WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1969
Find out what all happened August to September 1969

A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power. (1. September 1969)

Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 DC-9 collides in flight with a Piper PA-28 and crashes near Fairland, Indiana. (9. September 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)

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

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. (4. August 1969)

The Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago. (23. September 1969)

Tran Thien Khiem becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyen Van Thieu. (1. September 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)

At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the photo that becomes the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road, one of the most famous album covers in recording history. (8. August 1969)

My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai. (5. September 1969)

Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland. (14. August 1969)

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

Woodstock rock and roll concert opens. (15. August 1969)

Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers). (5. August 1969)

In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government. (9. September 1969)

The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery Date. (14. September 1969)

The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York, New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, California, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon. (13. August 1969)

A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. (10. August 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)