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Birthdays for this date
Passed on Thursday, May 8 1969
Henri Arius
Now Showing Thursday, May 8 1969
UK
Astoria, London
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Carlton, London
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Casino, London
Ice Station Zebra
Columbia, London
Funny Girl
Dominion, London
Star!
Leicester Square Theatre, Westminster, London
Oliver!
London Pavilion, London
Sinful Davey
Odeon Haymarket, London
Lion in Winter
Paramount, London
Oh! What a Lovely War
Prince Charles, London
The Killing of Sister George
Ritz, London
Where Eagles Dare
Aired on Thursday, May 8 1969
Australia
Seven Network
1930
Riptide
Daybreak Island
Aired on Thursday, May 8 1969
UK
Anglia
1900
Film
Five Weeks in a Balloon
BBC1
1815
Dick Van Dyke Show
My Two Show-Offs and Me
1930
Top of the Pops
Episode
2000
First Lady
To Hell with Purity
BBC2
2000
Call My Bluff
Episode
2105
Thirty Minute Theatre
Conversation At Night
2135
Horizon
The Years of the Locust
Granada
1900
Film
Diane
Harlech
1900
Film
Houseboat
ITV
1655
Adventures of Robin Hood
The Christmas Goose
1730
Magpie
Episode
1900
Film
War Lover
2100
John Browne's Body
Episode #1.6
Midlands
1900
Film
Summer and Smoke
Yorkshire
1900
Film
War Lover
Aired on Thursday, May 8 1969
USA
ABC
1600
Dark Shadows
Episode #1.749
1600
Film
Fugitive Kind
CBS
2100
Film
Blue Angel
2330
Film
Black Widow
NBC
1930
Daniel Boone
The Fleeing Nuns
2315
Film
Frisco Jenny
WAJA
2030
Film
Seduced and Abandoned
WCIX
2100
Film
Affair to Remember
UK Chart
Wednesday, May 7 1969
Get Back
The Beatles
1
Goodbye
Mary Hopkin
2
Come Back And Shake Me
Clodagh Rodgers
3
Pinball Wizard
The Who
4
My Sentimental Friend
Herman's Hermits
5
Israelites
Desmond Dekker & The Aces
6
Man Of The World
Fleetwood Mac
7
Behind A Painted Smile
The Isley Brothers
8
My Way
Frank Sinatra
9
Cupid
Johnny Nash
10
Harlem Shuffle
Bob & Earl
11
Road Runner
Jr. Walker & The All Stars
12
Gentle On My Mind
Dean Martin
13
I'm Living In Shame
Diana Ross & The Supremes
14
The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel
15
Don't Know Why I Love You
Stevie Wonder
16
Dizzy
Tommy Roe
17
Badge
Cream
18
The Windmills Of Your Mind
Noel Harrison
19
Passing Strangers
Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan
20
US Chart
Saturday, May 3 1969
Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)
The 5th Dimension
1
It's Your Thing
The Isley Brothers
2
Hair
The Cowsills
3
You've Made Me So Very Happy
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4
Only The Strong Survive
Jerry Butler
5
Sweet Cherry Wine
Tommy James and the Shondells
7
Hawaii Five-O
The Ventures
8
The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel
9
Galveston
Glen Campbell
10
Dizzy
Tommy Roe
11
Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
Crazy Elephant
12
Twenty-Five Miles
Edwin Starr
13
These Eyes
The Guess Who
14
Love (Can Make You Happy)
Mercy
15
Do Your Thing
The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
16
Don't Give In To Him
Gary Puckett
17
The Chokin' Kind
Joe Simon
18
Atlantis
Donovan
19
Gitarzan
Ray Stevens
20
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