Historical Events for May 1969
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Months in 1969: January February March April June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 68 of 68
1st - 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC
1st - Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0
1st - Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000
1st - Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting
2nd - British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to NY
3rd - "Trumpets of the Lord" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 7 perfs
3rd - 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8
4th - Charles Gordone's "No Place to be Somebody," premieres in NYC
4th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
4th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
5th - 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
5th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
7th - 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1
7th - Lt General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA
8th - Cambodia recognizes German DR
8th - Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation
9th - BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick
10th - Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space
10th - Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
10th - US troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill
11th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
11th - Monty Python comedy troupe forms
12th - Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH
13th - Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
14th - Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada
14th - Last Chevrolet Corsair built
15th - Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court
16th - Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
16th - Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam
16th - US nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off SF
16th - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
16th - Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere
16th - Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault
17th - "My Wife, My Dog, My Cat," by Maskman & The Agents hits #92
17th - 95th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Majestic Prince wins in 1:55.6
17th - Balt, Cleve & Pitts agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL
17th - Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus
18th - "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 perfs
18th - Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit
18th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St Louis Women's Golf Invitational
20th - US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam
21st - Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death
21st - Slovan Bratislava wins 9th Europe Cup II in Basel
21st - After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over NY Mets
21st - Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, aka Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
22nd - Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface
23rd - BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
23rd - Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes
23rd - Who release rock opera "Tommy"
24th - Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
25th - "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating
25th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
25th - Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup
26th - Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth
26th - John & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal)
27th - Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV
27th - Walt Disney World construction begins
28th - AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
29th - Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice
29th - General strike in Cordoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
30th - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp
30th - Gibraltar adopts constitution
30th - People revolt in Willemstad, Curacao
30th - Riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao
31st - "Dear World" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 132 perfs
31st - "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8
31st - John Lennon & Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance"
31st - Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amore"
