Born in 1969

What things cost in 1969

1969 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED.

Who was in charge in 1969

United States

Lyndon B. Johnson, then Richard Nixon (President)

United Kingdom

Elizabeth II (Queen); Harold Wilson (Prime minister)

Soviet Union

Leonid Brezhnev (General Secretary); Nikolai Podgorny (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet); Alexei Kosygin (Chairman of the Council of Ministers)

People's Republic of China

Mao Zedong (Chairman; Paramount Leader); Zhou Enlai (Premier)

France

Charles de Gaulle, then Georges Pompidou (President); Alain Poher (Acting President); Maurice Couve de Murville, then Jacques Chaban-Delmas (Prime minister)

East Germany

Walter Ulbricht (Chairmen of the State Council); Willi Stoph (Chairman)

West Germany

Heinrich Lübke, then Gustav Heinemann (President); Kurt Georg Kiesinger, then Willy Brandt (Chancellor)

Japan

Hirohito (Emperor)

Republic of India

Zakir Husain, then V. V. Giri (President); V. V. Giri, then Mohammad Hidayatullah (Acting President); Indira Gandhi (Prime minister)

From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1951–2000) (revision 1371751893), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1969 →

No. 1 songs of 1969

1. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” — Marvin Gaye (4 weeks)
2. “Crimson and Clover” — Tommy James and the Shondells (2 weeks)
3. “Everyday People” — Sly & the Family Stone (4 weeks)
4. “Dizzy” — Tommy Roe (4 weeks)
5. “Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)” — The 5th Dimension (6 weeks)
6. “Get Back” — The Beatles with Billy Preston (5 weeks)
7. “Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet” — Henry Mancini (2 weeks)
8. “In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)” — Zager and Evans (6 weeks)
9. “Honky Tonk Women” — The Rolling Stones (4 weeks)
10. “Sugar, Sugar” — The Archies (4 weeks)
11. “I Can't Get Next to You” — The Temptations (2 weeks)
12. “Suspicious Minds” — Elvis Presley (1 week)
13. “Wedding Bell Blues” — The 5th Dimension (3 weeks)
14. “Come Together / Something” — The Beatles (1 week)
15. “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” — Steam (2 weeks)
16. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” — Peter, Paul and Mary (1 week)
17. “Someday We'll Be Together” — Diana Ross & the Supremes (1 week)

Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 1969, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1969 (Wikipedia revision 1378392259).

Famous people born in 1969

• May 16 – Tucker Carlson, American political commentator source
• January 3 – Michael Schumacher, racing driver source
• 5 February – Michael Sheen, Welsh actor source
• March 27 – Mariah Carey, singer/songwriter, record producer, and actress source
• November 29 – Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American professional baseball player source
• 14 May – Cate Blanchett, actress source
• January 5 – Marilyn Manson, rock musician and painter source
• October 10 – Brett Favre, American football player source
• January 13 – Stephen Hendry, British snooker player source
• August 15 – John Fetterman, American politician, Senator of Pennsylvania source
• January 1 – Verne Troyer, American actor (died 2018) source
• December 5 – Sajid Javid, British Pakistani politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer source
• January 2 – Robby Gordon, American racing driver source
• 11 December – Viswanathan Anand, chess grandmaster and multiple time World Chess Champion. source
• September 13 – Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (died 2022) source

What happened in 1969

• January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th president of the United States of America. source
• January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. source
• January 16 – First successful docking of two crewed spacecraft in orbit and the first transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another (by a space walk) between Soviet craft Soyuz 5 and Soyuz 4. source
• February 9 – The Boeing 747 "jumbo jet" is flown for the first time, taking off from the Boeing airfield at Everett, Washington. source
• 1 March - The first Rajdhani Express commenced its journey between Delhi and Howrah. source
• January 5 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. source
• January 12 – The New York Jets defeat the Baltimore Colts 16–7 in Super Bowl III. source
• February 13 – Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorists bomb the Montreal Stock Exchange. source