In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant. Date: March 10, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module. Date: March 3, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The 1969 Portugal earthquake hits Portugal, Spain and Morocco. Date: February 28, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
American aquanaut Berry L. Cannon dies of carbon dioxide poisoning while attempting to repair a leak in the SEALAB III underwater habitat. The SEALAB project was subsequently abandoned. Date: February 17, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police. Date: January 30, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles. Date: January 25, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this…
United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members. Date: January 18, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)