1969 in History (Part 4)

Events in History

Events 301 - 386 of 386

Election of Interest

Oct 21 German statesman Willy Brandt is elected chancellor of West Germany (1969-1974)

Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt — Chancellor of West Germany
Willy Brandt

Oct 21 Maj Gen Mohamed Siad Barre becomes President of Somali
Oct 22 KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KDB-AM
Oct 22 Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death
Oct 27 Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to John Tinbergen

Event of Interest

Oct 27 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader's Raiders

Political Activist Ralph Nader — Political Activist
Ralph Nader

Oct 27 St Vincent & Grenadines gains associated status with Britain
Oct 29 Supreme Court orders end to all school desegregation "at once"
Oct 29 Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award
Oct 29 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Oct 29 USSR performs underground nuclear test
Oct 31 Eastside race riot in Jacksonville, Florida
Nov 3 Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium
Nov 6 1st Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Balt & Denny McLain, Det)
Nov 9 "Bridge over Troubled Water" single recorded by Simon & Garfunkel
Nov 12 Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union
Nov 12 Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP
Nov 12 US army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19
Nov 14 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
Nov 14 Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
Nov 15 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back)
Nov 15 1st commercial ad on English TV: Birds-Eye Peas on ATV (Midland)

Vietnam War Moratorium Demonstration

Nov 15 An estimated 2 million people take part in the Vietnam War Moratorium demonstration across the United States
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Millions marched against the Vietnam War outside the White House

Nov 15 Wendy's Hamburgers, American fast food restaurant chains founded by Dave Thomas opens in Columbus, Ohio
Nov 16 1968 Mỹ Lai massacre of between 347 and 504 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by US soldiers is first reported
Nov 17 SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland
Nov 19 Apollo 12's Charles Conrad & Alan Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon
Nov 20 Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
Nov 21 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Nov 22 Isolation of a single gene announced by scientists at Harvard University
Nov 24 Apollo 12 returns to Earth
Nov 24 West German President Heinemann visits The Netherlands
Nov 24 Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial
Nov 26 Cream's final concert (Royal Albert Hall)
Nov 26 Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon
Nov 28 Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year
Nov 30 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Dec 1 US government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II
Dec 1 LAPD Police Chief Edward Davis announces warrants for the arrest of the Manson cult for murder
Dec 2 Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC)
Dec 3 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
Dec 5 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Dec 5 Four-node ARPANET network is established
Dec 6 USSR performs nuclear test
Dec 8 Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed
Dec 8 Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA
Dec 11 Libya adopts constitution
Dec 12 Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed
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 14 "La Strada" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 1 performance
Dec 14 Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta
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 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 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 21 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)
Dec 25 5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor
Dec 25 India all out for 163 at Madras v Aust, Ashley Mallett 5-91

Event of Interest

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

Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon — Playwright and screenwriter
Neil Simon

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 30 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Dec 31 Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi

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Deaths in History

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