March 1969

Sunday 02:

Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.

Monday 03:

In a Los Angeles, California court, Sirhan Sirhan admits that he killed presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.

Monday 10:

In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. Ray would later retract his guilty plea.

Thursday 13:

Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.

Sunday 16:

A Venezuelan Airlines DC-9 crashes shortly after takeoff in Maracaibo, Venezuela killing 155

Monday 17:

Golda Meir of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, becomes Prime Minister of Israel.

Thursday 20:

1969 – In Gibraltar, John Lennon and Yoko Ono get married.

Tuesday 25:

During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).

Thursday 27:

Mariner 7 is launched.

Saturday 29:

In Madrid, Spain, four different performers tie for first place at the fourteenth Eurovision Song Contest. The medals are shared by Spain's Salomé singing "Vivo cantando" (I live singing), United Kingdom's Lulu singing "Boom Bang-a-bang", Netherlands' Lenny Kuhr singing "De troubadour" (The troubadour), and France's Frida Boccara singing "Un jour, un enfant" (One day, a child...)