The temperature on January 31, 1969 was between 1.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
March 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
November 20 » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.
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