WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1969
Find out what all happened August to December 1969

Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan's motion to make permanent the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder (but not for all crimes) for a period of five years. (18. December 1969)

The SALT I talks begin. (17. December 1969)

Charles Manson is allowed to defend himself at the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. (24. December 1969)

Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside. (12. August 1969)

The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed. (25. September 1969)

A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power and establishes a socialist republic in Somalia. (21. October 1969)

Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage. (17. August 1969)

Followers led by 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. (9. August 1969)

The United Nations adopts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. (21. December 1969)

Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. (20. November 1969)

The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC One. (5. October 1969)

An Australian, Denis Michael Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. (21. August 1969)

Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies. (3. November 1969)

In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" that began on September 24. (9. October 1969)

Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington DC and across the US. Over 2 million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in the nation's capital. (15. October 1969)

Meredith Hunter is killed by Hells Angels during a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California. (6. December 1969)

The four node ARPANET network is established. (5. December 1969)

Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre – Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story. (12. November 1969)

U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, D.C., on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free. (21. November 1969)

National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street. (10. November 1969)