Timeline November 1969

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• 1968 – 1969 1969 World Snooker Championship The Modern Era Begins The first tournament played as a knockout format, marking the "modern era." Winner: John Spencer; Runner-up: Gary Owen. Score: 37–24.
• 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival release Willy and the Poor Boys Fortunate Son Fortunate Son becomes a lasting protest song against the Vietnam War.
• 1969 The Allman Brothers Band release their debut album Whipping Post Recorded in New York, sells poorly at first.
• 1969 Sesame Street Premieres A groundbreaking educational children's show debuts Sesame Street premiered on American public television on 10 November 1969, combining puppetry, animation, and live action to teach basic literacy and numeracy. The show became one of the longest-running and most influential children's programs in television history.
• 1969 My Lai massacre revealed Vietnam atrocity reported Journalist Seymour Hersh broke the story of the My Lai massacre on November 13, 1969, revealing that US troops had killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians.
• 1969 Apollo 12 Second Moon landing Apollo 12 achieved the second crewed Moon landing on November 19, 1969, making a precision landing near the Surveyor 3 probe.
• 1969 Apollo 12 Moon Landing NASA carries out its second crewed lunar landing Apollo 12 launched on 14 November 1969 and landed astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean on the Moon's Ocean of Storms on 19 November. The mission demonstrated precision landing by touching down near the earlier robotic Surveyor 3 probe.
• 1969 Vietnam Moratorium 500,000 march in Washington Half a million people marched on Washington DC on November 15, 1969 in the largest anti-Vietnam War protest in US history.
• 1969 – present Richard Virenque King of the Mountains Record seven-time winner of the Polka Dot jersey at the Tour de France.
• 1969 John Lennon returns his MBE Protest Sends back his MBE in protest at Biafra and Vietnam.
• 1969 Let It Bleed Eighth album — November 28, 1969 Let It Bleed was released on November 28, 1969 — days after Brian Jones' death and Altamont. Dark and apocalyptic, it included "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want". Widely considered one of their finest.