Timeline February 1969

Events in February 1969 11

• 1885 – 1969 George Hayes (1885-1969) American actor, the whiskered sidekick Gabby of countless westerns.
• 1887 – 1969 Boris Karloff (1887-1969) English actor, born William Henry Pratt, whose Frankenstein's monster made him the defining star of classic horror films.
• 1895 – 1969 Levi Eshkol (1895-1969) Died 26 February 1969, aged 73 Levi Eshkol served as Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death, leading the country through the 1967 Six-Day War. He died in office of a heart attack on 26 February 1969.
• 1897 – 1969 Vito Genovese (1897-1969) Died 14 February 1969, aged 71 Vito Genovese was an Italian-American mobster who led the Genovese crime family, one of New York's most powerful Mafia organizations. He died of heart failure while imprisoned at a federal penitentiary on 14 February 1969.
• 1902 – 1969 Thelma Ritter (1902-1969) American character actress with six Oscar nominations, from All About Eve to Pillow Talk.
• 1969 – present Gabriel Batistuta Batigol One of the most powerful and lethal strikers of the 1990s.
• 1969 Boris Karloff dies in Midhurst Boris Karloff dies aged 81.
• 1969 Yasser Arafat Becomes PLO Chairman Arafat takes leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee on 3 February 1969. He remained the dominant figure in Palestinian politics for the next three and a half decades.
• 1969 Thelma Ritter dies in New York Thelma Ritter dies aged 66.
• 1969 Boeing 747 first flight Jumbo jet takes to the sky The Boeing 747, the world's first wide-body commercial airliner, made its maiden flight on February 9, 1969, revolutionising air travel.
• 1969 George Hayes dies in Burbank George Hayes dies aged 83.