Events of 1969
WORLD
Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States.
US Senator Edward Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident at Chappaquiddick in which his aide Mary Jo Kopechne drowned.
The 'gay rights' movement began in New York.
America began the 'Vietnamisation' of the war in Vietnam.
The United States, USSR and over 100 other countries including Australia signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.
King Idris of Libya was deposed by army Colonel Qaddafi.
Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Edwin Aldrin Jr was the second.
Australian Rod Laver defeated John Newcombe to win the Wimbledon men's singles final.
Almost 500,000 people attended the Woodstock folk festival.
Sesame Street was first produced.
The main movies were Midnight Cowboy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Easy Rider.
The main books were John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman, Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint and Mario Puzo's The Godfather.
The first in vitro fertilisation ( IVF ) of a human egg was performed in England.
The use of the pesticide DDT was banned in urban areas of the United States.
US WWII leader and former President Dwight D Eisenhower died.
AUSTRALIA
Bushfires killed 15 in Victoria.
Johnny Famechon won the world featherweight title in London.
HMAS Melbourne slices an American destroyer in half off Hong Kong killing 56 sailors.
The musical Hair opened in sydney.
About 3,000 protesters rallied against the Vietnam War outside the American Consulate in Melbourne.
The Arbitration Commission adopted the principle of equal pay for women.
Controversial artist and author Norman Lindsay died aged 90.
Prime Minister Gorton announced the phased withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam.
Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States.
US Senator Edward Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident at Chappaquiddick in which his aide Mary Jo Kopechne drowned.
The 'gay rights' movement began in New York.
America began the 'Vietnamisation' of the war in Vietnam.
The United States, USSR and over 100 other countries including Australia signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.
King Idris of Libya was deposed by army Colonel Qaddafi.
Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Edwin Aldrin Jr was the second.
Australian Rod Laver defeated John Newcombe to win the Wimbledon men's singles final.
Almost 500,000 people attended the Woodstock folk festival.
Sesame Street was first produced.
The main movies were Midnight Cowboy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Easy Rider.
The main books were John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman, Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint and Mario Puzo's The Godfather.
The first in vitro fertilisation ( IVF ) of a human egg was performed in England.
The use of the pesticide DDT was banned in urban areas of the United States.
US WWII leader and former President Dwight D Eisenhower died.
AUSTRALIA
Bushfires killed 15 in Victoria.
Johnny Famechon won the world featherweight title in London.
HMAS Melbourne slices an American destroyer in half off Hong Kong killing 56 sailors.
The musical Hair opened in sydney.
About 3,000 protesters rallied against the Vietnam War outside the American Consulate in Melbourne.
The Arbitration Commission adopted the principle of equal pay for women.
Controversial artist and author Norman Lindsay died aged 90.
Prime Minister Gorton announced the phased withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam.
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