Significant Events
- Feb 4 The Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat chairman of the PLO
- Feb 5 US population reaches 200 million
- Feb 17 Golda Meir sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Israel
- Apr 7 The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1
- Jul 20 1st Moon Landing: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step out from Apollo spacecraft 11, 530 million watch live global broadcast
- Jul 21 Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
- Aug 14 British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of Operation Banner
- Aug 15 Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in New York State on Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm
- Sep 1 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposes King Idris in the Libyan revolution
- Oct 15 Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war
Did You Know?
First trial flight of Concorde supersonic jetliner, Bristol, England
On January 9, 1969
World Leaders in 1969
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet General Secretary
Mao Zedong
Chinese Revolutionary and Chairman of the Communist Party
Richard Nixon
37th US President
Famous People in 1969
Glen Campbell
Grammy for Album of the Year
John Wayne
Oscar for Best Actor
Maggie Smith
Oscar for Best Actress
Jay-Z
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Lopez
Michael Schumacher
Steffi Graf
Tommy MorrisonWould You Believe?
22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft
On June 4, 1969
Famous Weddings
- Feb 16 Country singer Tammy Wynette (26) weds musician George Jones (37)
- Mar 8 Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo
- Mar 8 CEO of McDonald's Ray Kroc (66) weds philanthropist Joan Mansfield (40)
- Mar 12 Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London
- Mar 20 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
Famous Divorces
- Sep 18 Actor Rod Taylor (39) divorces model Mary Hilem after 5 years of marriage
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ho Chi Minh
Joe Malone
Judy Garland
Rocky Marciano
Sharon Tate