Battle of Hamburger Hill Ends in Vietnam, May 20, 1969

Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon. Date: November 19, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This…

Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 crashes in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, killing 11. Date: January 6, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 6 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-18 Crash at Aswan Airport, March…

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 1969Black…

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 1969Golda Meir…

The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur. Date: January 5, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Apollo 11 Safely Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean July 24, 1969Venera 6 Descends…

The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board. Date: April 15, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Apollo 12…