1969 Portugal Earthquake Hits Portugal, Spain, and Morocco February 28, 1969

Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks. Date: May 9, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Nixon Visits South Vietnam,…

Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module. Date: March 13, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Concorde First Test Flight in Toulouse, March 2, 1969Allegheny Airlines Flight 863 Mid-Air Collision…

Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart. Date: April 4, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969USS Enterprise Fire Kills 28 Near Hawaii, January 14, 1969Apollo 10 Returns to Earth After Moon…

The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City. Date: May 2, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Battle of the Bogside Erupts in Derry, Northern Ireland,…

Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest. Date: January 19, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this…

Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort. Date: April 3, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969William P. Rogers Ceasefire…