What Happened In May 1969 In History

Historical Events for May, 1969

• 2nd » The British ocean liner 'Queen Elizabeth 2' departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
• 9th » Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the Brazilian military government or military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
• 10th » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Battle of Hamburger Hill or Hamburger Hill.
• 13th » Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• 16th » Venera program: 'Venera 5', a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
• 17th » Venera program: Soviet Union called Soviet 'Venera 6' begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
• 18th » Apollo program: 'Apollo 10' is launched.
• 20th » The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
• 21st » Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as 'Rosariazo', following the death of a 15-year-old student.
• 26th » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
• 29th » General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the 'Cordobazo' civil unrest.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1969

• 1st » Wes Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1st » Billy Owens, American basketball player
• 1st » Hannes Võrno, Estonian comedian and television host
• 2nd » Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer
• 3rd » Daryl F. Mallett, American author and actor
• 3rd » Bruce Reyes-Chow, American religious leader and writer
• 4th » Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 4th » Franz Resch, Austrian footballer and manager
• 4th » Alicia Webb, American wrestler and manager
• 5th » Olav Sepp, Estonian chess player
• 6th » Jim Magilton, Irish footballer and manager
• 7th » Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 7th » Jun Falkenstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 7th » Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
• 7th » Rick Porras, American director and producer
• 8th » Jonny Searle, English rower
• 8th » Akebono Tarō, American-Japanese sumo wrestler, the 64th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna
• 9th » Amber (performer) called Amber, Dutch-German singer-songwriter and producer
• 9th » Hudson Leick, American actress
• 10th » Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager
• 10th » John Scalzi, American author
• 11th » Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
• 12th » Kim Fields, American actress, singer, and director
• 12th » Igor Kováč, Slovakian hurdler
• 12th » Kevin Nalty, American comedian and blogger
• 13th » Nikos Aliagas, French-Greek journalist and television host
• 14th » Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
• 14th » Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver
• 14th » Henry Smith (British politician) named Henry Smith, English politician
• 14th » Danny Wood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (New Kids on the Block and Upper Street (band) e.g Upper Street)
• 15th » Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player (d. 2011)
• 15th » Assala Nasri, Syrian singer
• 15th » Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster
• 16th » David Boreanaz, American actor, director, and producer
• 16th » Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded 'The Daily Caller'
• 16th » Tracey Gold, American actress
• 16th » Steve Lewis (sprinter) known as Steve Lewis, American sprinter
• 17th » Tabatha Coffey, Australian hairstylist
• 17th » Alan Doyle, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Great Big Sea)
• 17th » Thom Filicia, American interior designer
• 18th » Martika, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 18th » Holly Aird, English actress
• 20th » Road Dogg, American wrestler, producer, and soldier
• 21st » Pierluigi Brivio, Italian footballer
• 21st » Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist (d. 2000)
• 21st » Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress
• 21st » George LeMieux, American lawyer and politician
• 22nd » Michael Kelly (American actor) called Michael Joseph Kelly, American actor
• 22nd » Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American politician
• 23rd » Mindi Abair, American saxophonist and compoaser
• 24th » Jacob Rees-Mogg, English politician
• 24th » Rich Robinson, American guitarist and songwriter (The Black Crowes)
• 25th » Glen Drover, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (Megadeth, Eidolon (band) known as Eidolon, and King Diamond (band) called King Diamond)
• 25th » Anne Heche, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 25th » Stacy London, American journalist and author
• 26th » Musetta Vander, South African-American actress
• 26th » John Baird (Canadian politician) named John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada) or Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
• 26th » Dominic Mohan, English journalist
• 27th » Todd Hundley, American baseball player
• 27th » Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver
• 27th » Dondre Whitfield, American actor
• 28th » Mike DiFelice, American baseball player and manager
• 28th » Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th List of mayors of Toronto known as Mayor of Toronto
• 28th » Justin Kirk, American actor
• 29th » Chan Kinchla, Canadian guitarist (Blues Traveler)
• 30th » Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 30th » Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for May 1969

• 2nd » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) called Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 3rd » Zakir Hussain (politician) e.g Zakir Hussain, Indian politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 4th » Osbert Sitwell, English author (b. 1892)
• 8th » Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1892)
• 14th » Enid Bennett, Australian actress (b. 1893)
• 14th » Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
• 15th » Joe Malone (ice hockey) known as Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 19th » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist (b. 1901)
• 26th » Paul Hawkins (racing driver) or Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 26th » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
• 27th » Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)

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