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1969
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Landing on Venus
USSR Venera 5 luanched for 1st successful planet landing on the planet Venus -
Led Zepplin
Led Zepplin release there debut album titled Led Zepplin. -
Inauguration
Richard M Nixon is inaugurated as president of the US. -
Beatles last performance
The Beatles performed their last ever public performance on the roof of the apple corps building in London. The only eyewitnesses were Apple staff and the film crew, though dozens of people could hear them in the surrounding buildings, and Savile Row below. -
Oil Spill
A huge oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California closes the city's harbor. -
Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 is held in Madrid, and results in four co-winners, with 18 votes each, from Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France. -
HIVÁids
An American teenager known as 'Robert R.' dies in St. Louis, Missouri, of a baffling medical condition. In 1984 it will be identified as the first confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America. -
Kremlin
Guided tours begin at the Kremlin and other government sites in Moscow. -
Crash
Melbourne-Evans collision: The Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne collides with the U.S. destroyer Frank E. Evans in the South China Sea; 74 U.S. sailors are killed. -
Stonewall
The Stonewall riots in New York City mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S. -
Vietnam
Vietnam War: The very first U.S. troop withdrawals are made. -
First landing on the moon
The Apollo 11 astronauts return from the first successful Moon landing, and are placed in biological isolation for several days, on the chance they may have brought back lunar germs. The airless lunar environment is later determined to preclude microscopic life. -
Woodstock
The Woodstock Festival is held in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. -
Woodstock finishes
The Woodstock Festival is held in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. -
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh, former president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam dies. -
Sesame Street
Sesame Street premieres on the National Educational Television (NET) network. -
Black Panther
Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot dead in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
