Date: July 19, 1969
The 385-metre-tall (1,263Β ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up. Date: March 19, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 19 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Vietnam War: Melvin Laird Announces Vietnamization, April 3, 1969Giorgos…
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 β π Other events on January 19 π Events on this…
The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends. Date: May 20, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 20 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Charles de Gaulle Resigns as President of France, April 28, 1969Alexander DubΔek Deposed as Czechoslovakia Communist Party…
The 1969 Portugal earthquake hits Portugal, Spain and Morocco. Date: February 28, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 28 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969James Earl Ray Pleads Guilty to Assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. March 10, 1969Giorgos Seferis Opposes…
The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1. Date: April 7, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 7 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Altamont Free Concert: Meredith Hunter Stabbed by Hells Angels, December 6, 1969Battle of Hamburger Hill Ends…
MelbourneβEvans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASΒ Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSΒ Frank E. Evans in half; resulting in 74 deaths. Date: June 3, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 3 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today) More…