Apollo 10 Lunar Module Flies Within 8.4 Nautical Miles of Moon, May 22, 1969

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon. Date: November 14, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Charles de Gaulle Resigns as President of France, April…

The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration. Date: October 21, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Internet Symbolic Birth: RFC 1 Published, April 7, 1969Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 Crashes in Pennsylvania, Killing…

Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. Date: December 4, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Apollo 10 Returns to…

Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later. Date: July 20, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20…

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: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill. Date: May 10, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Beatles Last…