Date: November 17, 1969
Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed Moon landing. Date: May 26, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Apollo…
A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War". Date: July 20, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Viasa DC-9 Crashes in Maracaibo, Killing…
Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war. Date: July 25, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events…
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 → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time. Date: October 1, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Woodstock Music & Art Fair Opens in Bethel, New York – August 15, 1969Caravaggio Nativity Stolen…
Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before. Date: January 16, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969EC-121…