Page 8: Historical Events In 1969

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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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   In the year 1969 birth of robert Svehla, Martin Cze, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia)   

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   Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer was born in the year 1969.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of tommy Morrison, American boxer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of matt LaBounty, defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74   

Jan 03   Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83   

Jan 05   On this day in history franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889)   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1969 death of john Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900)