WHAT HAPPENED IN 1969.
Look what happened the 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 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)

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)

The first Prime Minister of Tunisia in twelve years, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President Habib Bourguiba. (19. October 1969)

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

The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. (29. October 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)

National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street. (10. November 1969)

Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre – Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story. (12. November 1969)

Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death. (13. November 1969)

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

Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea. (15. November 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)

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)

Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon. (19. November 1969)

Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal. (19. November 1969)

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

Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971. (20. November 1969)

U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, D.C., on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free. (21. November 1969)