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4 April 1969 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 April 1969 was a Friday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye.
- 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 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 April 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 April 1969 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 4 April
- 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
- 1968 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
- 1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
- 1973 The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
- 1973 A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
Famous people born on 4 April
- Robert Downey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter. (born 1965)
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor (1979–2008)
- Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-Australian actor and producer (born 1960)
- Anthony Perkins, American actor (1932–1992)
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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.)
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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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Guy Ritchie10 September 1968FilmmakerView their day →Diana, Princess of Wales1 July 1961Member of the British royal familyView their day →Nigella Lawson6 January 1960Food writer & television cookView their day →Jason Statham26 July 1967ActorView their day →Catherine Zeta-Jones25 September 1969ActressView their day →Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer20 May 1964Peer & authorView their day →Kenneth Branagh10 December 1960Actor & filmmakerView their day →George Michael25 June 1963SingerView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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