1969


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Year 1969 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the 1969.

January

 * - Australian media baron purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The .




 * - defeats  in the  to win the national title for the 1968 season
 * - The leave over 100 people injured.
 * - The launches  toward.
 * - In, the displays art of  six weeks.
 * - After 147 years, the last issue of  is published.
 * - The launches  toward.
 * - The of the  defeat the heavily favored  of the  16-7 in.
 * - releases their first album, .
 * - An explosion aboard the near  kills 27 and injures 314.
 * - The launches .
 * - Ten paintings are defaced in New York's.
 * - Student sets himself on fire in 's  to protest the Soviet invasion of ; 3 days later he dies.
 * - leaves office as  is sworn in as the 37th.
 * - Martial law is declared in, the University is closed and over 300 students are arrested.
 * - Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in for spying for.
 * - Reverend, hardline leader in , is jailed for 3 months for illegal assembly.
 * - The present-day Hetch Hetchy Powerhouse, rated at 100,000 KVA, is completed and placed in operation.
 * - give their last public performance, on the roof of . The impromptu concert was broken up by the police.

February

 * - In, is appointed  leader at the , and takes command the next day.
 * - A huge off the coast of  closes the city's harbor.
 * - The original Hetch Hetchy Powerhouse is removed from service.
 * - The last issue of  hits magazine stands.
 * - terrorists bomb the  in.
 * - The  Mars probe is launched.
 * - : The  rules that the First Amendment applies to public schools.

March



 * - In, the first  test flight is conducted.
 * - and  forces clash at a border outpost on the.
 * - In a court,  admits that he killed presidential candidate.
 * - : launches   to test the.
 * - In, pleads guilty to assassinating  (he later retracts his guilty plea).
 * - :  returns safely to after testing the.
 * - The  in  is lost; the entire crew of 8 die.
 * - becomes the first female prime minister of.
 * - Operation Breakfast, the secret bombing of Cambodia, begins.
 * - British paratroopers and Marines land on the island of.
 * - A 385-metre (1,265-foot) tall TV-mast at, UK, collapses because of icing.
 * - and  marry in.
 * - Former United States General and  dies after a long illness in the,.

April

 * - The enters service with the.
 * - Dr. implants the first temporary.
 * - Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship Inc® was founded at Winston Salem State University.
 * - The Administration Building is seized by close to 300 students, mostly members of the .   Before the takeover ends, 45 will be injured and 184 arrested.
 * - : The end service after 84 years of operation.
 * - At the ceremony for films released in, a tie between  and  results in the 2 sharing the ;  also becomes the only actress to win 3 .  The film version of  wins.
 * - The : shoots down the aircraft over the, killing all 31 on board.


 * - British troops arrive in to reinforce the.
 * - becomes the first person to sail around the world solo without stopping.
 * - steps down as president of  after suffering defeat in a referendum the day before.

May

 * - Zip to Zap, a harbinger of the Woodstock Concert, ends with the dispersal and eviction of youth and young adults at by the National Guard.
 * - The Battle of Dong Ap Bia, also known as, begins during the.
 * - : s occur in,.
 * - Colonel visits Mecca,.
 * - : , a spaceprobe, lands on.
 * - Venera program: probe  begins to descend into ' atmosphere, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
 * - Tom McClean completes the first solo transatlantic crossing in a rowboat.
 * - :  is launched, on the first full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing.
 * - - s land onto, , to rescue Europeans in the middle of a civil war.
 * - helicopters spray skin-stinging powder on anti-war protesters in.
 * - Apollo program: 's lunar module flies to within 15,400 m of the 's surface.
 * -, the first of two rock operas by The Who is released.
 * - Apollo program:  returns to, after a successful 8-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned landing.
 * -: and  conduct their  at the  in.
 * - Guided tours begin at the and other government sites in.
 * - Riots in mark the start of an   movement on the island.

June

 * - In,  is recorded in a famous for peace by .  The song is the first single recorded solo by a , and released under the name , it is still a strong anthem for peace.
 * - In, the opens its doors to the public for the first time.
 * - The n aircraft carrier ' collides with the U.S. destroyer ' in the ; 74 U.S. sailors are killed.
 * - begins in.
 * - After cancels the program, the last  airs.
 * - U.S. and  President  meet at .   Nixon announces that 25,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn by September.
 * -  debuts on.
 * - - The National Convention of the, held in , collapses, and the faction seizes control of the SDS National Office. Thereafter, any activity run from the National Office or bearing the name of SDS is Weatherman-controlled.
 * - is elected President of France.
 * - Soviet musicologist Pavel Apostolov dies during the general rehearsal of 's Fourteenth Symphony.
 * - Singer/Actress dies.
 * - is sworn in as  by retiring chief.
 * - The and  sever diplomatic ties.
 * - The in  mark the start of the modern  in the U.S.

July

 * -, is invested with his title at.
 * -, n Minister of Development, is assassinated.
 * - is made equal to  throughout the  national government.
 * - : The very first U.S. troop withdrawals are made.
 * - The Teignmouth Electron of  is found drifting and unoccupied; Crowhurst might have committed suicide.
 * - The film  premieres.
 * - : After loses a soccer game against, rioting breaks out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers. Of the 300,000 Salvadorean workers in Honduras, tens of thousands are expelled, prompting a brief Salvadoran invasion of Honduras. The  works out a cease-fire on , which takes effect on.
 * - :  lifts off toward the first landing on the.
 * - drives off a bridge on his way home from a party on, . , a former campaign aide to his brother who was in the car with him, dies in the incident.
 * - wins the  pageant, with the Philippines receiving its first title.
 * - : The Eagle lands on the lunar surface. The world watches in awe as takes his historic first steps on the.
 * - The  astronauts return from the first successful landing, and are placed in biological isolation for several days, on the chance they may have brought back lunar germs.   The airless lunar environment is later determined to preclude microscopic life.
 * - : U.S. President declares the, stating that the  now expects its n allies to take care of their own military defense. This starts the "Vietnamization" of the war.
 * - : U.S. President makes an unscheduled visit to, meeting with President  and U.S. military commanders.
 * - The ceases to be  in the UK.

August

 * - Vietnam War: At the apartment of intermediary Jean Sainteny in, U.S. representative  and North Vietnamese representative  begin secret peace negotiations. They eventually fail since both sides cannot agree to any terms.
 * - : makes its closest fly-by of  (3,524 kilometers).
 * - A fire breaks out in the in the ; most of the roof collapses and crashes down to the lower levels.
 * - Members of a led by  murder, (who was 8 months pregnant), and her friends  coffee heiress , , and Hollywood hairstylist  at Tate and husband 's home in . , leaving from a visit to the Polanskis' caretaker, is also killed.   More than 100 stab wounds are found on the victims, except for Parent, who had been shot almost as soon as the Manson Family entered the property.
 * - The Manson Family kills, wealthy businesspeople who live in another section of Los Angeles.
 * -, of the , makes a speech to the , in which he asks them to deploy a peace-keeping mission in.
 * - Serious border clashes occur between the and the.
 * - troops are deployed in.
 * - - The is held in upstate, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
 * - Category 5 hits the  coast, killing 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 dollars).
 * - An n,, set the on fire.
 * - Former Heavyweight Champion is killed in a plane crash.

September

 * - A coup in ousts King, and brings Colonel  to power.
 * - The first in the United States is installed in . Also, the President of the , dies, aged 79.
 * - : Lieutenant is charged with 6 counts of premeditated murder, for the deaths of 109 ese civilians in.
 * - The children's TV program appears on.
 * -  airs its first episode on the.
 * -  collides in flight with a, and crashes near ,.
 * - An Islamic conference in, Morocco, following the al-Aqsa Mosque fire (August 21), condemns the Israeli ownership of.
 * - The "" trial begins in,.
 * - release  ()
 * - The pilot episode of , starring and, airs on.
 * - The and the  receive a majority of votes in the  parliamentary elections, and decide to form a common government.

October

 * - In, is elected Labour Party leader, replacing  as prime minister on.
 * - The begins operation.
 * - - : In, the is called in to control demonstrations involving the radical , in connection with the "" Trial.
 * - : Hundreds of thousands of people take part in National Moratorium antiwar demonstrations across the.
 * - The "miracle" win the, beating the heavily favored  4 games to 1.
 * - Willard S. Boyle and George Smith invent the at . Thirty years later, this technology is widely used in digital cameras.
 * - becomes Chancellor of.
 * - General comes to power in  in a coup, six days after the assassination of President.
 * - The first message was sent over, the forerunner of the.
 * - incorporates as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

November

 * - : U.S. President addresses the nation on  and, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity with the  effort, and to support his policies.   Vice President  denounces the President's critics as 'an effete corps of impudent snobs' and 'nattering nabobs of negativism'.
 * - A group of Amerindians, led by, seizes Island for 19 months, inspiring a wave of renewed Indian pride and government reform.
 * - The 's educational television program is premiered in the United States.
 * - : - Independent investigative journalist  breaks the  story.
 * - : launches , the second manned mission to the.
 * - : The collides with the American submarine  in the.
 * - : In, 250,000-500,000 protesters stage a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
 * - Regular broadcasts begin on  and  in.
 * - : Negotiators from the and the  meet in, to begin the  negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
 * - :  astronauts and  land at  ("Ocean of Storms"), becoming the third and fourth s to walk on the.
 * - Soccer great scores his 1,000th goal.
 * - : The  publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the in.
 * - returns with 90 followers and offers to buy Alcatraz for $24 (he leaves the island January 1970).
 * - U.S. President and ese Premier  agree in  to the return of  to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. retains rights to military bases on the island, but they must be nuclear-free.
 * - The first link is established (the progenitor of the global ).
 * - The votes down the  nomination of, the first such rejection since 1930.
 * - : The  spacecraft splashes down safely in the, ending the second manned mission to the.
 * - returns his  medal to protest the British government's support of the U.S. war in Vietnam.

December

 * - : The first in the  is held since  (on, , the  will run a long article, "Statisticians Charge Draft Lottery Was Not Random").
 * - The jumbo jet makes its debut. It carries 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, from  to.
 * - members  and  are shot dead in their sleep during a raid by 14  police officers.
 * - The is held at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. Hosted by the, it is an attempt at a "Woodstock West" and is best known for the uproar of violence that occurred. It is viewed by many as the "end of the sixties."
 * - The in Italy (Strage di Piazza Fontana) takes place. A U.S. Navy officer and  agent called David Carrett is later investigated for possible involvement.

Undated

 * Reported as being the year the first strain of the  migrated to the United States via.
 * Summer saw the invention of under the potential name "Unics" (after ).
 * In the autumn, the first four nodes of the ARPAnet went up.
 * This year marked the first time the and the  won the championships of their sports in the same year.

Ongoing

 * , between and, which lasted until August . This conflict was characterized by escalating artillery duels, air raids and commando missions.
 * , between and, which lasted until August . This conflict was characterized by escalating artillery duels, air raids and commando missions.

Fictional
The following are references to year 1969 in fiction:
 * ', or ' episode.

Births
See also:.

January-February

 * -, author
 * January 2  -, American fashion model
 * -, American boxer
 * -, German race car driver
 * -, American singer
 * -, American musician
 * -, British snooker player
 * -, American actor
 * January 14  -, American drummer and composer (later, )
 * -, German actress and musician
 * -, American boxer
 * -, Scandinavian vocalist
 * -, Swedish film director
 * January 17  -, Trance DJ
 * -, American professional wrestler.
 * -, American writer, hacker
 * -, musician, singer and producer


 * -, Argentine footballer
 * -, South African golfer
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, South Korean footballer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Arabic Diva
 * -, former driver in the Indy Racing League
 * -, American actress
 * -, New Zealand golfer
 * -, Belgian cyclist

March-April

 * -, Spanish actor
 * -, Native American actor
 * -, Welsh drummer
 * -, American actress and advocate of gay rights
 * -, American artist and record producer
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, Taiwanese actress
 * -, Colombian singer and multi-instrumentalist (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Iranian football player
 * -, American television host


 * -, Canadian professional wrestler
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Welsh singer
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Peruvian actor
 * -, Hungarian chess player
 * -, English footballer
 * -, baseball and American football broadcaster
 * -, Italian artist
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actress

May-June

 * -, West Indian cricketer
 * -, American author and actor
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, Swedish-born musician
 * -, Dutch musician
 * -, Dutch soccer player
 * -, French-born television host
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American athlete
 * -, American singer
 * -, Ukrainian journalist (d. )


 * -, American comedian
 * -, Japanese musician, composer and writer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American drummer
 * -, Hungarian guitarist (Omen, Bikini) (d. )
 * -, German tennis player
 * -, American rapper
 * -, German football goalkeeper
 * -, American rapper and actor
 * -, Kenyan athlete
 * -, Norwegian guitarist and keyboardist
 * -, Norwegian singer
 * -, American television host
 * -, American guitarist
 * -, American actor
 * -, Sri Lankan cricketer

July-August

 * -, American hockey player
 * -,  and
 * -, American actor
 * -, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Japanese professional wrestler
 * -, American actor
 * -, Greek singer
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, British Paralympian
 * - (aka Hunter Hearst Helmsley), American professional wrestler


 * -, Portuguese footballer
 * -, Brazilian musician and singer
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, Hong Kong singer and actress
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Japanese figure skater
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, American rapper
 * -, American singer
 * -, Canadian-born actor
 * -, American actor and musician
 * -, Northern Irish snooker player
 * -, Mexican singer and actress

September-October

 * -, American singer
 * -, American photographer
 * -, American actor and musician
 * -, American actress
 * -, New Zealand model and actress
 * -, Argentine golfer
 * -, Australian cricketer
 * -, Irish snooker player
 * -, Internet celebrity
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American music producer
 * -, American percussionist
 * -, South African cricketer (d. )
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * -, Welsh actress
 * -, Quebec actor
 * -, English football player


 * -, Russian hockey player
 * -, American actor and television host
 * -, American singer
 * -, Honduran politician
 * -, wife of of
 * -, Turkish football player
 * -, American porn actress
 * -, American football player
 * -, American figure skater
 * -, American country singer
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, South African golfer
 * -, American television producer
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Australian rugby league player
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, Czech ice hockey player
 * -, American bassist
 * -, American photographer

November-December

 * - (aka Fieldy Snuts), American bassist
 * -, American rapper
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, French pianist
 * -, American poet
 * -, American musician
 * -, German football player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American fashion expert
 * -, Austrian politician
 * -, child kidnap victim
 * -, Scottish actor
 * -, Belgian table tennis player
 * -, Japanese (voice actor)
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Belgian politician
 * -, Turkish football coach and former player
 * -, Japanese composer
 * -, baseball player
 * -, African-American actor and film director
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * -, nian player


 * -, American rapper
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, Chinese-American film and television actor
 * -, American illustrator and producer
 * -, American fighter.
 * -, Scottish keyboard player
 * -, American actress
 * -, British TV presenter
 * -, Mexican wrestler
 * -, French actress
 * -, Swedish body-builder and former
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, Finnish computer programmer
 * -, English singer

Unknown dates

 * , Reggae artist
 * (a.k.a. Buckethead), American guitarist

Deaths
See also:.

January - March

 * - and, English conjoined twin actresses (b. )
 * -, British athlete (b. )
 * -, Czech student protester (suicide) (b. )
 * -, English dancer (b. )
 * -, American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (b. )
 * -, Belgian monk, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Indian Spiritual master (b. )


 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, FRELIMO leader, assassinated.
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Swiss conductor (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Russian-born film empresario (b. )
 * -, British author (b. )
 * -, American baseball player and manager (b. )
 * -, British entertainer & bandleader (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, German writer
 * -, 34th (b. )

April - June

 * -, American television producer (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, Venezuelan president and writer (b. )
 * -, Estonian Nazi (b. )
 * -, Japanese martial artist and founder of (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Australian swimmer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American tennis player (b. )
 * -, American actress and singer (b. )

July - September

 * -, British musician (b. )
 * -, German architect (b. )
 * -, American campaign aide to U.S. Senator (b. )
 * -, Polish novelist and dramatist (b. )
 * -, Cuban president (b. )


 * -, German sociologist and philosopher (b. )
 * -, British physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, celebrity  (murdered) (b. )
 * -, American actress (murdered) (b. )
 * -, American socialite, Coffee heiress, and social worker (murdered) (b. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, English novelist (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * -, American boxer (b. )


 * -, (b. )
 * -, American er (b. )
 * -, Brazilian er (b.)

October - December

 * -, Italian singer (b. )
 * -, Swedish politician (b. )
 * -, Norwegian figure skater (b. )
 * -, President of , assassinated (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, Polish mathematician (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )


 * -, American cryptanalyst (b. )
 * -, first (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )


 * -, Black Panther (shot by police) (b. )
 * -, Black Panther (shot by police) (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American admiral and ambassador (b. )