At A Glance

1 February 1969 at a glance

Day of the week
1 February 1969 was a Saturday.
Irish Chart Song in 1969
The Irish chart song for 1969 was “I'll Never Fall in Love Again” by Bobbie Gentry.
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 1 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 February 1969 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 February 1969 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 1 February

  • 1960 Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • 1964 The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
  • 1968 Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
  • 1968 The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
  • 1972 Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

Famous people born on 1 February

  • Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter and actress (1968–2023)
  • Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1994)
  • Julia Garner, American actress (born 1994)
  • Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (1965–1993)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1969 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1969 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 10 January – Protestors in Northern Ireland defied police orders to abandon a planned march.
  • 10 May – Following his shock resignation as president of France on April 28, Charles de Gaulle landed at Cork Airport with his wife Yvonne and aide-de-camp General François Flohic to begin an unannounced six-week private visit to Ireland, until June 19.
  • 18 June – The 1969 Irish general election for Dáil Éireann was held.
More events of 1969 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 1969

Taoiseach

Jack Lynch

Petrol (per litre)

3s 8d/gal

Loaf of Bread

1s 1d

Average House

£4,200

Weekly Wage

£9 10s

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