WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1969
Find out what all happened September to December 1969

The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery Date. (14. September 1969)

The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois. (8. October 1969)

In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" that began on September 24. (9. October 1969)

The four node ARPANET network is established. (5. December 1969)

The United Kingdom introduces the British fifty-pence coin, which replaces, over the following years, the British ten-shilling note, in anticipation of the decimalization of the British currency in 1971, and the abolition of the shilling as a unit of currency anywhere in the world. (14. October 1969)

Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs. (17. December 1969)

An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90—the worst crash of a DC-6. (8. December 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)

In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government. (9. September 1969)

The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI. (21. November 1969)

Meredith Hunter is killed by Hells Angels during a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California. (6. December 1969)

Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies. (3. November 1969)

The SALT I talks begin. (17. December 1969)

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

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

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon. (14. November 1969)

Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington DC and across the US. Over 2 million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in the nation's capital. (15. October 1969)

A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power and establishes a socialist republic in Somalia. (21. October 1969)

Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides. (17. November 1969)