Year of record

1969

7 verified events recorded in 1969.

7 events From Jan 1, 1969 To Dec 4, 1969 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
1969-12-04FBI and Chicago Police Assassinate Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton in Pre-Dawn Raid
Fred Hampton · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Chicago Police Department · +3
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1969-12-01Draft Lottery Reform Attempts to Address Class Inequality After College Deferments Shield Wealthy from Vietnam Service
Selective Service System · U.S. Congress · Congressman Alexander Pirnie
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1969-11-12Seymour Hersh Exposes My Lai Massacre Cover-Up After Army Conceals Atrocity for 20 Months - Wins Pulitzer Prize
Journalist Seymour Hersh · Whistleblower Ronald Ridenhour · Lieutenant William Calley · U.S. Army · +1
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1969-07-17Nixon Administration Articulates Comprehensive Executive-Supremacy Doctrine: Impoundment, Secret Bombing, Pocket Vetoes, Surveillance
Richard Nixon · John Mitchell · Henry Kissinger · William Rehnquist · +2
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1969-05-09Kissinger Initiates Wiretapping of 17 Journalists and NSC Staff After Hersh Cambodia Leak
Richard Nixon · Henry Kissinger · Alexander Haig · J. Edgar Hoover · +2
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1969-03-18Nixon and Kissinger Launch Secret Illegal Bombing Campaign Against Cambodia - Operation Menu Kills 150,000-500,000 Civilians
President Richard Nixon · National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger · Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird · Secretary of State William Rogers · +2
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1969-01-01Construction Users Anti-Inflation Roundtable Founded by Roger Blough to Break Construction Unions
Roger Blough · Construction Users Anti-Inflation Roundtable · U.S. Steel · General Motors · +4
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