Page 13: Historical Events In 1969

Aug 28   Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74.   

Aug 30   120000 attend Texas Intl Pop Festival   

Aug 30   25000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash   

Aug 30   Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida.   

Aug 31   25000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival.   

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

Aug 31   Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72   

Sep 01   Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at 71   

Sep 01   Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris   

Sep 02   Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41   

Sep 02   North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies   

Sep 03   Ho Chi Minh, [Nguyen Ta't-Tanh], N Vietnamese president, dies at 79   

Sep 05   Henk Bijvanck, composer, dies at 59.   

Sep 07   Everett McKinley Dirksen, (Sen-R), dies at 73   

Sep 08   Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61   

Sep 09   Allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, results in the deaths of 82.   

Sep 09   Cecil Dixon, cricketer (S Afr 1913-14, dismissed Hobbs twice), dies   

Sep 13   Charles Foulkes, Canada gen/honorary citizen of Wageningen, dies at 66   

Sep 13   The Plastic Ono Band, featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono, perform in concert for the inaugural time.   

Sep 14   James Anderson, actor (Connection, Five), dies at 48   

Sep 18   Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66.   

Sep 19   Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies.   

Sep 22   Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59   

Sep 23   In this year, Northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead   

Sep 24   Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem Natl Conv) begins   

Sep 26   Beatles release "Abbey Road" album   

Sep 27   Violet Farebrother, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81.   

Sep 29   "Love American Style," premiers on ABC.   

Oct 01   Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps.   

Oct 02   Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85   

Oct 04   In this year, UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters   

Oct 04   Vibart Wight, cricketer (member of WI 1st Test touring 1928), dies.   

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

Oct 06   Walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76.   

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Jan 02   Christy turlington: Sf calif, model (calvin klein eternity)   

Jan 02   Rick tabaracci: Toronto, nhl goalie (calgary flames)   

Jan 02   Robert svehla: Martin cze, nhl defenseman (florida panthers, slovakia)   

Jan 02   Stephen davies: Aust field hockey forward/vice capt (oly-sil-92, 96)   

Jan 02   Karl-heinz grasser: Austrian politician   

Jan 02   Glen johnson: Jamaican boxer   

Jan 02   Tommy morrison: American boxer   

Jan 03   Matt labounty: Defensive end (seattle seahawks)   

Jan 01   Barton maclane: Actor (gen peterson-i dream of jeannie),   

Jan 02   Georges renevant: Actor (cornered),    

Jan 03   Howard mcnear: Actor (irma la douce),   

Jan 04   Montague fawcett phillips: Composer,   

Jan 05   Franz t csokor: Austria author (gottes general),   

Jan 08   Albert hill: British athlete (b. 1889)   

Jan 09   Ladislav vycpalek: Composer,   

Jan 10   John brownlee: Australian tenor (b. 1900)