At A Glance

20 July 1969 at a glance

Day of the week
20 July 1969 was a Sunday.
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 20 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 20 July 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 20 July 1969 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 20 July

  • 1968 The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
  • 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
  • 1969 A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
  • 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organized by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
  • 1976 The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.

Famous people born on 20 July

  • Haakon VIII (born 1973)
  • Chris Cornell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1964–2017)
  • Julianne Hough, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer (born 1988)
  • Natalie Wood, American actress (1938–1981)

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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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