5th January » The Troubles: The Royal Ulster Constabulary raid the Bogside area of Derry, damaging property and beating residents. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
12th January » The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the History of the Baltimore Colts named Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
14th January » An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise CVN-65 6 near Hawaii kills 27 people.
15th January » The Soviet Union launches 'Soyuz 5'.
16th January » Soviet spacecraft 'Soyuz 4' and 'Soyuz 5' perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in low Earth orbit or orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a Extra-v
17th January » Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
17th January » Marinella releases 'Stalia – Stalia'.
20th January » East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
22nd January » A gunman attempts to Brezhnev assassination attempt e.g assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
25th January » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the Brazilian military government named military dictatorship, taking with him 10 machine guns and 63 rifles.
3rd February » In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
4th February » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
8th February » Allende meteorite falls near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua (state) or Chihuahua, Mexico.
9th February » First test flight of the Boeing 747.
18th February » Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 crashes into Mount Whitney killing all on board.
2nd March » In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
2nd March » Soviet Union called Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
3rd March » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the Apollo Lunar Module named lunar module.
10th March » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea.
13th March » Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Apollo Lunar Module e.g Lunar Module.
16th March » A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Viasa Flight 742 or crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
17th March » Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
19th March » The convert 385 m ft tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
25th March » During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In called Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
28th March » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1st April » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force.
3rd April » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamization known as Vietnamize" the war effort.
4th April » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
5th April » Vietnam War: Massive Opposition to the Vietnam War known as antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
9th April » The "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
9th April » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
14th April » At the U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
15th April » The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
17th April » Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
17th April » Czechoslovakian Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
22nd April » British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race called 'Sunday Times' Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
28th April » Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
2nd May » The British ocean liner 'Queen Elizabeth 2' departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
9th May » 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 May » 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 May » Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
16th May » Venera program: 'Venera 5', a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
17th May » 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 May » Apollo program: 'Apollo 10' is launched.
20th May » The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
21st May » Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as 'Rosariazo', following the death of a 15-year-old student.
26th May » 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 May » General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the 'Cordobazo' civil unrest.
3rd June » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne R21 6 cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans DD-754 6 in half.
5th June » The 1969 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties or International communist conference begins in Moscow.
13th June » List of Governors of Texas known as Governor of Texas Preston Smith (governor) known as Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the Un
22nd June » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
23rd June » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States known as United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
23rd June » Software Industry IBM announced that effective January 1970 it would price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
28th June » Stonewall Riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
14th July » Football War: After Honduras loses a soccer match against El Salvador, riots break out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers.
14th July » Large denominations of United States currency or The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation.
16th July » Apollo program: 'Apollo 11', the first Human spaceflight e.g mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral named Cape Kennedy, Florida.
18th July » After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, United States Senate called Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies.
20th July » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
24th July » Apollo program: 'Apollo 11' splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
25th July » Vietnam War: President of the United States or U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of t
30th July » Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and U.S. military commanders.
4th August » Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
5th August » Mariner program: 'Mariner 6 and 7 e.g Mariner 7' makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
8th August » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the photo that becomes the cover of the Beatles album 'Abbey Road'.
12th August » Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry e.g Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
13th August » The 'Apollo 11' astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City New York, New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Free
14th August » Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.
15th August » Woodstock rock and roll concert opens.
17th August » Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the Gulf Coast of the United States U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing United States dollar $1.42 billion in damage.
21st August » An Australian, Denis Michael Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
1st September » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Leaders of South Vietnam called Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
5th September » My 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.
9th September » Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Douglas DC-9 DC-9 collides in flight with a Piper Cherokee Piper PA-28 and crashes near Fairland, Indiana Fairland, Indiana.
9th September » In Canada, the Official Languages Act (Canada) Official Languages Act comes into force, making French language French equal to English language English throughout the Federal government.
14th September » The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft lottery (1969) known as Draft Lottery Date.
23rd September » The Chicago Seven known as Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago.
25th September » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
26th September » Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
1st October » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
8th October » The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weatherman (organization) named Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
9th October » In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" that began on September 24.
14th October » The United Kingdom introduces the British Fifty Pence coin e.g British fifty-pence coin, which replaces, over the following years, the British ten-shilling note, in anticipation of the decimalization of the British currency in 1971, and the abolition of t
19th October » The first Prime Minister of Tunisia in 1957 called twelve years, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President Habib Bourguiba.
29th October » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
3rd November » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
12th November » Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.
13th November » Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic 'March Against Death'.
14th November » Apollo program: NASA launches 'Apollo 12', the second Space exploration or crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
15th November » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato (SSN-615) or USS 'Gato' in the Barents Sea.
15th November » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam November 15, 1969, Moratorium March on Washington known as peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
17th November » Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SALT I named SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of Weapon of mass destruction e.g strategic weapons on both
19th November » Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at 'Oceanus Procellarum' (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
19th November » Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.
20th November » Vietnam War: 'The Plain Dealer' publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
20th November » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.
21st November » President of the United States or U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, D.C., on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. is to retain its rights to bases on
21st November » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI International known as SRI.
24th November » Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.
1st December » Vietnam War: The first draft lottery (1969) named draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
4th December » 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 December » The four node ARPANET network is established.
6th December » Meredith Hunter is killed by Hells Angels during a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California.
8th December » 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 December » 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 December » The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SALT I or SALT I talks begin.
17th December » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of Unidentified flying object known as UFOs.
21st December » The United Nations adopts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
24th December » Charles Manson is allowed to defend himself at the Tate-LaBianca murder trial.