At A Glance

30 November 1969 at a glance

Day of the week
30 November 1969 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Come Together / Something” by The Beatles.
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 30 November is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 November 1969 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 November 1969 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 30 November

  • 1967 The People's Republic of Southern Yemen gains its independence from the United Kingdom
  • 1967 The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.
  • 1967 Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
  • 1971 Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
  • 1972 Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.

Famous people born on November 30

  • Kaley Cuoco, American actress (born 1985)
  • Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (1874–1965)
  • Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer (born 1937)
  • Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1965)

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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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