November 1969

Saturday 01:

After seven years off the top of the charts, Elvis Presley hits No. 1 on the Billboard Music charts with his song "Suspicious Minds."

Monday 03:

Vietnam War: US 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.

Monday 10:

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

Tuesday 11:

Jim Morrison (The Doors) is arrested by the FBI after repeatedly prodding a stewardess.

Wednesday 12:

Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.

Thursday 13:

Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, DC stage a symbolic "March Against Death."

Friday 14:

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.

Saturday 15:

Vietnam War: In Washington, DC, 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war.

Sunday 16:

The first episode of The Clangers is broadcast by the BBC.

Wednesday 19:

Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum ("Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

Thursday 20:

Vietnam War: The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.

Friday 21:

US President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, DC on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under terms of the agreement, the US is to retain its rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.

Monday 24:

Apollo program: The Apollo 12 spacecraft splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon.

Friday 28:

The Rolling Stones release the classic album Let It Bleed.