October 1969 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1969 Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier
• 02 Oct 1969 Seattle Pilots play last game in Seattle, Washington, defeated by the Oakland Athletics' 3-1 for their 98th loss of year. The American League's newest franchise attracts only 677, 944 fans for the season and will play in Milwaukee as the Brewers next season.
• 04 Oct 1969 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el
• 05 Oct 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
• 06 Oct 1969 WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, Maryland (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 07 Oct 1969 WJMN TV channel 3 in Escanaba, MI (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
• 08 Oct 1969 The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
• 11 Oct 1969 Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
• 12 Oct 1969 1st time 5 people in space
• 13 Oct 1969 Billy Martin (97-65) is fired as manager of AL West-winning Twins
• 14 Oct 1969 Palme government forms in Sweden
• 15 Oct 1969 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated
• 16 Oct 1969 100-1 shot New York Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5
• 17 Oct 1969 Soyuz 7 returns to Earth.
• 18 Oct 1969 Rod Stewart joins Small Faces
• 19 Oct 1969 J Bock and S Harnicks musical Rothschilds, premieres in New York City
• 20 Oct 1969 WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 21 Oct 1969 Bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day)
• 22 Oct 1969 KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KDB-AM
• 23 Oct 1969 Jimmy opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 84 performances
• 26 Oct 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
• 27 Oct 1969 Nobel prize for economy awarded to John Tinbergen
• 29 Oct 1969 Supreme Court orders end to all school desegregation at once
• 30 Oct 1969 WXPO (now WNDS) TV channel 50 in Manchester, NH (IND) 1st broadcast
• 31 Oct 1969 Race riot in Jacksonville, Florida.

Famous Birthday

• Gwen Stefani

  American singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and actress.

• PJ Harvey

  English singer-songwriter guitarist and producer.

• Zach Galifianakis

  American comedian and actor.

• John Edward

  American psychic, host of the TV series "Crossing Over With John Edward," in which he roams through his studio audiences, transmitting...

• Kim Rossi Stuart
• Dolly Buster

  Czech film producer and director actress and author.

• Ben Harper

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Relentless7 and Fistful of Mercy).

• Nancy Kerrigan

  American skating champion, an Olympic metal winner.

• Trey Parker

  Director.

• Stephen Moyer

  British actor.

• Manu Bennett

  Movie Actor.

• Helmut Lotti

  Belgian "cross-over" singer, from opera to pop to the classics, known worldwide.

• Laurent Mariotte
• Sevanne Martin

  American actress, daughter of Mary Catherine Bateson and Barkev Kassarjian and granddaughter of Margaret Mead.

• Brett Favre

  American football player.

• Christophe Caze

  French terrorist, the Chief of an Islamic terrorist ring in France, the Khaled Kerkal, and author of a number of the 1995 and 1996 attacks.

• Martie Maguire

  American singer-songwriter violinist and producer (Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds).

• Dominic West

  British actor.

• Sébastien Huyghe
• Jeremy Davies

  American actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Jack Kerouac

  American writer and poet, the author of 21 books including "The Town and the City," 1950, "The Subterraneans," 1958 and "Big Sur.

• Sonja Henie

  Norwegian championship ice skater of all time with awards of over 257 medals, cups and bowls.

• Jaime Pahissa

  Composer, dies at 89.

• Rod[erique] La Rocque

  US western actor (Mystery Woman).

• Shermake

  President of (Somalia), murdered.

• Hugo Pfister

  Composer, dies at 55.

• Katharine Susannah Prichard

  Novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85.

• Natalino Otto

  Italian singer (Born 1912).

• Waclaw Sierpinski

  Polish mathematician (Born 1882).

• Pops Foster

  American musician (Born 1892).

• Leon Scieur

  Belgian cyclist (Born 1888).

• Tommy Edwards

  American singer (Born 1922).

• Serge Poliakoff

  Russian / French painter / guitarist.

• Skip James

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1969).

• Haguroyama Masaji

  Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (Born 1914).

• Walter Hagen

  US golfer (won 5x PGA-tournament), dies at 76.

• Eduardo Ciannelli

  Italian actor who began his career as an opera baritone touring Italy and the Continent.

• Rudolf Forster

  Actor (Threepenny Opera, Tonio Kroeger), dies at 84.

• Tommy Edwards

  Rocker, dies at 47.

• Constance Dowling

  Actress (Blind Spot), dies of cardiac arrest at 49.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
2. The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You
3. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
4. Oliver - Jean
5. Sly & the Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
2. Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
3. Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
4. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus
5. The Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember