WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1969
Find out what all happened February to November 1969

Followers led by Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent. (9. August 1969)

Governor of Texas Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the University of Texas at Dallas. (13. June 1969)

Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. (20. November 1969)

Woodstock rock and roll concert opens. (15. August 1969)

A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power. (1. September 1969)

Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and U.S. military commanders. (30. July 1969)

Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death". (15. November 1969)

Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra. (30. June 1969)

In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress. (3. February 1969)

The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC One. (5. October 1969)

The 385 metres (1,263 ft) tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up. (19. March 1969)

Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student. (21. May 1969)

At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the photo that becomes the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road, one of the most famous album covers in recording history. (8. August 1969)

The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford. (9. April 1969)

Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus. (16. May 1969)

The Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago. (23. September 1969)

Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers). (5. August 1969)

The Zodiac Killer attacks two teens (one male, one female) at Blue Rock Springs in California; they were his second known victims. The female died. (4. July 1969)

Apollo program: Apollo 11 successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon almost 7 hours later. (US Time) (20. July 1969)

Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill. (10. May 1969)