April 1969 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1969.
The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on April 1969: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 1969?
Events
- 01 Apr 1969 Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Kansas City Royals.
- 02 Apr 1969 Milwaukee Bucks sign Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor).
- 04 Apr 1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
- 07 Apr 1969 Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to New York Yankees 8-4.
- 08 Apr 1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games
- 09 Apr 1969 Chicago Cubs' Billy Williams hits four consecutive doubles, beat Philadelphis Phillies 11-3.
- 11 Apr 1969 South African President Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse.
- 12 Apr 1969 Simon and Garfunkel releases Boxer
- 13 Apr 1969 33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281.
- 14 Apr 1969 41st Academy Awards - Oliver, Cliff Robertson, and Katharine Hepburn/ Barbra Streisand win.
- 15 Apr 1969 North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea.
- 17 Apr 1969 Bernadette Devlin elected to British House of Commons.
- 18 Apr 1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
- 20 Apr 1969 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win.
- 21 Apr 1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49.
- 22 Apr 1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312-day non-stop sailing.
- 23 Apr 1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney.
- 24 Apr 1969 Gen Lin Piao succeeds Mao, is seriously wounded
- 25 Apr 1969 BBC Radio serial Dales 5,400th and last episode
- 26 Apr 1969 Celebration closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 110 performances
- 27 Apr 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational.
- 28 Apr 1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
- 29 Apr 1969 Trumpets of the Lord opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 performances
- 30 Apr 1969 WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 01 Apr 1969 The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in April 1969?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
- Tommy Roe - Dizzy
- The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)
- Blood, Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy
- The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing
- The Zombies - Time Of The Season
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
- Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind
- Mary Hopkin - Goodbye
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
Books
Which were the most popular books released in April 1969?
Slaughterhouse Five
By: Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five is an American classic and one of the most important antiwar books in the world. Billy Pilgrim's time-traveling odyssey focuses on Dresden's firebombing. It reflects our own fragmented lives and search for meaning in the things we fear most.
The Joys Of Yiddish
By: Leo Rosten
Are you able to tell when to cry Mazel Tov and when to avoid it like a plague? Oy! Oy! is not a word. It's a vocabulary.
A Small Town in Germany
By: John le Carre
The New York Times bestseller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, comes Tom Hiddleston. John le Carre's latest novel, A Legacy of Spies is now available.
The Trouble With Lawyers
By: Murray Teigh Bloom
This vital book, which is in the tradition of Silent Spring and The American Way of Death, The Case Against Congress and Unsafe ant any Speed, confronts a serious threat to the lives of the citizens of the United States.
The Vines Of Yarrabee
By: Dorothy Eden
For four consecutive months, Dorothy Eden's romantic story about Australia colonization has been a New York Times bestseller. It tells the amazing story of a man and woman who carve.