1969 in History (Part 3)

Events 201 - 300 of 395

• Jun 17 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens in NYC (almost entirely in the nude)
• Jun 18 A report published by the International Commission of Jurists on the British government's policy in Northern Ireland is critical of both the British government and the Northern Ireland government
• Jun 19 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances

• Jun 20 A constitutional referendum in Rhodesia on declaring a republic is approved by 72% of the voting population
• Jun 21 1st reported hearing of pirate radio WGHP (With God's Help Peace)
• Jun 22 Cleveland's Cuyahoga River catches fire due to pollution
• Jun 22 The Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) stage a protest by blocking the Lecky Road in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland
• Jun 23 French government of Couve de Murville resigns
• Jun 23 Warren E Burger sworn in as US Supreme Court Chief Justice
• Jun 23 24 Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district, Cape Province, appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act; alleged they had conspired or incited others to kill White people or police
• Jun 25 19th Berlin International Film Festival: "Early Works" wins the Golden Bear
• Jun 28 Police carry out an early morning raid on Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days
• Jun 29 1st Jewish worship service at White House
• Jun 30 Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco
• Jun 30 In South Africa, General Laws Amendment Bill is passed; the Bill contains far-reaching provisions and restrictions affecting the administration of justice and the disclosure of evidence
• Jul 1 Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips

• Jul 4 "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in UK
• Jul 4 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• Jul 4 The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie.
• Jul 6 Frente Obrero y Liberacion (FOL) forms in Curacao
• Jul 7 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
• Jul 7 German newspaper Der Spiegel reveals Bishop Defregger of Munich is a war criminal
• Jul 8 US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
• Jul 8 IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer
• Jul 10 Chilean Association of Librarians created
• Jul 12 As the 'marching season' reaches its height there is serious rioting in Derry, Belfast and Dungiven; many familles in Belfast are forced to move from their homes
• Jul 13 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon
• Jul 13 North Ireland loyalist Ian Paisley addresses a crowd at Loughgall, County Antrim, and is reported to have said: "I am anti-Roman Catholic, but God being my judge, I love the poor dupes who are ground down under that system."
• Jul 14 "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins
• Jul 14 The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation.
• Jul 14 A 67-year-old Catholic civilian dies after being attacked by RUC officers in Dungiven; many consider this the first death of 'the Troubles'
• Jul 15 Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season

• Jul 19 Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit

• Jul 21 Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
• Jul 21 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits
• Jul 22 USSR launches Sputnik 50 & Molniya 1-12 communications satellite
• Jul 23 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• Jul 24 Apollo 11 returns to Earth
• Jul 25 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne
• Jul 26 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific
• Jul 29 Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars
• Jul 31 Mariner 6 makes its closest approach to planet Mars at 3410 km
• Jul 31 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Lousiana
• Aug 1 Mariner 6 sends close-up photos of Mars

• Aug 4 Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium
• Aug 5 Mariner 7 flies past Mars


• Aug 5 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium
• Aug 9 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
• Aug 11 Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder
• Aug 12 Battle of the Bogside: RUC officers, backed by loyalists, entered the nationalist Bogside in armoured cars and tried to suppress the riot by using CS gas, water cannon and eventually firearms; the almost continuous rioting lasted for two days
• Aug 13 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote
• Aug 14 In response to events in Derry, Irish nationalists hold protests throughout Northern Ireland, some of these became violent
• Aug 14 British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of Operation Banner
• Aug 16 First performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Auditorium Theater, Chicago)
• Aug 16 V.V. Giri is elected the fourth President of India
• Aug 17 Hurricane Camille strikes US coastline and kills 259 people (mainly in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)

• Aug 20 69 cm rainfall in Nelson County, Virginia (state record)
• Aug 21 Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem
• Aug 22 Gloria O Smith (NY) crowned 2nd Miss Black America
• Aug 24 Peru nationalizes US oil interests
• Aug 27 Lindy's Pride win Hambletonian Stakes
• Aug 27 Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
• Aug 30 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida

• Sep 2 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season
• Sep 2 The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York.
• Sep 5 Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections
• Sep 8 Suleiman Maghrabi appointed premier of Libya
• Sep 9 Allegheny Airlines flight 853 collides with a Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills all 83 occupants
• Sep 10 US performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado
• Sep 11 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• Sep 14 Male voters of Swiss Canton Schaffhausen reject female suffrage
• Sep 18 Tiny Tim & Miss Vicky get engaged
• Sep 22 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
• Sep 23 Northern Star and Illinois Univ newspaper start rumors that Paul McCartney is dead
• Sep 24 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati
• Sep 24 Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam
• Sep 24 Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem National Conv) begins
• Sep 26 Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia
• Sep 26 USSR performs underground nuclear test
• Sep 28 Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
• Sep 28 SPD wins West German Parliament elections
• Sep 29 7th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 7-6
• Sep 29 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
• Sep 29 Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart"
• Sep 30 Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant
• Oct 1 Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier
• Oct 1 Guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps
• Oct 1 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• Oct 2 Seattle Pilots last game in Seattle, lose 3-1 to As in front of 5,473
• Oct 2 US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
• Oct 4 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach
• Oct 4 UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters
• Oct 8 The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.

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