Apollo 10 Launches in Apollo Program, May 18, 1969

In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted. Date: March 2, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Pelé Scores 1,000th Goal in Football History, November 19, 1969Jan Palach Self-Immolates…

Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai. Date: September 5, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

The Piazza Fontana bombing; a bomb explodes at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, three more bombs are detonated in Rome and Milan, and another is found unexploded. Date: December 12, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia…

Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies. Date: November 3, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1969…

Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA. Date: January 17, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Warren E. Burger…

Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart. Date: April 4, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969USS Enterprise Fire Kills 28 Near Hawaii, January 14, 1969Pelé Scores 1,000th Goal in Football History,…