Apollo 11 Astronauts Released from Quarantine After Moon Landing, August 11, 1969
Date: August 11, 1969
Date: August 11, 1969
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashes into the Polica mountain near Zawoja, Poland, killing 53. Date: April 2, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969EC-121 Shootdown: North Korea Downs U.S. Navy Aircraft, April 15,…
The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur. Date: January 5, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 5 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick Car Crash Kills Mary Jo Kopechne July 19, 1969Battle of…
The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission is launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida, USA. Date: July 16, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 16 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Nixon Doctrine Declared, Launching Vietnamization of War – July 25, 1969Apollo…
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…
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…
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…