Historical Events In 1969

Feb 21   First launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators in the year 1969.   

Feb 23   Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67 in the year 1969.   

Feb 23   Nayif Hawatimah forms Democratic People's Front for Liberation of Palestine in the year 1969.   

Feb 23   Start of hovercraft service between Vancouver and Nanaimo; first scheduled hovercraft service in Canada didn't last too many logs in the water in the year 1969.   

Feb 24   Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 in the year 1969.   

Feb 24   In the year 1969 mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by   

Feb 24   In the year 1969 mariner 6, first spacecraft to fly by Mars, launched   

Feb 25   On this day in history beatles begin recording for the Abbey Road album   

Feb 25   On this day in history jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates   

Feb 25   In the year 1969 mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars   

Feb 26   Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Feb 27   On this day in history general Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via military coup   

Feb 27   In the year 1969 john Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73   

Feb 27   President Nixon visits West-Berlin in the year 1969.   

Feb 28   In the year 1969 ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler & Ford of Great Britain   

Feb 28   Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina & Ulanov of USSR on this day in history.   

Feb 28   Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR on this day in history.   

Feb 28   On this day in history men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA   

Mar 01   In the year 1969 after 88 weeks Sergeant Pepper drops off the charts   

Mar 01   New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball in the year 1969.   

Mar 02   Chinese-Russian borders fight (approximately 70 die) in the year 1969.   

Mar 02   Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 14th Symphony in the year 1969.   

Mar 02   Phil Esposito becomes first NHL Player to score 100 points in a season on this day in history.   

Mar 02   In the year 1969 the first test flight of the supersonic Concorde   

Mar 03   In the year 1969 apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days)   

Mar 04   RCMP to replace remaining dog teams with snowmobiles, Sargent York and his faithful dog Yukon can now rest easy. on this day in history.   

Mar 05   In the year 1969 gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris France   

Mar 05   Gustav Heinemann elected President of West-Germany in the year 1969.   

Mar 05   Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw", premieres in London in the year 1969.   

Mar 05   The premiere issue of the rock magazine, Creem, is published on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA in the year 1969.   

Mar 07   In the year 1969 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of christy Turlington, SF Calif, model (Calvin Klein Eternity)   

Jan 02   In the year 1969 birth of rick Tabaracci, Toronto, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of robert Svehla, Martin Cze, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia)   

Jan 02   Stephen Davies, Aust field hockey forward/vice capt (Oly-sil-92, 96) was born in the year 1969.   

Jan 02   Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1969 birth of tommy Morrison, American boxer   

Jan 03   In the year 1969 birth of matt LaBounty, defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)   

Jan 01   On this day in history barton Maclane, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68   

Jan 02   In the year 1969 georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74   

Jan 03   In the year 1969 howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63   

Jan 04   In the year 1969 montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83   

Jan 05   In the year 1969 franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889)   

Jan 09   Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1969 death of john Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900)