Historical Events In 1969

Aug 31 Boxer Rocky Marciano dies in an airplane crash in Iowa, at age 4Aug 31,

Aug 30 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida

Aug 30 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash

Aug 05 Mariner 7 flies past Mars

Aug 09 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders

Aug 12 A three day street battle started in Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Aug 30 120,000 attend Texas Intl Pop Festival

Aug 14 British troops intervenes militarily in Northern Ireland

Oct 15 Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war

Oct 27 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader's Raiders

Oct 13 Soyuz 8 is launched

Oct 21 Jack Kerouac, novelist, dies.

Oct 05 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal

Oct 01 Guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps

Oct 09 Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together"

Oct 12 Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage

Oct 17 Soyuz 7 returns to Earth

Oct 21 Bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day)

Oct 24 Elizabeth Taylor receives from Richard Burton a diamond ring weighing more than 69 carats and worth more than $1,000,000

Oct 31 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida

Oct 15 Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs North Stars)

Oct 16 Soyuz 6 (Russian) returns to Earth

Oct 27 St Vincent & the Grenadines gains associated status with Britain

Oct 11 Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 & 8 follow in next 2 days

Oct 31 George Harrison's "Something" is released in UK

Oct 14 Race riots in Springfield Mass

Oct 18 Federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners

Oct 15 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated

Oct 04 UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters

Oct 12 Soyuz 7 is launched

Oct 26 In Yugoslavia a 5.6 severe earthquake in the Banja Luka area of Yugoslavia killed 20, seriously injured 150, and left 65,000 homeless

Oct 18 Soyuz 8 returns to Earth

Jul 16 Apollo 11, the first manned Moon landing, launched

Jul 11 Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman"

Jul 18 Mary Jo Kopechne & Sen Kennedy plunge off Chappaquiddick bridge

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