At A Glance

15 July 1969 at a glance

Day of the week
15 July 1969 was a Tuesday.
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 15 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 July 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 July 1969 was New Moon.

On this day: 15 July

  • 1966 Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
  • 1971 The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
  • 1974 In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing Makarios III and installing Nikos Sampson as the president of Cyprus.
  • 1975 Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
  • 1979 U.S. president Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".

Famous people born on 15 July

  • Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1946)
  • Barry Melrose, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1956)
  • Diane Kruger, German actress and model (born 1976)
  • Brian Austin Green, American actor (born 1973)

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.

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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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s

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