Date: November 19, 1969
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Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes in Fernhill, West Sussex, UK, while on approach to Gatwick Airport, killing 50 people. 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 1969Nigerian Troops Capture Umuahia, Biafran…
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…
A United Arab Airlines (now Egyptair) Ilyushin Il-18 crashes at Aswan International Airport, killing 100 people. Date: March 20, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 20 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Apollo 10 Launches in Apollo Program, May 18, 1969Apollo…
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 1969Alexander DubΔek Deposed as Czechoslovakia Communist Party Chairman, April 17,…
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…
Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative XuΓ’n Thuα»· begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail. Date: August 4, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 4 π Events on this day in 1969 π On…