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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. September 5 – Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six counts of premeditated murder for the 1968 My Lai Massacre deaths of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai , Vietnam .
Total financial losses from the events was $8.35 million. October 2 – A 1.2 megaton thermonuclear device is tested at Amchitka Island, Alaska. This test is code-named Project Milrow, the 11th test of the Operation Mandrel 1969–1970 underground nuclear test series. This test is known as a "calibration shot" to test if the island is fit for ...
March 1969 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P) April 1969 events in the United States (1 C, 5 P) May 1969 events in the United States (1 C, 4 P)
The following events occurred in January 1969: January 1, 1969 (Wednesday) North ... happened after the reactor core suffered a loss-of-coolant accident. ...
December 1, 1969: Congressman Pirnie drawing the first number. The first draft lottery in the United States since 1942 (and the first in peacetime) was held, and September 14 was the first of the 366 days of the year selected, with Congressman Alexander Pirnie of New York making the first selection. [1]
March 3, 1969: Launch of Apollo 9 At 11:00 in the morning local time (1600 UTC), the United States launched Apollo 9 , with astronauts James McDivitt , David Scott and Rusty Schweickart , in a test of the Apollo Lunar Module 's ability to undock from, and then redock with, the lunar orbiter.
June 3, 1969: Destroyer USS Frank Evans sliced in two by Australian carrier, 74 seamen killed June 20, 1969: Pompidou electeds new French President June 12, 1969: Niagara Falls "turned off" for five months on American Falls side June 22, 1969: Judy Garland dies of drug overdose. The following events occurred in June 1969:
The 1969 bombing was the first of several blasts that would be carried out by the "Weathermen" against American governmental buildings, and was the opener of the "Days of Rage" that coincided with the trial of the "Chicago Seven", who were on trial for conspiracy to incite a riot during the Democratic National Convention in 1968. Nobody was ...