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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.
May 9, 1969: excursion train on the Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway as part of the 1969 Golden Spike Centennial . May 1 – Semiconductor company AMD is founded. 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.
The following events occurred in January 1969: January 1, 1969 (Wednesday) ... film of a rocket was shown on Soviet Union television on the same day that it happened ...
Pope Paul VI issued Mysterii Paschalis, a motu proprio, deleting many names from the Roman calendar of saints, including Valentine, who was celebrated on this day. Died: Vito Genovese, 71, Italian-born American mobster, died of a heart attack while imprisoned at the federal medical center in Springfield, Missouri. Genovese, nicknamed "The King ...
March 7, 1969: Apollo 9 astronauts prove that the Apollo Lunar Module works March 17, 1969: Golda Meir becomes new Prime Minister of Israel March 2, 1969: Supersonic Concorde jet makes its first flight [1] March 25, 1969: Pakistan's dictator Ayub Khan resigns [2] The following events occurred in March 1969:
25 July – The Family Law Reform Act 1969 receives royal assent and comes partly into effect in England and Wales. It reduces the age of majority from 21 to 18 (with effect from 1 January 1970); allows a bastard child to inherit on the intestacy of a parent; and allows competent 16- and 17-year-olds to consent to medical treatment.
Aiken was granted a stay of execution by U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (who happened to be vacationing at his summer home in Goose Prairie, Washington) less than 72 hours before his trip to the gallows; Wheat had been given a temporary reprieve by Potter Stewart the day before. [40]
Four civilians were killed in the first day of violence. The next day, Argentine Army troops opened fire on 1,000 workers and students, wounding an undetermined number of them. [76] When El Cordobazo ended, most of the 3,000 Argentine troops in the city were pulled out on June 2. The final official death toll was 14 people killed, 100 injured ...