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July 16, 1969: Launch of Apollo 11 North America taken July 16 during the translunar part of the journey Apollo 11 , with Neil Armstrong , Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins , lifted off as scheduled from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Florida at 9:32 a.m. local time (1332 UTC).
September 26 – The Brady Bunch (1969–74) on ABC; September 29 Bright Promise (1969–72), the latter of the soap operas created by Frank and Doris Hursley, on NBC daytime; Love, American Style (1969–74) on ABC; October 5 Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–74) on BBC1; Sazae-san (1969–present) as a kids' comedy on Fuji Television in Japan
Closest approach for Mariner 6 occurred July 31, 1969, at 05:19:07 UT at a distance of 3,431 kilometers (2,132 mi) [2] above the martian surface. Closest approach for Mariner 7 occurred August 5, 1969 at 05:00:49 UT [ 4 ] at a distance of 3,430 kilometers (2,130 mi) above the Martian surface.
July 14 Huntington, West Virginia: WVPB-TV: 33 NET Part of the West Virginia Public Broadcasting television network July 30 Nacogdoches, Texas: KAEC-TV: 19 CBS August 18 Jacksonville, Illinois (Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri) WJJY-TV: 14 ABC August 20 Kingsport, Tennessee (Johnson City/Bristol, TN-VA) WKPT-TV: 19 ABC August 29 Miles City ...
July 16 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins) lifts off from Cape Kennedy toward the first human landing on the Moon. July 17 – The New York Times publicly takes back the ridicule of the rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard published on January 13, 1920, that stated that spaceflight is impossible. [5]
1969 Libyan coup d'état: A bloodless coup in Libya ousts King Idris and brings Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to power. For Brazil, the Jornal Nacional was created on Monday, 1 September 1969. September 2 – Ho Chi Minh, the president of North Vietnam, dies at the age of 79.
1969 received positive reviews upon its publication. In a two-page article in USA Today on January 26, Craig Wilson commented, "The subtitle of his new book, 1969: The Year Everything Changed, may sound hyperbolic, but Kirkpatrick makes a good case that it was a year of 'landmark achievements, cataclysmic episodes and generation-defining events.'" [1] Booklist called it "A riveting look at a ...
July 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which Somer's Day can fall, while August 4 is the latest; celebrated on Friday before the first Monday in August. International Tiger Day [125] Mohun Bagan Day [126] National Anthem Day ; National Thai Language Day ; Ólavsøka or Olsok, opening of the Løgting session.