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Date: August 5, 1969
Date: August 5, 1969
Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Date: July 21, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 21 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module. Date: March 3, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 3 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Canada Official Languages Act Makes French Equal to English, September 9, 1969USS Enterprise Fire…
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 β π Other events on January 19 π Events on this…
The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon. Date: August 13, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 13 π Events on this day in…
Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel. Date: March 17, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 17 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Sino-Malay Sectarian Violence Erupts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 13, 1969Alexander DubΔek Deposed as Czechoslovakia…
Space Race: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk. Date: January 16, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on…