The temperature on August 26, 1969 was between 9.7 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 13 » May 13 Incident involving sectarian violence in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
June 22 » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
July 25 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
August 9 » Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
August 10 » A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
Day of burial August 28, 1969
The temperature on August 28, 1969 was between 11.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 26.3 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 16 » A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
May 20 » The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
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