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1969 Calendar

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•  January 20, 1969 – East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
•  February 17, 1969 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
•  March 19, 1969 – The 385 m tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
•  April 22, 1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
•  July 16, 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first manned space mission to land on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
•  July 24, 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
•  August 10, 1969 – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
•  August 12, 1969 – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
•  August 15, 1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opens.
•  November 12, 1969 – Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre – Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.

•  March 4, 1969 – Frank Nicotero, American comedian
•  June 7, 1969 – Prince Joachim of Denmark
•  July 12, 1969 – Jesse Pintado, American guitarist (Napalm Death) (d. 2006)
•  July 31, 1969 – Kenneth D. Schisler, American politician
•  August 8, 1969 – Yvie Burnett, British television vocal coach
•  August 31, 1969 – Nathalie Bouvier, French alpine skier
•  September 30, 1969 – Mark Smith, English body builder
•  October 10, 1969 – Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish author and journalist
•  November 4, 1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor
•  December 11, 1969 – Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster, current World Chess Champion