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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 ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1969. 1969 (MCMLXIX) 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.
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August 19, 1969 (Tuesday) Hurricane Camille caused its highest loss of life far inland from sea, killing 124 people in Nelson County, Virginia, near the center of that U.S. state. During the night, more than 30 inches (760 mm) of rain fell in a few hours, causing flash floods and mudslides.
Stonewall riots. Part of events leading to gay liberation. The only known photograph taken during the first night of the riots, by freelance photographer Joseph Ambrosini, shows gay youth scuffling with police. [ 1 ] Date. June 28 – July 3, 1969 (1969-06-28– 1969-07-03)[ 2 ] Location. Stonewall Inn, New York City.
January 20, 1969 – Nixon becomes the 37th president, Agnew becomes the 39th vice president. 1969 – "Vietnamization" begins. 1969 – Author Maya Angelou publishes I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. 1969 – Stonewall riots in New York City marks the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
July 1, 1969 (Tuesday) The formal investiture of the United Kingdom 's Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales took place at Caernarvon Castle in Wales, as the crown prince's mother, Queen Elizabeth II, placed the coronet (a small crown) on in his head. [1] For the first time, the ceremony was televised live to British viewers, and was seen by an ...
Heyerdahl, famous for his 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition that sailed a log raft from South America to Polynesia, had used images of similar boats constructed 5,000 years earlier. Midnight Cowboy, an X-rated, Oscar-winning John Schlesinger film, was released to theaters. Born: Anne Heche, American TV and film actress (d. 2022); in Aurora, Ohio