The almanac
The 1969 Edition
Limited to about 122 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 1969. About 88 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 1969
- Concorde takes offThe supersonic Anglo-French airliner made a 27 minute first flight from Toulouse.March 2 · Source: BBC On This Day
- Humans land on the MoonApollo 11's Eagle touched down; Neil Armstrong stepped out hours later.July 20 · Source: BBC On This Day
- Woodstock draws a huge crowdAbout 400,000 people came to a farm field near Bethel, New York.August · Source: BBC On This Day
- The Brady Bunch premieresA blended family of eight moved into ABC's Friday nights.September · Source: Television Academy Foundation, The Interviews
- The internet's first messageA computer at UCLA linked to one at SRI over the new ARPANET.October 29 · Source: Computer History Museum
- Sesame Street first airsThe show debuted on nearly 190 public and commercial stations.November · Source: Television Academy Foundation, The Interviews
Famous people born in 1969
- Linus TorvaldsFinnish software engineer · born December 28
- Jennifer LopezAmerican singer and actress · born July 24
- Jennifer AnistonAmerican actress · born February 11
- Mariah CareyAmerican singer · born March 27
- Jason BatemanAmerican actor · born January 14
- Viswanathan AnandIndian chess grandmaster · born December 11
- Catherine Zeta-JonesBritish actress · born September 25
- Marilyn MansonAmerican musician · born January 5
From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Spotted a mistake?
No. 1 songs of 1969
- I Heard It Through The GrapevineMarvin Gaye · first week at No. 1: January 4, 1969
- Crimson And CloverTommy James And The Shondells · first week at No. 1: February 1, 1969
- Everyday PeopleSly & The Family Stone · first week at No. 1: February 15, 1969
- DizzyTommy Roe · first week at No. 1: March 15, 1969
- Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)The 5th Dimension · first week at No. 1: April 12, 1969
- Get BackThe Beatles With Billy Preston · first week at No. 1: May 24, 1969
- Love Theme From Romeo & JulietHenry Mancini And His Orchestra · first week at No. 1: June 28, 1969
- In The Year 2525Zager & Evans · first week at No. 1: July 12, 1969
- Honky Tonk WomenThe Rolling Stones · first week at No. 1: August 23, 1969
- Sugar, SugarThe Archies · first week at No. 1: September 20, 1969
- I Can't Get Next To YouThe Temptations · first week at No. 1: October 18, 1969
- Suspicious MindsElvis Presley · first week at No. 1: November 1, 1969
- Wedding Bell BluesThe 5th Dimension · first week at No. 1: November 8, 1969
- Come Together/SomethingThe Beatles · first week at No. 1: November 29, 1969
- Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeSteam · first week at No. 1: December 6, 1969
- Leaving On A Jet PlanePeter, Paul & Mary · first week at No. 1: December 20, 1969
- Someday We'll Be TogetherDiana Ross & The Supremes · first week at No. 1: December 27, 1969
Billboard Hot 100, chart weeks of 1969. Spotted a mistake?
If you were born in 1969
- Older than Earth DayThe first Earth Day was held across the United States on April 22, 1970.
- Older than Walt Disney WorldWalt Disney World opened in Florida, with the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
- Older than the handheld cell phoneMotorola's Martin Cooper showed the first handheld cellular phone in public, on a New York street on April 3, 1973.
- Older than the barcode scanA barcode (UPC) was scanned at a store checkout for the first time, in Troy, Ohio on June 26, 1974.
- Younger than the Earthrise photoApollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon, took the Earthrise photo on December 24, 1968.
- Younger than the first heart transplantDr Christiaan Barnard performed the first human-to-human heart transplant, in Cape Town on December 3, 1967.
- Younger than the ATMThe world's first ATM (cash machine) was unveiled at a Barclays branch in Enfield, London on June 27, 1967.