WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1969
Find out what all happened January to June 1969

Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus. (16. May 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 British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City. (2. May 1969)

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

Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France. (28. April 1969)

Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (13. May 1969)

Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren. (23. June 1969)

The International communist conference begins in Moscow. (5. June 1969)

The "Chicago Eight" plead not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (9. April 1969)

The Troubles: The Royal Ulster Constabulary raid the Bogside area of Derry, damaging property and beating residents. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry. (5. January 1969)

British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world. (22. April 1969)

Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure. (17. May 1969)

Czechoslovakian Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed. (17. April 1969)

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

Stonewall Riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement. (28. June 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)

The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1. (7. April 1969)

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

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