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)
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 → 📅 Other events on…
Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before. Date: January 16, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. Date: January 15, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people. Date: January 14, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. Date: January 12, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on…
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)