Venera 5 Lands on Venus May 16, 1969

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)…

Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart. Date: April 4, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969The Beatles’ Last Public Rooftop Concert Broken Up by Police, January 30, 1969Category 5 Hurricane Camille…

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…

The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam. Date: March 18, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Weather Underground Opens Days of Rage…

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 1969Sirhan Sirhan Convicted of Assassinating Robert F. Kennedy April 17, 1969Cuyahoga River…