Alexander Dubček Deposed as Communist Party Chairman, April 17, 1969

The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force. Date: April 1, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Vietnam War: Battle…

The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends. Date: May 20, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Melbourne-Evans Collision: HMAS Melbourne Cuts USS Frank E. Evans, June 3, 1969New York Jets Upset Baltimore Colts…

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 1969Venera 5 Space Probe Launched from Baikonur January 5, 1969Melbourne-Evans Collision: HMAS Melbourne Cuts…

Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half; resulting in 74 deaths. Date: June 3, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members. Date: January 18, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Vietnam War: Battle of Hamburger Hill Begins, Hill…

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…