Page 8: Historical Events In 1969
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
May 14 Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada in the year 1969.
May 14 In the year 1969 enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
May 14 In the year 1969 last Chevrolet Corsair built
May 15 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court in the year 1969.
May 16 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44
May 16 On this day in history students occupies Magden House Amsterdam
May 16 In the year 1969 the Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault
May 16 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.
May 16 In the year 1969 venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere
May 17 Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 in the year 1969.
May 17 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus on this day in history.
May 18 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 performances in the year 1969.
May 18 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit in the year 1969.
May 19 In the year 1969 coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies
May 20 Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64 on this day in history.
May 20 US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam in the year 1969.
May 21 Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death on this day in history.
May 21 Slovan Bratislava wins 9th Europe Cup II in Basel in the year 1969.
May 22 On this day in history stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface
May 23 On this day in history bBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
May 23 Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79 in the year 1969.
May 23 In the year 1969 lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes
May 23 The Who release the rock opera "Tommy" on this day in history.
May 24 In the year 1969 beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
May 24 Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on this day in history.
May 24 In the year 1969 the birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader
May 25 "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating in the year 1969.
May 25 Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup on this day in history.
May 26 Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth on this day in history.
May 26 John & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montréal) on this day in history.
May 26 Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 on this day in history.
May 26 In the year 1969 the Apollo 10 astronauts return to earth after their successful 8-day rehearsal for the first manned moon landing
May 27 In the year 1969 jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43
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