Historical Events in December 1969

Dec 3 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar

Dec 6 300,000 attend Altamont free concert in California, featuring The Rolling Stones. Marred by violence and four deaths.

Dec 12 Strategia della tensione: Piazza Fontana bombing - The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.
Dec 13 Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant"
Dec 13 MLB manager Billy Martin fired by the Minnesota Twins

Dec 14 "Leaving on a Jet Plane" single sung by Peter, Paul and Mary, written by John Denver is No. 1 on US Billboard's Hot Top 100

Dec 14 Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"

Dec 15 Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom
Dec 15 San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones

Dec 16 "Hello Dolly" with Barbra Streisand premieres

Dec 16 British House of Commons votes 343-185 to abolish the death penalty
Dec 16 "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" posters begin appearing
Dec 17 USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings
Dec 18 "Coco" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 333 performances
Dec 18 House of Lords votes to abolish the death penalty in England, Wales and Scotland (Northern Ireland 25 July 1973)
Dec 18 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Dec 18 "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", 6th James Bond Film starring George Lazenby and Diana Rigg, premieres in London
Dec 19 Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released
Dec 20 Peter, Paul & Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1
Dec 21 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)
Dec 21 Vince Lombardi (Redskins) coaches his last football game
Dec 22 Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots
Dec 23 Ballon d'Or: Milan midfielder Gianni Rivera wins award for best European football player ahead of Cagliari forward Luigi Riva and Bayern Munich striker Gerd Müller
Dec 25 5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor
Dec 25 India all out for 163 at Madras v Aust, Ashley Mallett 5-91

Dec 28 Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" premieres in NYC

Dec 28 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Dec 28 Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland, missed the ball
Dec 29 NY Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause
Dec 30 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Dec 31 Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi