1969 Calendar
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1969 Historical Event(s)
January 5, 1969
– Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary damage property and assault occupants in the Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
January 14, 1969
– An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
January 20, 1969
– East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
February 4, 1969
– Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
February 17, 1969
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
May 21, 1969
– Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
June 23, 1969
– Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
July 25, 1969
– Vietnam War: 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 the war.
October 15, 1969
– Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington DC and across the US. Over 2 million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in the nation’s capitol.
December 6, 1969
– Meredith Hunter is killed by the Hells Angels during a The Rolling Stones’s concert at the Altamont Speedway in California.
Who Were Born On 1969?
January 3, 1969
– Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian bobsledder and luger
January 15, 1969
– Huck Seed, American professional poker player
February 14, 1969
– Harry Colon, American football player
March 31, 1969
– Nyamko Sabuni, Swedish politician
August 27, 1969
– Cesar Millan, Mexican dog trainer
September 5, 1969
– Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo, Brazilian footballer
September 19, 1969
– Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer
November 22, 1969
– Byron Houston, American former professional basketball player and convicted sex offender
December 21, 1969
– Julie Delpy, French actress