What Happened In December 1969 In History

Historical Events for December, 1969

• 1st » Vietnam War: The first draft lottery (1969) named draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
• 4th » Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark (Black Panther) e.g Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
• 5th » The four node ARPANET network is established.
• 6th » Meredith Hunter is killed by Hells Angels during a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California.
• 8th » An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 Olympic Airways Flight 954 called strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90—the worst crash of a DC-6.
• 9th » U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes Rogers Plan his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the Palestinian Liberation Organization PLO, which leads to Black September in Jordan civil
• 17th » The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SALT I or SALT I talks begin.
• 17th » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of Unidentified flying object known as UFOs.
• 21st » The United Nations adopts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
• 24th » Charles Manson is allowed to defend himself at the Tate-LaBianca murder trial.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1969

• 1st » Richard Carrier, American author and blogger
• 2nd » Yang Hyun-suk, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (Seo Taiji and Boys)
• 2nd » Pavel Loskutov, Estonian runner
• 2nd » Tanya Plibersek, Australian politician
• 3rd » Bill Steer, English guitarist and songwriter (Carcass (band) known as Carcass, Firebird (band) or Firebird, Angel Witch, and Gentlemans Pistols)
• 4th » Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records
• 4th » Plum Sykes, English-American journalist and author
• 5th » Eric Etebari, American actor, director, and producer
• 5th » Morgan J. Freeman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 5th » Alex Kapp Horner, American actress
• 5th » Sajid Javid, English banker and politician
• 5th » Lewis Gordon Pugh, British swimmer and lawyer
• 5th » Ramón Ramírez (footballer) known as Ramón Ramírez, Mexican footballer
• 6th » Torri Higginson, Canadian actress
• 7th » Andrea Claudio Galluzzo, Italian historian and archaeologist.
• 8th » Steve Van Wormer, American actor
• 9th » Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Wallflowers)
• 9th » Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer
• 9th » Raphaël Rouquier, French mathematician and academic
• 9th » Allison Smith (actress) e.g Allison Smith, American actress and singer
• 9th » Sebastian Spence, Canadian actor
• 10th » Stephen Billington, English actor
• 10th » Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 11th » Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player
• 11th » Francisco Javier Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker
• 11th » Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer and manager
• 11th » Sean Grande, American sportscaster
• 11th » Max Martini, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 11th » Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer
• 12th » Sophie Kinsella, English author
• 12th » Virge Naeris, Estonian triple jumper
• 12th » Carrie Westcott, American model and actress
• 13th » Tony Curran, Scottish-American actor
• 13th » Sergei Fedorov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
• 13th » Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 14th » Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 14th » Archie Kao, American actor
• 14th » Natascha McElhone, English actress
• 14th » Arthur Numan, Dutch footballer and manager
• 15th » Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair racer
• 16th » Shane (pornographic actress) called Shane, American porn actress and director
• 16th » Florencia Lozano, American actress
• 16th » Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate
• 16th » Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
• 16th » Craig White, English cricketer and coach
• 17th » Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
• 17th » Chris Mason (darts player) known as Chris Mason, English darts player
• 17th » Mick Quinn, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (Supergrass)
• 17th » Michael V., Filipino comedian, actor, and singer
• 18th » Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer
• 18th » Justin Edinburgh, English footballer and manager
• 18th » Akira Iida, Japanese race car driver
• 19th » Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player
• 19th » Richard Hammond, English journalist and producer
• 19th » Nayan Mongia, Indian cricketer
• 19th » Kristy Swanson, American actress
• 20th » Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author
• 20th » Bobby Phills, American basketball player (d. 2000)
• 21st » Julie Delpy, French-American model, actress, director, and screenwriter
• 21st » Jack Noseworthy, American actor
• 21st » Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
• 22nd » Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete
• 22nd » Mark Robins, English footballer and manager
• 23rd » Greg Biffle, American race car driver
• 23rd » Mary Boquitas, Mexican singer and actress
• 23rd » Martha Byrne, American actress, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 23rd » Rodney Culver, American football player (d. 1996)
• 23rd » Rob Pelinka, American basketball player, agent, and lawyer
• 24th » Brad Anderson (wrestler) called Brad Anderson, American wrestler
• 24th » Sean Michael (South African actor) or Sean Michael, South African actor and singer
• 24th » Ed Miliband, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 24th » Mark Millar, Scottish author
• 24th » Michael Zucchet, American economist and politician, Mayor of San Diego
• 27th » Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver
• 27th » Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist
• 28th » Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel
• 29th » Jennifer Ehle, American-English actress
• 29th » Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver
• 29th » José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer
• 30th » Dave England, American snowboarder and stuntman
• 30th » Shane McConkey, American skier and basejumper
• 30th » Jay Kay, English singer-songwriter (Jamiroquai)
• 30th » Jan Wehrmann, German footballer
• 30th » Emmanuel Clérico, French racing driver
• 31st » Arvi Aavik, Estonian wrestler
• 31st » Dominik Diamond, Scottish radio and television host
• 31st » Are Kalvø, Norwegian author and radio host

Famous Deaths for December 1969

• 1st » Magic Sam, American guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
• 2nd » José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911)
• 2nd » Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd List of heads of state of the Soviet Union named Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1881)
• 3rd » Mathias Wieman, German-Swiss actor (b. 1902)
• 4th » Fred Hampton, American activist (b. 1948)
• 5th » Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)
• 5th » Claudius Dornier, German businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884)
• 7th » Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
• 13th » Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1886)
• 13th » Spencer Williams (actor) or Spencer Williams, American actor and director (b. 1893)
• 15th » Karl Theodor Bleek, German politician, 12th List of mayors of Marburg known as Mayor of Marburg (b. 1898)
• 18th » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter (b. 1878)
• 24th » Alfred B. Skar, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1896)
• 24th » Seabury Quinn, American author (b. 1889)

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