Historical Events In 1969

May 31 John Lennon & Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance"

May 26 The Apollo 10 astronauts return to earth after their successful 8-day rehearsal for the first manned moon landing

May 07 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA

May 23 BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus

May 23 Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes

May 27 Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV

May 10 Apollo 10 transmit first color pictures of Earth from space

May 27 Walt Disney World construction begins

May 10 US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill

Jan 06 Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"

Jan 16 The Soviets carry out the first manual docking of a spacecraft in orbit

Jan 20 Richard M Nixon inaugurated as President

Jan 17 Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US

Jan 16 Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform first transfer of crew in space

Jan 27 14 spies hung in Baghdad

Jan 11 "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5

Jan 15 Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union

Jan 30 US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere

Jan 15 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean

Jan 31 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA

Jan 14 Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later

Jan 09 Concorde jetliner's first test flight (Bristol England)

Jan 27 9 Jews publicly executed in Damascus Syria

Jan 04 France begins arms embargo against Israel

Jan 17 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK

Jan 02 "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy

Jan 25 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris

Jan 30 Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert on the roof of Apple

Jan 31 Beatles perform last live gig (42-minute concert on roof of Apple HQs)

Jan 27 Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies Feb 5th)

Jan 02 FLQ bombs are discovered in Ottawa.

Jan 05 The birth of Marilyn Manson, american entertainer

Jan 03 Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr seated by Congress

Jan 24 Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa

Jan 27 Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years

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