United Arab Airlines Il-18 Crash at Aswan Airport, 100 Dead, March 20, 1969

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed. Date: April 17, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969British Troops Deployed in Northern Ireland, Start of Operation Banner, August 14, 1969Venera 5 Space Probe…

U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free. Date: November 21, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day…

Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece. Date: March 28, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Carlos Lamarca Leads…

Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel. Date: March 17, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Apollo 10 Returns to Earth After Moon Landing Test, May 26, 1969Rosariazo Civil Unrest in…

Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail. Date: August 4, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 4 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On…