1969 34610 226153635 2008-07-17T01:45:45Z CalendarWatcher 2292203 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 226144305 by [[Special:Contributions/24.5.165.164|24.5.165.164]] ([[User talk:24.5.165.164|talk]]) {{year nav|1969}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} {{otheruses|1969 (disambiguation)}} Year '''1969''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOC}} == Events of 1969 == [[Image:Aircraft burning on USS Enterprise (CVN-65).jpg|thumb|170px|right|'''[[January 14]]''': Explosion kills 27 on [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS Enterprise]]]] {{Month3|1|2|0}} ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - Australian media baron [[Rupert Murdoch]] purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper ''The [[News of the World]]''. *[[January 5]] **<!-- January 5-->The [[Derry Riots]] leave over 100 people injured. **<!-- January 5-->The [[Soviet Union]] launches ''[[Venera 5]]'' toward [[Venus (planet)|Venus]]. *[[January 9]] - In [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[Smithsonian]] displays art of [[Winslow Homer]] six weeks. *[[January 10]] **<!-- January 10-->After 147 years, the last issue of ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' is published. **<!-- January 10-->The [[Soviet Union]] launches ''[[Venera 6]]'' toward [[Venus (planet)|Venus]]. *[[January 11]] - [[Ohio State University|Ohio State]] defeats [[University of Southern California|USC]] in the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] to win the national title for the 1968 season * [[January 12]] **<!-- January 12--> The [[New York Jets]] of the [[American Football League]] defeat the heavily favored [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] of the [[National Football League]] 16-7 in [[Super Bowl III]]. **<!-- January 12--> [[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin I]], an album considered by many to be one of the first in the [[heavy metal]] genre, is released. * [[January 14]] - An explosion aboard the [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS Enterprise]] near [[Hawaii]] kills 27 and injures 314. * [[January 15]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches ''[[Soyuz 5]]''. * [[January 16]] **<!-- January 16-->Ten paintings are defaced in New York's [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]. **<!-- January 16-->Student [[Jan Palach]] sets himself on fire in [[Prague]]'s [[Wenceslas Square]] to protest the Soviet invasion of [[Czechoslovakia]]; 3 days later he dies. * [[January 20]] - [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]] leaves office as [[Richard Milhous Nixon]] is sworn in as the 37th [[President of the United States of America]]. [[Image:Nixon 30-0316a.jpg|thumb|right|[[Richard Nixon]].]] * [[January 24]] - Martial law is declared in [[Madrid]], the University is closed and over 300 students are arrested. * [[January 27]] **<!-- January 27-->Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in [[Baghdad]] for spying for [[Israel]]. **<!-- January 27-->Reverend [[Ian Paisley]], hardline [[Protestant]] leader in [[Northern Ireland]], is jailed for 3 months for illegal assembly. **<!-- January 27-->The present-day Hetch Hetchy [[Moccasin, California|Moccasin]] Powerhouse, rated at 100,000 KVA, is completed and placed in operation. * [[January 30]] - [[The Beatles]] give their last public performance, on the roof of [[Apple Records]]. The impromptu concert was broken up by the police. <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Getback roof.jpg|thumb|170px|right|'''[[January 30]]''': [[The Beatles]]' final, rooftop concert]] --> {{Month3|2|5|0}} ===February=== * [[February 4]] - In [[Cairo]], [[Yasser Arafat]] is appointed [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] leader at the [[Palestinian National Congress]]. * [[February 5]] - A huge [[oil slick]] off the coast of [[Santa Barbara, California]] closes the city's harbor. * [[February 7]] - The original Hetch Hetchy [[Moccasin, California|Moccasin]] Powerhouse is removed from service. * [[February 8]] - The last issue of ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' hits magazine stands. * [[February 9]] - The [[Boeing 747]] makes its maiden flight. * [[February 13]] - [[FLQ]] terrorists bomb the [[Montreal Stock Exchange|Stock Exchange]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. * [[February 24]] **<!-- February 24--> The ''[[Mariner 6]]'' Mars probe is launched. **<!-- February 24--> ''[[Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the First Amendment applies to public schools. ===March=== {{Month3|3|5|0}} [[Image:AirFranceConcorde.jpg|thumb|130px|right|'''[[March 2]]''': Test flight of [[Concorde]]]] * [[March 2]] **<!--March 2-->In [[Toulouse]], [[France]] the first [[Concorde]] test flight is conducted. **<!--March 2-->[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] forces clash at a border outpost on the [[Ussuri River]]. * [[March 3]] **<!--March 3-->In a [[Los Angeles, California]] court, [[Sirhan Sirhan]] admits that he killed presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy]]. **<!--March 3-->[[Apollo program]]: [[NASA]] launches ''[[Apollo 9]]'' ([[James McDivitt]], [[David Scott]], [[Rusty Schweickart]]) to test the [[lunar module]]. * [[March 10]] - In [[Memphis, Tennessee]], [[James Earl Ray]] pleads guilty to assassinating [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] (he later retracts his guilty plea). * [[March 13]] - [[Apollo program]]: ''[[Apollo 9]]'' returns safely to [[Earth]] after testing the [[Lunar Module]]. * [[March 17]] **<!--March 17-->The [[Longhope, Orkney]] [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] in [[Scotland]] is lost; the entire crew of 8 die. **<!--March 17-->[[Golda Meir]] becomes the first female prime minister of [[Israel]]. * [[March 18]] - Operation Breakfast, the secret bombing of Cambodia, begins. * [[March 19]] **<!--March 19--> British paratroopers and Marines land on the island of [[Anguilla]]. **<!--March 19--> A 385-metre (1,265-foot) tall TV-mast at [[Emley Moor]], UK, collapses because of icing. * [[March 28]] - Former United States General and [[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] dies after a long illness in the [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]], [[Washington, D.C.]]. ===April=== {{Month3|4|1|0}} * [[April 1]] - The [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier]] enters service with the [[Royal Air Force]]. * [[April 4]] **<!--April 4-->Dr. [[Denton Cooley]] implants the first temporary [[artificial heart]]. **<!--April 4-->Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship was founded at Winston Salem State University. * [[April 9]] - The [[Harvard University]] Administration Building is seized by close to 300 students, mostly members of the [[Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization)|Students for a Democratic Society]]. Before the takeover ends, 45 will be injured and 184 arrested. *[[April 9]] - Fermín Monasterio Pérez was killed by [[ETA]] in [[Vizcaya]], [[Spain]] being the 4th victim in the name of the Basque nationalism. * [[April 13]] - [[Queensland]]: The [[Trams in Brisbane|Brisbane Tramways]] end service after 84 years of operation. * [[April 14]] - The [[EC-121 shootdown incident]]: [[North Korea]] shoots down the aircraft over the [[Sea of Japan]], killing all 31 on board. <!-- * [[April 15]] - Woodstock festival officially stated today at 5:08p.m. with Richie Havens --> * [[April 20]] - British troops arrive in [[Northern Ireland]] to reinforce the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]]. * A grassroots movement of Berkeley community members seize an empty lot owned by the University of California to begin the formation of "[[People's Park]]." * [[April 22]] - [[Robin Knox-Johnston]] becomes the first person to sail around the world solo without stopping. * [[April 28]] - [[Charles de Gaulle]] steps down as president of [[France]] after suffering defeat in a referendum the day before. ===May=== {{Month3|5|3|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 10]] **<!--May 10-->Zip to Zap, a harbinger of the Woodstock Concert, ends with the dispersal and eviction of youth and young adults at [[Zap, North Dakota]] by the National Guard. **<!--May 10-->The Battle of Dong Ap Bia, also known as [[Hamburger Hill]], begins during the [[Vietnam War]]. * [[May 13]] - [[May 13 Incident]]: [[Race riot]]s occur in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]. * [[May 14]] - Colonel [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]] visits Mecca, [[Saudi Arabia]]. * [[May 16]] - [[Venera program]]: ''[[Venera 5]]'', a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spaceprobe, lands on [[Venus (planet)|Venus]]. * [[May 17]] - Venera program: [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] probe ''[[Venera 6]]'' begins to descend into [[Venus (planet)|Venus]]' atmosphere, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure. * [[May 18]] - [[Apollo program]]: ''[[Apollo 10]]'' ([[Thomas Patten Stafford|Tom Stafford]], [[Gene Cernan]], [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]]) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing. * [[May 19]]-[[May 20]] - [[French Foreign Legion]] [[paratrooper]]s land onto [[Kolwezi]], [[Zaire]], to rescue Europeans in the middle of a civil war. * [[May 20]] - [[United States National Guard]] helicopters spray skin-stinging powder on anti-war protesters in [[California]]. * [[May 22]] - Apollo program: ''[[Apollo 10]]'''s lunar module flies to within 15,400 m of the [[Moon]]'s surface. * [[May 26]] - Apollo program: ''[[Apollo 10]]'' returns to [[Earth]], after a successful 8-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned [[Moon]] landing. * [[May 26]]-[[June 2]]: [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] conduct their [[Bed-In]] at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hotel]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. * [[May 29]] - Guided tours begin at the [[Kremlin]] and other government sites in [[Moscow]]. * [[May 30]] - Riots in [[Curaçao]] mark the start of an [[Afro-Caribbean]] [[civil rights]] movement on the island. ===June=== {{Month3|6|6|0}} * [[June 1]] - In [[Montreal, Canada]], ''[[Give Peace a Chance]]'' is recorded in a famous [[bed-in]] for peace by [[John Lennon]]. The song is the first single recorded solo by a [[Beatle]], and released under the name [[Plastic Ono Band]], it is still a strong anthem for peace. * [[June 2]] - In [[Ottawa, Canada]], the [[National Arts Centre]] opens its doors to the public for the first time. * [[June 3]] - [[Melbourne-Evans collision]] - The Australian aircraft carrier ''[[HMAS Melbourne (R21)|Melbourne]]'' collides with the U.S. destroyer ''[[USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754)|Frank E. Evans]]'' in the [[South China Sea]]; 74 U.S. sailors are killed. * [[June 5]] - [[1969 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties|International communist conference]] begins in [[Moscow]]. * [[June 8]] - U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] and [[South Vietnamese]] President [[Nguyen Van Thieu]] meet at [[Midway Island]]. Nixon announces that 25,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn by September. * [[June 18]]-[[June 22]] - The National Convention of the [[Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization)|Students for a Democratic Society]], held in [[Chicago]], collapses, and the [[Weatherman (organization)|Weatherman]] faction seizes control of the SDS National Office. Thereafter, any activity run from the National Office or bearing the name of SDS is Weatherman-controlled. * [[June 20]] - [[Georges Pompidou]] is elected President of France. * [[June 21]] - Soviet musicologist Pavel Apostolov dies during the general rehearsal of [[Shostakovich]]'s Fourteenth Symphony. * [[June 23]] - [[Warren E. Burger]] is sworn in as [[Chief Justice of the United States]] by retiring chief [[Earl Warren]]. * [[June 24]] - The [[United Kingdom]] and [[Rhodesia]] sever diplomatic ties. * [[June 28]] - The [[Stonewall riots]] in [[New York City]] mark the start of the modern [[gay rights movement]] in the U.S. ===July=== {{Month3|7|1|0}} [[Image:Aldrin Apollo 11.jpg|thumb|The Apollo Moon landings]] * [[July 1]] - [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], is invested with his title at [[Caernarfon]]. *[[July 3]] - [[Brian Jones]], former member of [[The Rolling Stones]], drowns in his swimming pool. * [[July 5]] - [[Tom Mboya]], [[Kenya]]n Minister of Development, is assassinated. * [[July 7]] - [[French language|French]] is made equal to [[English language|English]] throughout the [[Canada|Canadian]] national government. * [[July 8]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The very first U.S. troop withdrawals are made. * [[July 10]] - [[Donald Crowhurst|Donald Crowhurst's]] [[trimaran]] ''Teignmouth Electron'' is found drifting and unoccupied. It is assumed that Crowhurst might have committed suicide. * [[July 14]] - [[Football War]]: After [[Honduras]] loses a soccer game against [[El Salvador]], rioting breaks out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers. Of the 300,000 Salvadorean workers in Honduras, tens of thousands are expelled, prompting a brief Salvadoran invasion of Honduras. The [[Organization of American States|OAS]] works out a cease-fire on [[July 18]], which takes effect on [[July 20]]. * [[July 16]] - [[Apollo program]]: ''[[Apollo 11]]'' ([[Neil Armstrong]], [[Buzz Aldrin]], [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]]) lifts off toward the first landing on the [[Moon]]. * [[July 18]] - [[Edward M. Kennedy]] drives off a bridge on his way home from a party on [[Chappaquiddick Island]], [[Massachusetts]]. [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], a former campaign aide to his brother who was in the car with him, dies in the incident. * [[July 19]] - [[Gloria Diaz]] wins the [[Miss Universe]] pageant, with the Philippines receiving its first title. * [[July 20]] - [[Project Apollo]]: The Eagle lands on the lunar surface. The world watches in awe as [[Neil Armstrong]] takes his historic first steps on the [[Moon landing | moon]]. * [[July 24]] - The ''[[Apollo 11]]'' astronauts return from the first successful [[Moon]] landing, and are placed in biological isolation for several days, on the chance they may have brought back lunar germs. The airless lunar environment is later determined to preclude microscopic life. * [[July 25]] - [[Vietnam War]]: U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] declares the [[Nixon Doctrine]], stating that the [[United States]] now expects its [[Asia]]n allies to take care of their own military defense. This starts the "Vietnamization" of the war. * [[July 30]] - [[Vietnam War]]: U.S. President [[Richard M. Nixon]] makes an unscheduled visit to [[South Vietnam]], meeting with President [[Nguyen Van Thieu]] and U.S. military commanders. * [[July 31]] - The [[British halfpenny coin|halfpenny]] ceases to be [[legal tender]] in the UK. ===August=== {{Month3|8|4|0}} * [[August 4]] - Vietnam War: At the apartment of [[France|French]] intermediary Jean Sainteny in [[Paris]], U.S. representative [[Henry Kissinger]] and North Vietnamese representative [[Xuan Thuy]] begin secret peace negotiations. They eventually fail since both sides cannot agree to any terms. * [[August 5]] - [[Mariner program]]: [[Mariner 7]] makes its closest fly-by of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] (3,524 kilometers). * [[August 8]] - A fire breaks out in the [[Bannerman's Castle]] in the [[Hudson River]]; most of the roof collapses and crashes down to the lower levels. * [[August 9]] - Members of a [[cult]] led by [[Charles Manson]] murder [[Sharon Tate]], (who was 8 months pregnant), and her friends [[Folgers]] coffee heiress [[Abigail Folger]], [[Wojciech Frykowski]], and Hollywood hairstylist [[Jay Sebring]] at Tate and husband [[Roman Polanski]]'s home in [[Los Angeles, California]]. [[Steven Parent]], leaving from a visit to the Polanskis' caretaker, is also killed. More than 100 stab wounds are found on the victims, except for Parent, who had been shot almost as soon as the Manson Family entered the property. * [[August 10]] - The Manson Family kills [[Leno LaBianca|Leno and Rosemary LaBianca]], wealthy Los Angeles businesspeople. * [[August 12]] - [[Jack Lynch]], [[Taoiseach]] of the [[Republic of Ireland]], makes a speech to the [[United Nations]], in which he asks them to deploy a peace-keeping mission in [[Northern Ireland]]. * [[August 13]] - Serious border clashes occur between the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[People's Republic of China]]. * [[August 14]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] troops are deployed in [[Northern Ireland]]. * [[August 15]]-[[August 18]] - The [[Woodstock Festival]] is held in upstate [[New York]], featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. * [[August 17]] - Category 5 [[Hurricane Camille]] hits the [[Mississippi]] coast, killing 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 dollars). * [[August 21]] - An [[Australia]]n, [[Michael Dennis Rohan]], set the [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]] on fire. ===September=== {{Month3|9|0|0}} * [[September 1]] - A coup in [[Libya]] ousts King [[Idris I of Libya|Idris]], and brings Colonel [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]] to power. * [[September 2]] - The first [[automatic teller machine]] in the United States is installed in [[Rockville Centre, New York]]. * [[September 5]] - [[My Lai Massacre]]: Lieutenant [[William Calley]] is charged with 6 counts of premeditated murder, for the deaths of 109 [[Vietnam]]ese civilians in [[My Lai]]. * [[September 9]] - [[Allegheny Airlines Flight 853]] [[Douglas DC-9|DC-9]] collides in flight with a [[The New Piper Aircraft|Piper PA-28]], and crashes near [[Fairland, Indiana|Fairland]], [[Indiana]] [[United States|USA]]. * [[September 22]] - [[September 25]] An Islamic conference in [[Rabat]], Morocco, following the al-Aqsa Mosque fire (August 21), condemns the Israeli ownership of [[Jerusalem]]. * [[September 24]] - The "[[Chicago Eight]]" trial begins in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. * [[September 28]] - The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]] and the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democrats]] receive a majority of votes in the [[Germany|German]] parliamentary elections, and decide to form a common government. ===October=== {{Month3|10|2|0}} * [[October 1]] **<!--October 1--> In [[Sweden]], [[Olof Palme]] is elected Labour Party leader, replacing [[Tage Erlander]] as prime minister on [[October 14]]. **<!--October 1--> The [[Beijing Subway]] begins operation. * [[October 5]] - [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]] first airs in the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[October 9]]-[[October 12]] - [[Days of Rage]]: In [[Chicago]], the [[United States National Guard]] is called in to control demonstrations involving the radical [[Weatherman (organization)|Weathermen]], in connection with the "[[Chicago Eight]]" Trial. * [[October 15]] - [[Vietnam War]]: Hundreds of thousands of people take part in National Moratorium antiwar demonstrations across the [[United States]]. * [[October 16]] - The "miracle" [[New York Mets]] win the [[World Series]], beating the heavily favored [[Baltimore Orioles]] 4 games to 1. * [[October 17]] - Willard S. Boyle and George Smith invent the [[Charge-coupled device|CCD]] at [[Bell Laboratories]]. Thirty years later, this technology is widely used in digital cameras. * [[October 21]] **<!--October 21-->[[Willy Brandt]] becomes Chancellor of [[West Germany]]. **<!--October 21-->General [[Siad Barre]] comes to power in [[Somalia]] in a coup, six days after the assassination of President [[Abdirashid Ali Shermarke]]. * [[October 29]] - The first message was sent over [[ARPANET]], the forerunner of the [[internet]]. * [[October 31]] - [[Wal-Mart]] incorporates as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ===November=== {{Month3|11|5|0}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 3]] - [[Vietnam War]]: U.S. President [[Richard M. Nixon]] addresses the nation on [[television]] and [[radio]], asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity with the [[Vietnam War]] effort, and to support his policies. Vice President [[Spiro T. Agnew]] denounces the President's critics as 'an effete corps of impudent snobs' and 'nattering nabobs of negativism'. * [[November 9]] - A group of Amerindians, led by [[Richard Oakes (activist)|Richard Oakes]], seizes [[Alcatraz]] Island for 19 months, inspiring a wave of renewed Indian pride and government reform. * [[November 12]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[My Lai Massacre]] - Independent investigative journalist [[Seymour Hersh]] breaks the [[My Lai]] story. * [[November 14]] - [[Apollo program]]: [[NASA]] launches ''[[Apollo 12]]'' ([[Pete Conrad]], [[Richard Gordon]], [[Alan Bean]]), the second manned mission to the [[Moon]]. * [[November 15]] **<!--November 15-->[[Cold War]]: The [[Soviet submarine K-19]] collides with the American submarine [[USS Gato (SSN-615)|USS ''Gato'']] in the [[Barents Sea]]. **<!--November 15-->[[Vietnam War]]: In [[Washington, DC]], 250,000-500,000 protesters stage a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death". **<!--November 15-->Regular [[colour television]] broadcasts begin on [[BBC1]] and [[ITV]] in [[United Kingdom|UK]]. **<!--Nivember 15-->[[Dave Thomas]] opened his first restaurant in a former steakhouse on a cold, snowy Saturday in downtown [[Columbus, Ohio]]. He named the chain [[Wendy's]] after his 8-year-old daughter Melinda Lou — nicknamed Wendy by her siblings. * [[November 17]] - [[Cold War]]: Negotiators from the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[United States]] meet in [[Helsinki]], to begin the [[SALT I]] negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides. * [[November 19]] **<!--November 19-->[[Apollo program]]: ''[[Apollo 12]]'' astronauts [[Pete Conrad|Charles Conrad]] and [[Alan Bean]] land at [[Oceanus Procellarum]] ("Ocean of Storms"), becoming the third and fourth humans to walk on the [[Moon]]. **<!--November 19-->Soccer great [[Pelé]] scores his 1,000th goal. * [[November 20]] **<!--November 20-->[[Vietnam War]]: The ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'' publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the [[My Lai massacre]] in [[Vietnam]]. **<!--November 20-->[[Richard Oakes (activist)|Richard Oakes]] returns with 90 followers and offers to buy Alcatraz for $24 (he leaves the island January 1970). * [[November 21]] **<!--November 21-->U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Japan]]ese Premier [[Eisaku Sato]] agree in [[Washington, D.C.]] to the return of [[Okinawa]] to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. retains rights to military bases on the island, but they must be nuclear-free. **<!--November 21--> The first [[ARPANET]] link is established (the progenitor of the global [[Internet]]). **<!--November 21-->The [[United States Senate]] votes down the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] nomination of [[Clement Haynsworth]], the first such rejection since 1930. * [[November 24]] - [[Apollo program]]: The ''[[Apollo 12]]'' spacecraft splashes down safely in the [[Pacific Ocean]], ending the second manned mission to the [[Moon]]. * [[November 25]] - [[John Lennon]] returns his [[Member of the British Empire|MBE]] medal to protest the British government's support of the U.S. war in Vietnam. ===December=== {{Month3|12|0|0}} * [[December 1]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The first [[Draft lottery (1969)|draft lottery]] in the [[United States]] is held since [[World War II]] (on [[January 4]], [[1970]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' will run a long article, "Statisticians Charge Draft Lottery Was Not Random"). * [[December 2]] - The [[Boeing 747]] jumbo jet makes its debut. It carries 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, from [[Seattle, Washington]] to [[New York City]]. * [[December 4]] - [[Black Panther Party]] members [[Fred Hampton]] and [[Mark Clark (Black Panther)|Mark Clark]] are shot dead in their sleep during a raid by 14 [[Chicago]] police officers. * [[December 6]] - The [[Altamont Free Concert]] is held at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. Hosted by the [[Rolling Stones]], it is an attempt at a "Woodstock West" and is best known for the uproar of violence that occurred. It is viewed by many as the "end of the sixties." * [[December 12]] - The [[Piazza Fontana bombing]] in Italy (Strage di Piazza Fontana) takes place. A U.S. Navy officer and [[C.I.A.]] agent called David Carrett is later investigated for possible involvement. * [[December 30]] - The [[Linwood bank robbery]] leaves two police officers dead. ===Undated=== *Reported as being the year the first strain of the [[AIDS virus]] ([[HIV]]) migrated to the United States via [[Haiti]].<ref>[http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-30-voa66.cfm AIDS Virus Came to US Via Haiti<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *Summer saw the invention of [[Unix]] under the potential name "Unics" (after [[Multics]]). *This year marked the first (and so far only) time the [[New York Mets]] and the [[New York Jets]] won the championships of their sports in the same year. *Women were allowed membership into the [[National FFA Organization]] ===Ongoing=== *[[Nigerian Civil War]] (1967-1970) *[[Vietnam War]] ([[1964]] - [[1975]]) *[[1970 War of Attrition|War of Attrition]], between [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]], which lasted until August [[1970]]. This conflict was characterized by escalating artillery duels, air raids and commando missions. == Births == {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 44}} === January-February === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Sophie Okonedo]], [[Academy Award]] nominated [[United Kingdom|British]] actress * [[January 2]] - [[Dean Francis Alfar]], [[Filipino people|Filipino]] author * [[January 2]] - [[Christy Turlington]], American fashion model * [[January 2]] - [[Tommy Morrison]], American boxer * [[January 3]] - [[Michael Schumacher]], German race car driver * [[January 5]] - [[Marilyn Manson (person)|Marilyn Manson]], American singer * [[January 8]] - [[Jeff Abercrombie]], American musician ([[Fuel (band)|Fuel]]) * [[January 13]] - [[Stephen Hendry]], British snooker player * [[January 14]] - [[Jason Bateman]], American actor * [[January 14]] - [[David Grohl]], American drummer and composer ([[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]; later, [[Foo Fighters]]) * [[January 15]] - [[Meret Becker]], German actress and musician * [[January 16]] - [[Roy Jones Jr.]], American boxer * [[January 16]] - [[Per Yngve Ohlin|Per "Dead" Yngve Ohlin]], Scandinavian vocalist * [[January 17]] - [[Lukas Moodysson]], Swedish film director * [[January 17]] - [[DJ Tiesto]], Trance DJ * [[January 18]] - [[Dave Batista|David "Batista" Bautista]], American professional wrestler. * [[January 20]] - [[Patrick K. Kroupa]], American writer, hacker * [[January 22]] - [[John Linton Roberson]], American cartoonist and writer * [[January 27]] - [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]], musician, singer and producer ([[Flipper's Guitar]]) * [[February 1]] - [[Gabriel Batistuta]], Argentine footballer * [[February 3]] - [[Retief Goosen]], South African golfer * [[February 5]] - [[Bobby Brown]], American singer * [[February 9]] - [[Ian Eagle]], American sports announcer * [[February 11]] - [[Jennifer Aniston]], American actress * [[February 12]] - [[Hong Myung-Bo]], South Korean footballer * [[February 12]] - [[Brad Werenka]], Canadian ice hockey player * [[February 13]] - [[Ahlam]], Arabic Diva * [[February 16]] - [[Dean Malenko]], American professional wrestler * [[February 23]] - [[Michael Campbell]], New Zealand golfer * [[February 23]] - [[Marc Wauters]], Belgian cyclist * [[February 28]] - [[Robert Sean Leonard]] American Actor ===March-April=== *[[March 1]] - [[Javier Bardem]], Spanish actor *[[March 1]] - [[Litefoot]], Native American actor *[[March 1]] - [[Dafydd Ieuan]], Welsh drummer ([[Super Furry Animals]]) *[[March 4]] - [[Chastity Bono]], American actress and advocate of gay rights *[[March 4]] - [[Jason Townsend]], American artist and record producer *[[March 4]] - [[Patrick Roach]], Canadian actor *[[March 4]] - [[Annie Shizuka Inoh]], Taiwanese actress *[[March 7]] - [[Todd Williams]], American long-distance runner *[[March 11]] - [[Soraya (musician)|Soraya]], Colombian singer and multi-instrumentalist (d. [[2006]]) *[[March 11]] - [[Terrence Howard]], American actor *[[March 15]] ** [[Timo Kotipelto]], Finnish musician ** [[Yutaka Take]], Japanese jockey *[[March 19]] - [[Connor Trinneer]], American actor *[[March 20]] - [[Kenneth Keith Kallenbach]], American comedian (d. [[2008]]) *[[March 21]] - [[Ali Daei]], Iranian football player *[[March 21]] - [[Maria Luisa Ramsey|Jaya]], Filipino pop singer *[[March 27]] - [[Pauley Perrette]], American actress *[[March 28]] - [[Rodney Atkins]], America country music singer-songwriter *[[April 1]] - [[Fadl Shaker]], Lebanese singer *[[April 3]] - [[Lance Storm]], Canadian professional wrestler *[[April 6]] - [[Bret Boone]], baseball player *[[April 6]] - [[Paul Rudd]], American actor *[[April 10]] - [[Billy Jayne]], American actor *[[April 11]] - [[Cerys Matthews]], Welsh singer *[[April 11]] - [[Chisato Moritaka]], Japanese singer *[[April 17]] - [[Henry Ian Cusick]], Peruvian actor *[[April 19]] - [[Susan Polgar]], Hungarian chess player *[[April 22]] - [[Dion Dublin]], English footballer *[[April 25]] - [[Joe Buck]], baseball and American football broadcaster *[[April 25]] - [[Vanessa Beecroft]], Italian artist *[[April 25]] - [[Renée Zellweger]], American actress <!-- Do not add anyone who does not have a Wikipedia article to this list --> ===May-June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[May 2]] - [[Brian Lara]], West Indian cricketer *[[May 3]] - [[Daryl F. Mallett]], American author and actor *[[May 4]] - [[Micah Aivazoff]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[May 6]] - [[Jim Magilton]], Northern Irish footballer *[[May 7]] - [[Eagle Eye Cherry]], Swedish-born musician *[[May 9]] - [[Amber (performer)|Amber]], Dutch musician *[[May 10]] - [[Dennis Bergkamp]], Dutch soccer player *[[May 11]] - [[Sheila Davalloo]], American criminal *[[May 12]] - [[Kevin Nalty]], Famed YouTuber *[[May 13]] - [[Nikos Aliagas]], French-born television host *[[May 14]] - [[Cate Blanchett]], Australian actress *[[May 15]] - [[Hideki Irabu]], Japanese baseball player *[[May 15]] - [[Emmitt Smith]], American football player *[[May 15]] - [[Asalah Nasri]], Syrian singer *[[May 16]] - [[David Boreanaz]], American actor *[[May 16]] - [[Tracey Gold]], American actress *[[May 16]] - [[Steve Lewis (athlete)|Steve Lewis]], American athlete *[[May 18]] - [[Martika]], American singer *[[May 21]] - [[Georgiy R. Gongadze]], Ukrainian journalist (d. [[2000]]) *[[May 26]] - [[Musetta Vander]], South African actress *[[June 4]] - [[Rob Huebel]], American comedian *[[June 4]] - [[Takako Minekawa]], Japanese musician, composer and writer *[[June 7]] - [[Kim Rhodes]], American actress *[[June 8]] - [[J.P. Manoux]], American actor *[[June 11]] - [[Steven Drozd]], American drummer ([[The Flaming Lips]]) *[[June 12]] - [[Zsolt Daczi]], Hungarian guitarist (Omen, Bikini) (d. [[2007]]) *[[June 14]] - [[Steffi Graf]], German tennis player *[[June 14]] - [[MC Ren]], American rapper ([[N.W.A]]) *[[June 15]] - [[Oliver Kahn]], German football goalkeeper *[[June 15]] - [[Ice Cube]], American rapper and actor *[[June 17]] - [[Paul Tergat]], Kenyan athlete *[[June 18]] - [[Pål Pot Pamparius]], Norwegian guitarist and keyboardist ([[Turbonegro]]) *[[June 24]] - [[Sissel Kyrkjebø]], Norwegian singer *[[June 25]] - [[Matt Gallant]], American television host *[[June 25]] - [[Zim Zum]], American guitarist *[[June 29]] - [[Ilan Mitchell-Smith]], American actor *[[June 29]] - [[Toru Hashimoto]], Japanese local govenor *[[June 30]] - [[Sanath Jayasuriya]], Sri Lankan cricketer ===July-August=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 5]] - [[John LeClair]], American hockey player *[[July 8]] - [[Sugizo]], [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[guitarist]] and [[singer]] *[[July 10]] - [[Gale Harold]], American actor *[[July 11]] - [[David Tao]], Taiwanese singer-songwriter *[[July 18]] - [[Masanori Murakawa]], Japanese professional wrestler *[[July 20]] - [[Josh Holloway]], American actor *[[July 22]] - [[Despina Vandi]], Greek singer *[[July 24]] - [[Jennifer Lopez]], American actress and singer *[[July 26]] - [[Tanni Grey-Thompson]], British Paralympian *[[July 27]] - [[Triple H]] (aka Hunter Hearst Helmsley), American professional wrestler *[[August 2]] - [[Fernando Couto]], Portuguese footballer *[[August 4]] - [[Max Cavalera]], Brazilian musician and singer ([[Soulfly]]) *[[August 6]] - [[Elliott Smith]], American musician (d. [[2003]]) *[[August 8]] - [[Faye Wong]], Hong Kong singer and actress *[[August 9]] - [[Troy Percival]], baseball player *[[August 13]] - [[Midori Ito]], Japanese figure skater *[[August 15]] - [[Justin Broadrick]], British musician *[[August 18]] - [[Edward Norton]], American actor *[[August 18]] - [[Christian Slater]], American actor *[[August 19]] - [[Matthew Perry (actor)|Matthew Perry]], Canadian actor *[[August 19]] - [[Nate Dogg]], American rapper *[[August 19]] - [[Clay Walker (musician)|Clay Walker]], American singer *[[August 25]] - [[Cameron Mathison]], Canadian-born actor *[[August 28]] - [[Jack Black (actor)|Jack Black]], American actor and musician *[[August 29]] - [[Joe Swail]], Northern Irish snooker player *[[August 29]] - [[Lucero]], Mexican singer and actress ===September-October=== * [[September 2]] - [[Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey]], American singer * [[September 2]] - [[Dave Naz]], American photographer * [[September 5]] - [[Dweezil Zappa]], American actor and musician * [[September 7]] - [[Diane Farr]], American actress ([[Numb3rs]]) * [[September 9]] - [[Rachel Hunter]], New Zealand model and actress * [[September 9]] - [[Constance Marie]],American Actress * [[September 12]] - [[Ángel Cabrera]], Argentine golfer * [[September 13]] - [[Shane Warne]], Australian cricketer * [[September 17]] - [[Ken Doherty]], Irish snooker player * [[September 23]] - [[Mahir Çağrı]], Internet celebrity * [[September 23]] - [[Michelle Thomas]], American actress (d. [[1998]]) * [[September 24]] - [[Donald DeGrate, Jr.]], American music producer * [[September 24]] - [[Shawn "Clown" Crahan]], American percussionist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Dirty Little Rabbits]]) * [[September 25]] - [[Hansie Cronje]], South African cricketer (d. [[2002]]) * [[September 25]] - [[Hal Sparks]], American actor and comedian * [[September 25]] - [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], Welsh actress * [[September 25]] - [[Yves Amyot]], Quebec actor * [[September 26]] - [[Victor N'Gembo-Mouanda]], Congolese author * [[September 26]] - [[Paul Warhurst]], English football player * [[September 26]] - [[David Ferguson (murderer)|David Ferguson]], British murderer * [[October 1]] - [[Igor Ulanov]], Russian hockey player * [[October 2]] - [[Mitch English]], American actor and television host * [[October 3]] - [[Gwen Stefani]], American singer ([[No Doubt]]) * [[October 5]] - [[Elizabeth Azcona Bocock]], Honduran politician * [[october 6]] - [[Adrienne Armstrong]], wife of [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] of [[Green Day]] * [[October 6]] - [[Ogün Temizkanoğlu]], Turkish football player * [[October 8]] - [[Julia Ann]], American porn actress * [[October 10]] - [[Brett Favre]], American football player * [[October 13]] - [[Nancy Kerrigan]], American figure skater * [[October 13]] - [[Rhett Akins]], American country singer * [[October 14]] - [[David Strickland]], American actor (d. [[1999]]) * [[October 17]] - [[Ernie Els]], South African golfer * [[October 19]] - [[Trey Parker]], American television producer * [[October 20]] - [[Juan González (baseball player)|Juan González]], baseball player * [[October 20]] - [[Laurie Daley]], Australian rugby league player * [[October 21]] - [[Majid Farahani]], Iranian Actor * [[October 21]] - [[Angela Vincent]], Australian actress * [[October 25]] - [[Josef Beranek]], Czech ice hockey player * [[October 25]] - [[Alex Webster]], American bassist * [[October 30]] - [[Clay Enos]], American photographer ===November-December=== * [[November 2]] - [[Reginald Arvizu]] (aka Fieldy Snuts), American bassist * [[November 4]] - [[Sean "Diddy" Combs]], American rapper * [[November 4]] - [[Matthew McConaughey]], American actor * [[November 7]] - [[Michelle Clunie]], American actress * [[November 7]] - [[Hélène Grimaud]], French pianist * [[November 7]] - [[Bryant H. McGill]], American poet * [[November 9]] - [[Allison Wolfe]], American musician * [[November 10]] - [[Jens Lehmann]], German football player * [[November 10]] - [[Ellen Pompeo]], American actress * [[November 11]] - [[Carson Kressley]], American fashion expert * [[November 12]] - [[Heinz-Christian Strache]], Austrian politician * [[November 12]] - [[Johnny Gosch]], child kidnap victim * [[November 13]] - [[Gerard Butler]], Scottish actor * [[November 17]] - [[Jean-Michel Saive]], Belgian table tennis player * [[November 17]] - [[Ryotaro Okiayu]], Japanese [[seiyu]] (voice actor) * [[November 18]] - [[Sam Cassell]], American basketball player * [[November 18]] - [[Kathleen Van Brempt]], Belgian politician * [[November 19]] - [[Ertuğrul Sağlam]], Turkish football coach and former player * [[November 20]] - [[AQi Fzono]], Japanese composer * [[November 21]] - [[Ken Griffey, Jr.]], baseball player * [[November 28]] - [[Lexington Steele]], African-American actor and film director * [[November 29]] - [[Chris Baker (race car driver)|Chris Baker]], American race car driver * [[November 29]] - [[Pierre van Hooijdonk]], Dutch footballer * [[November 29]] - [[Mariano Rivera]], [[Panama]]nian [[Major League Baseball]] player * [[December 4]] - [[Jay-Z]], American rapper * [[December 7]] - [[Suhail A. Khan]], American activist * [[December 8]] - [[Kerry Earnhardt]], American race car driver * [[December 11]] - [[Sean Grande]], American basketball announcer * [[December 14]] - [[Archie Kao]], Chinese-American film and television actor * [[December 15]] - [[Rick Law]], American illustrator and producer * [[December 17]] - [[Chuck Liddell]], American [[mixed martial arts]] fighter. * [[December 18]] - [[Irvin Duguid]], Scottish keyboard player ([[Stiltskin]]) * [[December 18]] - [[Joe Randa]], American [[Major League Baseball]] player and radio talk-show host * [[December 18]] - [[Mille Petrozza]], German-Italian vocalist and guitarist for [[Kreator]] * [[December 19]] - [[Kristy Swanson]], American actress * [[December 19]] - [[Richard Hammond]], British TV presenter * [[December 19]] - [[Villano IV]], Mexican wrestler * [[December 21]] - [[Julie Delpy]], French actress * [[December 21]] - [[Magnus Samuelsson]], Swedish bodybuilder and former [[World's Strongest Man]] * [[December 23]] - [[Martha Byrne]], American actress and singer * [[December 23]] - [[Rob Pelinka]], American sports agent * [[December 28]] - [[Linus Torvalds]], Finnish computer programmer * [[December 30]] - [[Jason Kay]], English singer ([[Jamiroquai]]) * [[December 31]] - [[Dominik Diamond]], presenter and newspaper columnist ===Unknown dates=== *[[Marty Dread]], Reggae artist *[[Buckethead|Brian Carroll]] (a.k.a. Buckethead), American guitarist ==Deaths== ''See also'': [[:Category:1969 deaths]]. ===January - March=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 4]] - [[Violet Hilton|Violet]] and [[Daisy Hilton]], English conjoined twin actresses (b. [[1908]]) *[[January 8]] - [[Albert Hill]], British athlete (b. [[1889]]) *[[January 19]] - [[Jan Palach]], Czech student protester (suicide) (b. [[1948]]) *[[January 25]] - [[Irene Castle]], English dancer (b. [[1893]]) *[[January 29]] - [[Allen Dulles]], American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (b. [[1893]]) *[[January 30]] - [[Georges Pire]], Belgian monk, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1910]]) *[[January 31]] - [[Meher Baba]], Indian Spiritual master (b. [[1894]]) *[[February 2]] - [[Boris Karloff]], English actor (b. [[1887]]) *[[February 3]] - [[Eduardo Mondlane]], FRELIMO leader, assassinated. *[[February 4]] - [[Thelma Ritter]], American actress (b. [[1905]]) *[[February 9]] - [[Gabby Hayes]], American actor (b. [[1885]]) *[[February 13]] - [[Florence Mary Taylor]], Australia's first female architect (b. [[1879]]) *[[February 20]] - [[Ernest Ansermet]], Swiss conductor (b. [[1883]]) *[[February 23]] - King [[Saud of Saudi Arabia]] (b. [[1902]]) *[[February 26]] - [[Levi Eshkol]], [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. [[1895]]) *[[March 4]] - [[Nicholas Schenck]], Russian-born film empresario (b. [[1881]]) *[[March 11]] - [[John Wyndham (writer)|John Wyndham]], British author (b. [[1903]]) *[[March 14]] - [[Ben Shahn]], Lithuanian-born American artist (b. [[1898]]) *[[March 20]] - [[Henri Longchambon]], French politician (b. [[1896]]) *[[March 21]] - [[Pinky Higgins]], American baseball player and manager (b. [[1909]]) *[[March 25]] - [[Billy Cotton]], British entertainer & bandleader (b. [[1899]]) *[[March 26]] - [[John Kennedy Toole]], American author (b. [[1937]]) *[[March 26]] - [[B. Traven]], German writer *[[March 28]] - [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], 34th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1890]]) ===April - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[April 5]] - [[Shelby Storck]], American television producer (b. [[1917]]) *[[April 6]] - [[Gabriel Chevallier]], French writer (b. [[1895]]) *[[April 7]] - [[Rómulo Gallegos]], Venezuelan president and writer (b. [[1884]]) *[[April 15]] - [[Ain-Ervin Mere]], Estonian Nazi (b. [[1903]]) *[[April 26]] - [[Morihei Ueshiba]], Japanese martial artist and founder of [[aikido]] (b. [[1883]]) *[[May 2]] - [[Franz von Papen]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. [[1879]]) *[[May 4]] - [[Osbert Sitwell]], English writer (b. [[1892]]) *[[May 14]] - [[Frederick Lane]], Australian swimmer (b. [[1888]]) *[[May 19]] - [[Coleman Hawkins]], American musician (b. [[1904]]) *[[May 27]] - [[Jeffrey Hunter]], American actor (b. [[1926]]) *[[June 21]] - [[Maureen Connolly]], American tennis player (b. [[1934]]) *[[June 22]] - [[Judy Garland]], American actress and singer (b. [[1922]]) ===July - September=== *[[July 3]] - [[Brian Jones]], British musician ([[The Rolling Stones]]) (b. [[1942]]) *[[July 5]] - [[Walter Gropius]], German architect (b. [[1883]]) *[[July 18]] - [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], American campaign aide to U.S. Senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]] (b. [[1940]]) *[[July 24]] - [[Witold Gombrowicz]], Polish novelist and dramatist (b. [[1904]]) *[[July 28]] - [[Ramón Grau]], Cuban president (b. [[1882]]) *[[August 6]] - [[Theodor W. Adorno]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. [[1903]]) *[[August 9]] - [[Cecil Frank Powell]], British physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1903]]) *[[August 9]] - [[Jay Sebring]], [[United States|American]] celebrity [[Haircut|hair stylist]] (murdered) (b. [[1933]]) *[[August 9]] - [[Sharon Tate]], American actress (murdered) (b. [[1943]]) *[[August 9]] - [[Abigail Folger]], American socialite, [[Folgers]] Coffee heiress, and social worker (murdered) (b. [[1943]]) *[[August 17]] - [[Otto Stern]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]]) *[[August 25]] - [[Harry Hammond Hess]], American geologist and [[United States Navy]] officer in World War II (b. [[1906]]) *[[August 27]] - [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]], English novelist (b. [[1884]]) *[[August 27]] - [[Erika Mann]], German writer (b. [[1905]]) *[[August 31]] - [[Rocky Marciano]], American boxer (b. [[1923]]) *[[September 2]] - [[Ho Chi Minh]], [[President of Vietnam]] (b. [[1890]]) *[[September 3]] - [[John Lester]], American [[cricket]]er (b. [[1871]]) *[[September 6]] - [[Arthur Friedenreich]], Brazilian [[football]]er (b.[[1892]]) ===October - December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[October 4]] - [[Natalino Otto]], Italian singer (b. [[1912]]) *[[October 7]] - [[Ture Nerman]], Swedish politician (b. [[1886]]) *[[October 12]] - [[Sonja Henie]], Norwegian figure skater (b. [[1912]]) *[[October 15]] - [[Abdirashid Ali Shermarke]], President of [[Somalia]], assassinated (b. [[1919]]) *[[October 21]] - [[Jack Kerouac]], American author (b. [[1922]]) *[[October 21]] - [[Waclaw Sierpinski]], Polish mathematician (b. [[1882]]) *[[October 30]] - [[Pops Foster]], American musician (b. [[1892]]) *[[November 12]] - [[William F. Friedman]], American cryptanalyst (b. [[1891]]) *[[November 15]] - [[Iskander Mirza]], first [[President of Pakistan]] (b. [[1899]]) *[[November 18]] - [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.]], American politician (b. [[1888]]) *[[December 4]] - [[Fred Hampton]], Black Panther (shot by police) (b. [[1948]]) *[[December 4]] - [[Mark Clark (Black Panther)|Mark Clark]], Black Panther (shot by police) (b. [[1947]]) *[[December 5]] - [[Princess Alice of Battenberg]] (b. [[1885]]) *[[December 12]] - [[Magic Sam]], American musician (b. [[1937]]) *[[December 13]] - [[Raymond A. Spruance]], American admiral and ambassador (b. [[1886]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Murray Gell-Mann]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Derek Harold Richard Barton]], [[Odd Hassel]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Max Delbrück]], [[Alfred Hershey]], [[Salvador Luria]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Samuel Beckett]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[International Labour Organization]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[Ragnar Frisch]], [[Jan Tinbergen]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{commonscat}} ==External links== * [http://www.wcbs880.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=847931 1969 - Headlines] A report from Rich Lamb of WCBS Newsradio 880 (WCBS-AM New York) Part of WCBS 880's celebration of 40 years of newsradio. * [http://www.wcbs880.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=847934 1969 - The Year in Sound] An Audiofile produced by Lou Zambrana of WCBS Newsradio 880 (WCBS-AM New York) Part of WCBS 880's celebration of 40 years of newsradio. ==Table of contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1969| ]] [[af:1969]] [[als:1960er#1969]] [[am:1969 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1969]] [[an:1969]] [[frp:1969]] [[ast:1969]] [[av:1969]] [[az:1969]] [[bn:১৯৬৯]] [[zh-min-nan:1969 nî]] [[map-bms:1969]] [[be:1969]] [[be-x-old:1969]] [[bh:१९६९]] [[bs:1969]] [[br:1969]] [[bg:1969]] [[ca:1969]] [[cv:1969]] [[cs:1969]] [[co:1969]] [[cy:1969]] [[da:1969]] [[pdc:1969]] [[de:1969]] [[et:1969]] [[el:1969]] [[es:1969]] [[eo:1969]] [[eu:1969]] [[fa:۱۹۶۹ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1969]] [[hif:1969]] [[fr:1969]] [[fy:1969]] [[ga:1969]] [[gan:1969年]] [[gv:1969]] [[gd:1969]] [[gl:1969]] [[ko:1969년]] [[hy:1969]] [[hi:1969]] [[hr:1969.]] [[io:1969]] [[ilo:1969]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৬৯]] [[id:1969]] [[ia:1969]] [[os:1969]] [[is:1969]] [[it:1969]] [[he:1969]] [[jv:1969]] [[pam:1969]] [[kn:೧೯೬೯]] [[ka:1969]] [[csb:1969]] [[kk:1969]] [[kw:1969]] [[sw:1969]] [[kg:1969]] [[ht:1969 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1969]] [[la:1969]] [[lb:1969]] [[lt:1969 m.]] [[lij:1969]] [[ln:1969]] [[lmo:1969]] [[hu:1969]] [[mk:1969]] [[mi:1969]] [[mr:इ.स. १९६९]] [[ms:1969]] [[nah:1969]] [[nl:1969]] [[ja:1969年]] [[nap:1969]] [[no:1969]] [[nn:1969]] [[nrm:1969]] [[nov:1969]] [[oc:1969]] [[uz:1969]] [[pi:१९६९]] [[nds:1969]] [[pl:1969]] [[pt:1969]] [[ty:1969]] [[ksh:Joohr 1969]] [[ro:1969]] [[qu:1969]] [[ru:1969 год]] [[se:1969]] [[sq:1969]] [[scn:1969]] [[simple:1969]] [[sk:1969]] [[sl:1969]] [[so:1969]] [[sr:1969]] [[sh:1969]] [[su:1969]] [[fi:1969]] [[sv:1969]] [[tl:1969]] [[ta:1969]] [[tt:1969]] [[te:1969]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2512]] [[vi:1969]] [[tg:1969]] [[tr:1969]] [[tk:1969]] [[uk:1969]] [[vec:1969]] [[wa:1969]] [[vls:1969]] [[wuu:公元1969年]] [[yi:1969]] [[yo:1969]] [[zh-yue:1969年]] [[cbk-zam:1969]] [[bat-smg:1969]] [[zh:1969年]]