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HomePage 8: Historical Events In 1969
Thursday, 12 March 2026
May 16 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute 
May 16 Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44
May 16 Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam
May 16 The Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault
May 16 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.
May 16 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere.
May 17 Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80
May 17 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus.
May 18 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 performances.
May 18 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit.
May 19 Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies.
May 20 Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64
May 20 US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam.
May 21 In this year, Slovan Bratislava claims 9th Europe Cup II in Basel.
May 21 Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death.
May 22 Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface
May 23 BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
May 23 Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79.
May 23 Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes.
May 23 The Who release the rock opera "Tommy"
May 24 Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks.
May 24 Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48
May 24 Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader is born.
May 25 "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating
May 25 Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup
May 26 Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth
May 26 Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77.
May 26 The Apollo 10 astronauts return to earth after their successful 8-day rehearsal for the inaugural manned moon landing.
May 27 Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43.
May 27 Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV.
May 27 Walt Disney World construction begins.
May 28 In this year, AC Milan claims 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
May 28 Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71.
May 29 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice
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