Historical Events In 1969

Feb 21   First launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) in the year 1969.  

Feb 21   Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 21   In the year 1969 ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators  

Feb 23   On this day in history abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67  

Feb 23   Nayif Hawatimah forms Democratic People's Front for Liberation of Palestine on this day in history.  

Feb 23   Start of hovercraft service between Vancouver and Nanaimo; first scheduled hovercraft service in Canada didn't last too many logs in the water in the year 1969.  

Feb 24   Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 on this day in history.  

Feb 24   In the year 1969 mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by  

Feb 24   Mariner 6, first spacecraft to fly by Mars, launched on this day in history.  

Feb 25   Beatles begin recording for the Abbey Road album on this day in history.  

Feb 25   On this day in history jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates  

Feb 25   Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars in the year 1969.  

Feb 26   In the year 1969 karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86  

Feb 27   In the year 1969 general Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via military coup  

Feb 27   On this day in history john Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73  

Feb 27   President Nixon visits West-Berlin in the year 1969.  

Feb 28   On this day in history ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler & Ford of Great Britain  

Feb 28   Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina & Ulanov of USSR in the year 1969.  

Feb 28   Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR on this day in history.  

Feb 28   Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA on this day in history.  

Mar 01   In the year 1969 after 88 weeks Sergeant Pepper drops off the charts  

Mar 01   New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball in the year 1969.  

Mar 02   Chinese-Russian borders fight (approximately 70 die) on this day in history.  

Mar 02   On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 14th Symphony  

Mar 02   Phil Esposito becomes first NHL Player to score 100 points in a season on this day in history.  

Mar 02   The first test flight of the supersonic Concorde on this day in history.  

Mar 03   In the year 1969 apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days)  

Mar 04   In the year 1969 rCMP to replace remaining dog teams with snowmobiles, Sargent York and his faithful dog Yukon can now rest easy..  

Mar 05   On this day in history gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris France  

Mar 05   Gustav Heinemann elected President of West-Germany on this day in history.  

Mar 05   Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw", premieres in London in the year 1969.  

Mar 05   The premiere issue of the rock magazine, Creem, is published on this day in history.  

Mar 07   Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA in the year 1969.  

Mar 07   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1969.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1969 birth of christy Turlington, SF Calif, model (Calvin Klein Eternity)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of rick Tabaracci, Toronto, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames)  

Jan 02   Robert Svehla, Martin Cze, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia) was born in the year 1969.  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1969 birth of tommy Morrison, American boxer  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1969 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   Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1969 franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83  

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

Jan 09   Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1969.  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of john Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900)