Page 10: Historical Events In 1969

Jun 23   Joe Frazier beats Jerry Quarry for the heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 23   Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78.   

Jun 23   Warren E Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice.   

Jun 24   Maria Belgado, entertainer, dies   

Jun 27   50000 attend Denver Pop Festival   

Jun 27   Police raid the Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about 400 to 1000 patrons riot against the police, it lasts 3 days.   

Jun 27   Richard Vance Maxfield, composer, dies at 42   

Jun 29   inaugural Jewish worship service at White House.   

Jun 29   Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire, dies.   

Jun 30   Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76   

Jun 30   Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco.   

Jul 01   Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales.   

Jul 01   John and Yoko are hospitilized after a car crash   

Jul 02   Brian Jones founder of the Rolling Stones, drowns.   

Jul 02   Canadian National abandons Newfoundland passenger trains 101-102   

Jul 02   Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi form the rock group Mountain.   

Jul 03   78000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI   

Jul 03   Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones drowns at 25   

Jul 03   Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25   

Jul 04   "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in the UK   

Jul 04   140000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep and Janis Joplin   

Jul 04   Ann Jones defeats Billie Jean King for Wimbeldon Ladies championship.   

Jul 05   Ben Alexander, dies at 58   

Jul 05   In this year, Rod Laver claims his 4th Wimbeldon championship.   

Jul 05   Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park   

Jul 07   Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language across the country   

Jul 07   Erskine Sanford, dies at 83.   

Jul 08   Gladys Swarthout, opera singer/actress (Ambush), dies at 64   

Jul 08   Thor Heyerdahl and reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco   

Jul 08   US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam.   

Jul 09   Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies.   

Jul 10   Chilean Association of Librarians created.   

Jul 10   NL votes to split into 2 divisions.   

Jul 11   In this year, David Bowie releases "Space Oddity"   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of christy Turlington, SF Calif, model (Calvin Klein Eternity)   

Jan 02   Rick Tabaracci, Toronto, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames) was born in the year 1969.   

Jan 02   Robert Svehla, Martin Cze, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Stephen Davies, Aust field hockey forward/vice capt (Oly-sil-92, 96) was born in the year 1969.   

Jan 02   Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer   

Jan 02   Tommy Morrison, American boxer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Matt LaBounty, defensive end (Seattle Seahawks) was born in the year 1969.   

Jan 01   On this day in history barton Maclane, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68   

Jan 02   Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1969 howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63   

Jan 04   Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889) died in the year 1969.   

Jan 09   On this day in history ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86   

Jan 10   John Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900) died on this day in history.