Date: August 9, 1969
A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155. Date: March 16, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Venera 5 Space Probe Launched from Baikonur January 5, 1969Sino-Malay Sectarian Violence Erupts in…
Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside. Date: August 12, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal. Date: November 19, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Plain Dealer Publishes My Lai Massacre Photos, November 20, 1969First Computer-to-Computer Link Established on ARPANET, October 29,…
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 1969Iain Macmillan Takes Iconic Beatles…
Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon. Date: November 19, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This…
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…