At A Glance
13 November 1969 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 November 1969 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Wedding Bell Blues” 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 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 November 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 November 1969 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 13 November
- 1954 Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
- 1956 The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated Alabama laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.
- 1966 In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
- 1967 The first of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland.
- 1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
Famous people born on November 13
- Steve Zahn, American actor and singer (born 1967)
- Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver (born 1999)
- Gerard Butler, Scottish actor (born 1969)
- Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and talk show host (born 1955)
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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.
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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