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1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.
Aug 23, 2018 · On July 20, 1969, two American astronauts landed on the moon and became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface. The event marked the culmination of a nearly decade-long intense push to...
Jun 28, 2012 · The first man is landed on the moon on the Apollo 11 mission by the United States and Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. and the famous words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Historical events from year 1969. Learn about 648 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1969 or search by date or keyword.
Aug 9, 2009 · From Woodstock and a man on the moon to the Manson murders and the Stonewall riots, the summer of 1969 was a tumultuous and eventful time. Listed below are a few of the historic and memorable ...
Jul 20, 2019 · July 1969. It’s a little over eight years since the flights of Gagarin and Shepard, followed quickly by President Kennedy’s challenge to put a man on the moon before the decade is out. It is only seven months since NASA’s made a bold decision to send Apollo 8 all the way to the moon on the first manned flight of the massive Saturn V rocket.
What happened and who was famous in 1969? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1969.
May 18 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 ( Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing. May 20 – United States National Guard helicopters spray skin-stinging powder on protesters in Berkeley, California, in the aftermath of the People's Park unrest.
Feb 13, 2019 · In Focus. A half century ago, humans first set foot on the moon, hundreds of thousands of young people gathered in New York’s Catskill Mountains for a music festival that became a cultural...
Aug 21, 2019 · 1969: The end of an era and one of America’s stormiest and most impactful years. A series of articles will explore some of the most significant events that took place in the closing year of the iconic 1960s and how those events rippled through the decades that followed.
