December 1969 calendar

December 1969
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
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8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1969.
The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1969: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1969?

Events

01 Dec 1969 US government holds its first draft lottery since WWII.
02 Dec 1969 Buck White opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances
03 Dec 1969 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
04 Dec 1969 Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
05 Dec 1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
06 Dec 1969 Buck White closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 7 performances
08 Dec 1969 Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA
11 Dec 1969 Libya adopts constitution.
12 Dec 1969 Hello Dolly with Barbra Striesand premieres
14 Dec 1969 La Strada opens / closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 1 performance
15 Dec 1969 San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones
16 Dec 1969 War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John andYoko posters begin appearing
17 Dec 1969 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show
18 Dec 1969 Coco opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 333 performances
21 Dec 1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme (Ed Sullivan Show)
22 Dec 1969 Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots.
25 Dec 1969 India all out for 163 at Madras versus Australia, Ashley Mallett 5-91.
28 Dec 1969 Dallas Cowboys' kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland Browns, misses the ball.
29 Dec 1969 New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause
30 Dec 1969 The Linwood bank robbery leaves two police officers dead.
31 Dec 1969 The date you are commonly given when a computer's time is set to 0 in seconds. Start of the Unix Epoch.
09 Dec 1969 U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.