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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.
- February 17, 1969 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- April 3, 1969 – Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to “Vietnamize” the war effort.
- May 16, 1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
- July 3, 1969 – The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
- July 4, 1969 – Two teens (one male, one female) are attacked at Blue Rock Springs in California. They are the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. The male survives.
- August 21, 1969 – An Australian, Michael Dennis Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
- November 15, 1969 – In Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy’s restaurant.
- November 21, 1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
- December 17, 1969 – Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs, stating that sightings are generated as a result of “A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects.”
Who Were Born On 1969?
- January 14, 1969 – Jason Bateman, American actor
- February 4, 1969 – Dallas Drake, ice hockey player
- March 4, 1969 – Patrick Roach, Canadian actor
- March 15, 1969 – Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician
- March 21, 1969 – Ali Daei, Iranian footballer
- April 25, 1969 – Gina Torres, American actress
- June 29, 1969 – Claude Béchard, Canadian politician
- September 24, 1969 – Megan Ward, American actress
- October 30, 1969 – Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer
- November 19, 1969 – Erika Alexander, American actress