Date: August 4, 1969
Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai. Date: September 5, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000–500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death". Date: November 15, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Libya Coup Brings Muammar Gaddafi…
King Crimson releases their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King. Date: October 10, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Vietnam War: Melvin Laird Announces Vietnamization, April 3, 1969Sino-Malay Sectarian Violence Erupts…
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force. Date: April 1, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Honduras-El Salvador Football…
The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City. Date: May 2, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1969Melbourne-Evans Collision: HMAS Melbourne Cuts USS Frank E. Evans,…
The Piazza Fontana bombing; a bomb explodes at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, three more bombs are detonated in Rome and Milan, and another is found unexploded. Date: December 12, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia…