Apollo 9 Returns Safely After Lunar Module Test, March 13, 1969
Date: March 13, 1969
Date: March 13, 1969
TateβLaBianca murders: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent. Date: August 9, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 9 π Events on this day in 1969…
Space Race: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk. Date: January 16, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on…
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 1969Philippine Air Lines Flight 158 Crashes in Antipolo, 45 Killed,…
IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. Date: June 23, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 23 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Apollo 10 Lunar…
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…
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…