WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1969
Find out what all happened April to September 1969

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

Woodstock rock and roll concert opens. (15. August 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The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation. (14. July 1969)

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

Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart. (4. April 1969)

Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched. (18. May 1969)

Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland. (14. August 1969)

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

A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, 6 days after the beginning of the "Football War". (20. July 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 charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed. (25. September 1969)

At the U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand. (14. April 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 Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force. (1. April 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)

Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean. (24. July 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)

Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks. (9. May 1969)