1969
Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
After a four-day flight in a craft with less computing power than a microwave, two Americans set their spider-legged lander down in the Sea of Tranquility.
Gaddafi seizes Libya
A twenty-seven-year-old army captain named Muammar Gaddafi led a bloodless coup against the aging King Idris of Libya while the king was in Turkey for medical…
ARPANET sends first message
From a UCLA lab, a student tried to log into a computer at Stanford Research Institute.
Stonewall riots
When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar, the patrons fought back.
Woodstock
Half a million young people descended on a dairy farm in upstate New York for three days of music and mud.
Jumbo jet era begins
Boeing rolled out the first 747, a wide-body airliner with a distinctive hump and the capacity to carry four hundred passengers across oceans.
Manson Family murders
Members of Charles Manson's cult broke into the Los Angeles home of director Roman Polanski and brutally murdered five people…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1969?
Saeculum lists 7 events from 1969. The most significant is Apollo 11 lands on the Moon: After a four-day flight in a craft with less computing power than a microwave, two Americans set their spider-legged lander down in the Sea of Tranquility.
What era was 1969 part of?
1969 falls within the Modern Era (1901-2000). World wars, cold war, and the splitting of the atom.
Which regions saw notable events in 1969?
The events from 1969 span North America and Africa.