January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of death December 13, 1969
The temperature on December 13, 1969 was between -0.8 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
July 21 » Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
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