Apollo 9 Returns Safely After Lunar Module Test, March 13, 1969
Date: March 13, 1969
Date: March 13, 1969
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubฤek is deposed. Date: April 17, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1969 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1969New York Jets Upset Baltimore Colts to Win Super Bowl III, January 12, 1969LOT Polish Airlines…
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 โ ๐ Other events on January 19 ๐ 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 โ ๐ Other events on May 10 ๐ Events on this day in 1969 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Vietnam War…
The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam. Date: March 18, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1969 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Apollo 12 Command Module Splashes Down…
Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Date: August 7, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1969 ๐ On This Day (Today)…
Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement. Date: June 28, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 28 ๐ Events on this day in 1969 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 Crashes in Pennsylvania, Killing 11, January…