Timeline April 1969

Events in April 1969 9

• 1969 Intel 3101 — first product, first SRAM chip Intel ships its first product — the 3101 Schottky bipolar 64-bit static random-access memory (SRAM) chip — in April 1969. The 3101 is faster than competitor offerings and immediately wins customers. Intel's second product, the 1101 MOS SRAM, follows later in 1969. These early memory chips establish Intel's engineering reputation and generate the revenue that funds its subsequent work on DRAM and, ultimately, the microprocessor. Intel at this point is a memory company, not a processor company.
• 1969 Surrenders to authorities in Los Angeles 3 April 1969 Turned himself in to authorities at the Los Angeles Federal Building on 3 April 1969 after a second felony charge was filed for fleeing Miami — formally beginning the legal saga that would follow him for the rest of his life.
• 1969 First Temporary Artificial Heart Implant Surgeon Denton Cooley bridges a patient to a transplant Surgeon Denton Cooley implanted the first temporary total artificial heart in a human patient in Houston, Texas, on 4 April 1969, keeping the patient alive for over 60 hours until a donor heart was transplanted. The operation was a milestone in cardiac surgery, though it proved controversial.
• 1969 Internet precursor born ARPANET design finalised The design specifications for ARPANET — the precursor to the modern internet — were finalised in April 1969.
• 1969 Airbus founded European aircraft consortium formed The Airbus consortium was formally founded on April 9, 1969, bringing together European aerospace companies to compete with American manufacturers.
• 1969 Shannon Lee born Daughter of Bruce and Linda Lee Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce and Linda Lee, was born on April 19, 1969. She later became an actress, martial artist and chairperson of the Bruce Lee Foundation.
• 1969 Sirhan Sirhan Sentenced to Death for Robert Kennedy Assassination A jury convicts Kennedy's killer Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the first-degree murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and sentenced to death on 23 April 1969. His sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment after California temporarily abolished the death penalty.
• 1969 Charles de Gaulle Resigns as President of France De Gaulle steps down after losing a referendum Charles de Gaulle resigned as President of France on 28 April 1969 after voters rejected his proposed reforms to the Senate and regional government in a referendum. His resignation ended more than a decade in power and reshaped French politics.
• 1969 Duke Ellington receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom 70th birthday at the White House Richard Nixon throws him a birthday party at the White House.