Date: June 23, 1969
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) More events from 1969Venera 5 Lands on Venus May 16, 1969Charles…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Apollo 11 Astronauts Ticker-Tape Parade…
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon. Date: November 14, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Berry L. Cannon Dies in SEALAB III Leak Repair,…
A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power. Date: September 1, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 1 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Nixon Appoints Luis R. Bruce as Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner, August 7, 1969New York Jets…
In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight". Date: October 9, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Soviet Union Launches Soyuz 5, January 15,…
The Piazza Fontana bombing; a bomb explodes at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, three more bombs are detonated in Rome and Milan, and another is found unexploded. Date: December 12, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia…