1969

Facts and Events That Happened in This Year

Dec 6

The Altamont free concert occurred.

Nov 19

Pelé, the legendary Brazilian soccer star, scored his 1,000th goal.

Nov 15

The first Wendy's restaurant opened in Columbus, Ohio, US.

Nov 13

The first quintuplets of the century were born in London, UK.

Oct 29

The first computer-to-computer link was established on ARPANET.

Oct 22

Paul McCartney publicly declared he's not dead.

Oct 10

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical soundtrack, 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' was recorded.

Sep 26

The Beatles released Abbey Road, the last album they recorded before breaking up.

Sep 13

The animated mystery-comedy 'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' first aired on CBS.

Aug 21

Donald and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store in San Francisco, California.

Aug 13

After parading around New York City, the Apollo 11 crew was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Aug 11

The Apollo 11 astronauts were released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.

Jul 24

NASA's Apollo 11 safely returned to Earth after being the first manned mission to the moon.

Jul 20

Apollo 11 landed on the Moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.

Jul 19

NASA's Apollo 11 orbited the moon.

Jul 16

NASA launched Apollo 11 from the Kennedy Space Center.

Jul 13

The USSR's Luna 15 robotic spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Jul 11

'Space Oddity' was released by David Bowie.

Jul 4

The first Atlanta International Pop Festival took place at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia, with as many as 150,000 partygoers.

Jul 3

A Soviet N1 rocket failed during its launch, causing the largest rocket explosion in recorded history.

Jun 18

The western movie 'The Wild Bunch' was released.

Jun 4

Armando Socarras Ramirez arrived in Madrid from Havana after hiding inside the wheel pod of a plane.

May 26

NASA's Apollo 10 mission returned to earth after successfully testing all possible elements of a Moon landing.

May 21

NASA's Apollo 10 Spacecraft ran a test flight of the Lunar Lander Module close to the Moon’s surface.

May 18

Apollo 10 was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the Moon.

May 11

Monty Python was formed.

Apr 23

Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for killing Robert F. Kennedy.

Apr 22

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world's first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.

Apr 17

Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of killing US Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Mar 27

NASA launched its Mariner 7 space probe from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket.

Mar 17

Golda Meir became the first female Prime Minister of Israel.

Mar 13

Apollo 9 and its crew returned to Earth after a 10-day mission orbiting Earth.

Mar 10

American fugitive James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to murdering Martin Luther King Jr.

Mar 3

NASA launched Apollo 9 crewed mission.

Mar 2

The Concorde airplane was tested for the first time in Toulouse, France.

Feb 25

George Harrison from The Beatles started recording three solo songs from their Abbey Road album at the EMI studio, Abbey Road, London.

Feb 25

NASA's Mariner 6 space probe successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Feb 17

Friends Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan recorded 'Girl From The North Country' at CBS Studios.

Jan 14

An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 28 people.