WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1969
Find out what all happened January to May 1969

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

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

Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort. (3. April 1969)

In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted. (2. March 1969)

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

The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force. (1. April 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)

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

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

General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest. (29. May 1969)

The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends. (20. May 1969)

Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities. (5. April 1969)

Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy. (17. April 1969)

The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board. (15. April 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)

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

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