Venera 5 Lands on Venus May 16, 1969

The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends. Date: May 20, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Allegheny Airlines Flight 863 Mid-Air Collision Kills 83, September 9, 1969EC-121 Shootdown: North Korea Downs U.S. Navy…

Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy. 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 1969Stonewall Riots Begin, Starting Gay Rights Movement in New York City, June 28, 1969United Arab Airlines…

Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801, a Boeing 727-100 passenger plane, crashes during a landing attempt in Mexico City, killing 27 of the 118 occupants. Date: September 21, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 21 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Carlos…

Apollo 10's Lunar Module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the Moon's surface. Date: May 22, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Berry L. Cannon Dies in SEALAB III Leak Repair, February 17,…

Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean. Date: July 24, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Charter Signed September 25, 1969Project Blue Book: U.S. Air Force…

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…