1969 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1969?
- January 15, 1969 – The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
- February 9, 1969 – First test flight of the Boeing 747.
- February 17, 1969 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- March 19, 1969 – The 385 m tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
- June 23, 1969 – Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
- July 4, 1969 – Two teens (one male, one female) are attacked at Blue Rock Springs in California. They are the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. The male survives.
- July 20, 1969 – Apollo Program: Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on another world almost 7 hours later.
- July 25, 1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the “Vietnamization” of the war.
- July 30, 1969 – Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.
- August 15, 1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opens.
- August 27, 1969 – Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
- September 1, 1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar al-Gaddafi to power.
- September 5, 1969 – My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
- September 14, 1969 – The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery Date.
- September 23, 1969 – The Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago.
- October 19, 1969 – The first Prime Minister of Tunisia in twelve years, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President Habib Bourguiba.
- October 21, 1969 – A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power.
- November 15, 1969 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic “March Against Death”.
- November 21, 1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
- November 22, 1969 – In American football, the University of Michigan upset Ohio State University, 24-12, in Bo Schembechler’s first season as Michigan’s head coach. The win set off the 10 Year War between Schembechler and Ohio State’s Woody Hayes. (See also Michigan-Ohio State rivalry).
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