1969

Jan 14 - Fire aboard USS Enterprise

Jan 20 - Richard Nixon inagurated President

Mar 2 - Soviet and Chinese forces clash

Mar 18 - Operation MENU begins

Apr 9 - Students at Harvard seize admin building

Apr 15 - N. Korea shoots down U.S. aircraft

May 13 - U.S. troops attack "Hamburger Hill"

Jun 8 - Provisional Revolutionary Govt. formed

Jun 8 - President announces troop withdrawal

Jun 28 - Riots in NYC begin gay rights movement

Jul 7 - 1st U.S. troop withdrawal

Jul 20 - Apollo 11 lunar module lands on Moon

Aug 4 - Secret Vietnam peace negotiations begin

Aug 14 - British troops arrive in Northern Ireland

Aug 15 - Woodstock Music Festival begins

Sep 16 - President orders additional withdrawals

Oct 15 - "National Moratorium Day" protests

Nov 3 - President announces "Vietnamization"

Nov 15 - "Mobilization" peace demonstration

Nov 17 - S.A.L.T. discussions start in Finland

Nov 26 - Selective Service Lottery Bill signed

Dec 1 - U.S. holds 1st draft lottery

Dec 20 - Chief negotiator to Paris peace talks quits