July 1969

Tuesday 01:

Rock group The Band release their influential debut Music From Big Pink.

Thursday 03:

Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones drowns in his swimming pool. The band plays a concert at Hyde Park, London two days later in his honor.

Monday 07:

The Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language is equal to English language throughout the Federal government.

Tuesday 08:

IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.

Wednesday 16:

Apollo program: Apollo 11 launches from Cape Kennedy, Florida and will become the first manned space mission to land on the moon.

Friday 18:

1969 - Apollo 11 makes preparations for landing on the Moon.

Sunday 20:

Project Apollo: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon and Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first humans to walk on its surface.

Thursday 24:

Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.

Friday 25:

Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This was the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.

Wednesday 30:

Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and with US military commanders.