What Happened In August 1969 In History

Historical Events for August, 1969

• 4th » Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
• 5th » Mariner program: 'Mariner 6 and 7 e.g Mariner 7' makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
• 8th » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the photo that becomes the cover of the Beatles album 'Abbey Road'.
• 12th » Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry e.g Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
• 13th » The 'Apollo 11' astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City New York, New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Free
• 14th » Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.
• 15th » Woodstock rock and roll concert opens.
• 17th » Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the Gulf Coast of the United States U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing United States dollar $1.42 billion in damage.
• 21st » An Australian, Denis Michael Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1969

• 1st » Andrei Borissov, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1st » Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player
• 1st » Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist
• 1st » Stuart Wade, English actor
• 1st » David Wain, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 2nd » Jan Axel Blomberg, Norwegian drummer (Winds (band) Winds, Mayhem (band) Mayhem, and Arcturus (band) Arcturus)
• 2nd » Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player
• 2nd » Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 2nd » Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist
• 3rd » Doug Overton, American basketball player and coach
• 4th » Mark Bickley, Australian footballer and coach
• 4th » Max Cavalera, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sepultura, Soulfly, Nailbomb, and Cavalera Conspiracy)
• 4th » Michael DeLuise, American actor, director, and producer
• 4th » Vlad Ivanov, Romanian actor
• 5th » Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
• 5th » Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician
• 5th » Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer and coach
• 5th » Robert Scott (rower) named Robert Scott, Australian rower
• 5th » Paola Volpato, Chilean actress
• 6th » Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
• 6th » Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heatmiser) (d. 2003)
• 7th » Paul Lambert, Scottish footballer and manager
• 8th » Dick Togo, Japanese wrestler
• 8th » Monika Tsõganova, Estonian chess player
• 8th » Faye Wong, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
• 9th » Smaragda Karydi, Greek actress
• 9th » Troy Percival, American baseball player and coach
• 9th » Estella Marie Thompson, American prostitute
• 10th » Emily Symons, Australian actress
• 11th » Ashley Jensen, Scottish actress
• 11th » Toomas Kivisild, Estonian geneticist
• 11th » Ago Markvardt, Estonian skier
• 12th » Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor
• 12th » Tanita Tikaram, German-English singer-songwriter
• 12th » Stuart Williams (cricketer) called Stuart Williams, Nevisian cricketer
• 13th » Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
• 14th » Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut
• 14th » DJ Uncle Al, American rapper and DJ (d. 2001)
• 14th » Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer and manager
• 15th » Kevin Cheng, American-Hong Kong singer and actor
• 15th » Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter (Powderfinger)
• 15th » Cris Judd, American actor, dancer, and choreographer
• 16th » Evar Saar, Estonian linguist and journalist
• 16th » Kate Higgins, American voice actress
• 17th » Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach
• 17th » Wayne Mills (singer) named Wayne Mills, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 17th » Donnie Wahlberg, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (New Kids on the Block)
• 18th » Everlast (musician) e.g Everlast, American rapper (House of Pain and La Coka Nostra)
• 18th » Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player and coach
• 18th » Edward Norton, American actor, singer, and producer
• 18th » Christian Slater, American actor and producer
• 19th » Nate Dogg, American rapper and actor (213 (group) named 213) (d. 2011)
• 19th » Kirk Herbstreit, American sportscaster
• 19th » Paula Jai Parker, American actress
• 19th » Matthew Perry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 19th » Emigdio Preciado, Jr., American criminal
• 19th » Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player
• 19th » Patrick Van Horn, American actor
• 19th » Clay Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 20th » Billy Gardell, American comedian and actor
• 20th » Mark Holzemer, American baseball player
• 21st » Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater
• 23rd » Geneviève Brouillette, Canadian actress
• 23rd » Jack Lopresti, English politician
• 23rd » Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author
• 23rd » Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
• 24th » Jans Koerts, Dutch cyclist
• 25th » Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
• 25th » Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 25th » Rachel Shelley, English actress
• 25th » Steve Staley, American voice actor and singer
• 25th » John Witt, American baseball player and actor
• 26th » Christopher Douglas (American actor) or Christopher Douglas American actor
• 26th » Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, American model
• 27th » Mark Ealham, English cricketer
• 27th » Cesar Millan, Mexican-American dog trainer
• 27th » Reece Shearsmith, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Chandra Wilson, American actress and director
• 28th » Jack Black, American actor, singer, guitarist, and producer (Tenacious D)
• 28th » Mary McCartney, English photographer
• 28th » Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer
• 28th » Pierre Turgeon, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 29th » Lucero (entertainer) e.g Lucero, Mexican singer and actress
• 29th » Joe Swail, Irish snooker player
• 31st » Nathalie Bouvier, French skier
• 31st » Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor
• 31st » Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer and referee

Famous Deaths for August 1969

• 6th » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 7th » Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)
• 8th » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
• 9th » Abigail Folger, American heiress and activist (b. 1943)
• 9th » Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936)
• 9th » Jay Sebring, American hair stylist, founded Sebring International (b. 1933)
• 9th » Sharon Tate, American actress (b. 1943)
• 9th » Steven Parent, American student (b. 1951)
• 9th » C. F. Powell, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 10th » János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (b. 1899)
• 11th » Miriam Licette, English soprano (b. 1885)
• 15th » Abdul Malek (Islamic Education Activist) or Abdul Malek, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1947)
• 17th » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 27th » Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (b. 1884)
• 27th » Erika Mann, German actress and author (b. 1905)
• 31st » Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)

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