average House

£4,640

Weekly Wage

£24.50

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