At A Glance

13 April 1969 at a glance

Day of the week
13 April 1969 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)” by The 5th Dimension.
Top Film of 1969
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1969 was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Bestselling Novel of 1969
“Portnoy's Complaint” by Philip Roth was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1969.
Top-Rated TV Show
“Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1969–70 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 April 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 April 1969 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 13 April

  • 1964 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
  • 1970 At 10:08 PM EST an oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
  • 1972 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
  • 1972 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
  • 1976 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.

Famous people born on April 13

  • Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (1743–1826)
  • Ron Perlman, American actor (born 1950)
  • Jonathan Brandis, American actor (1976–2003)
  • Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (1949–2011)

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Events of 1969 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1969 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • February 9 – The Boeing 747 makes its maiden flight, from Paine Field at Everett, Washington.
  • May 25 – Midnight Cowboy, an X-rated, Oscar-winning John Schlesinger film, is released.
  • June 28 – The Stonewall riots in New York City mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
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Life in the US in 1969

President

Richard Nixon

Gas (per gallon)

$0.35

Loaf of Bread

$0.24

Average House

$17,400

Weekly Wage

$130

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