1969 Calendar
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1969 Historical Event(s)
- February 17, 1969 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- March 2, 1969 – Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
- April 15, 1969 – The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
- May 18, 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
- July 30, 1969 – Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.
- August 10, 1969 – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
- September 1, 1969 – Tran Thien Khiem became Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyen Van Thieu.
- November 13, 1969 – Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
- November 20, 1969 – Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
- December 17, 1969 – The SALT I talks begin.
Who Were Born On 1969?
- January 19, 1969 – Steve Staunton, Irish footballer
- February 1, 1969 – Joshua Redman, American musician
- February 23, 1969 – Daymond John, American fashion designer
- March 4, 1969 – Matt Tilley, Australian radio personality and comedian
- March 17, 1969 – Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer (d. 2010)
- June 3, 1969 – Takako Minekawa, Japanese musician
- June 26, 1969 – Colin Greenwood, British musician
- August 12, 1969 – Tanita Tikaram, British singer
- September 19, 1969 – Cuong Vu, jazz trumpeter and vocalist
- November 21, 1969 – Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player