At A Glance

17 April 1969 at a glance

Day of the week
17 April 1969 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Get Back” by The Beatles with Billy Preston.
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 17 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 17 April 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 17 April 1969 was New Moon.

On this day: 17 April

  • 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
  • 1964 Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.
  • 1969 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
  • 1970 Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
  • 1971 The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.

Famous people born on 17 April

  • Jennifer Garner, American actress (born 1972)
  • Rooney Mara, American actress (born 1985)
  • Sean Bean, English actor (born 1959)
  • J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (1837–1913)

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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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