WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 1969
Find out what all happened January to March 1969

Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before. (16. January 1969)

The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. (12. January 1969)

An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people. (14. January 1969)

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

The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police. (30. January 1969)

United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members. (18. January 1969)

Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece. (28. March 1969)

During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31). (25. March 1969)

Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 crashes into Mount Whitney killing all on board. (18. February 1969)

A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. (22. January 1969)

East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War. (20. January 1969)

Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA. (17. January 1969)

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

Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. (4. February 1969)

The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, college students, and some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. The majority of the protesters are arrested. (28. March 1969)

Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk. (16. January 1969)

Marinella releases Stalia – Stalia. (17. January 1969)

The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. (15. January 1969)

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module. (3. March 1969)

Allende meteorite falls near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico. (8. February 1969)