Libya Coup Brings Muammar Gaddafi to Power, September 1, 1969

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashes into the Polica mountain near Zawoja, Poland, killing 53. Date: April 2, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 2 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Mexicana Flight 801 Crashes in Mexico City, 27 Killed, September…

Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs. Date: December 17, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Charter Signed September 25, 1969Apollo 11 First Moon…

Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later. Date: July 20, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20…

Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched. Date: May 18, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Nixon Doctrine Declared, Launching Vietnamization of War – July 25, 1969United Arab Airlines Il-18 Crash at Aswan Airport, 100…

Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure. Date: May 17, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Vietnam War First…

Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Date: August 7, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)…