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January 16, 1969 ― Student Jan Palach sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia; 3 days later he dies.

February 5, 1969 ― A huge oil slick off the coast of Santa Barbara, California closes the city's harbor.

March 17, 1969 ― Golda Meir becomes the first female prime minister of Israel.

April 4, 1969 ― Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.

May 20, 1969 ― United States National Guard helicopters spray skin-stinging powder on anti-war protesters in California.

June 1, 1969 ― In Montreal, Canada, Give Peace a Chance is recorded in a famous bed-in for peace by John Lennon.

(As if that weren't enough, July 20, 1969 ― Project Apollo: The Eagle lands on the lunar surface. The world watches in awe as Neil Armstrong takes his historic first steps on the Moon.)

August 14, 1969 ― British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.

September 2, 1969 ― The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York.

October 15, 1969 ― Vietnam War: Hundreds of thousands of people take part in National Moratorium antiwar demonstrations across the United States.

November 19, 1969 ― Soccer great Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.

December 14, 1969 ― Jackson Five made their first televised appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show... and the Seventies begin.