Timeline October 1969

Events in October 1969 11

• 1912 – 1969 Sonja Henie (1912-1969) Norwegian figure skater, three-time Olympic champion and ten-time world champion, who became a Hollywood star.
• 1922 – 1969 Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) Died 21 October 1969, aged 47 Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and a leading figure of the Beat Generation, best known for his novel On the Road. He died of an abdominal hemorrhage linked to years of heavy drinking on 21 October 1969.
• 1969 Monty Python debuts Comedy series launches on BBC Monty Python's Flying Circus premiered on BBC One on October 5, 1969, launching one of the most influential comedy groups in history.
• 1969 Weathermen Stage the Days of Rage A radical faction of SDS riots in Chicago The Weathermen, a militant faction that had split from Students for a Democratic Society, staged violent street protests in Chicago from 8 to 11 October 1969 known as the Days of Rage. The action marked a turn toward clandestine armed struggle by parts of the American New Left.
• 1969 The Kinks release Arthur Rock opera Written as the soundtrack to a TV play that was never made.
• 1969 Sonja Henie dies on a flight to Oslo Sonja Henie dies aged 57.
• 1969 Willy Brandt Becomes Chancellor of West Germany Brandt forms a coalition government and launches Ostpolitik Willy Brandt was elected Chancellor of West Germany on 21 October 1969, forming a coalition between his Social Democrats and the Free Democrats. He went on to pursue Ostpolitik, a policy of reconciliation with East Germany and the Soviet bloc.
• 1969 Led Zeppelin release Led Zeppelin II Whole Lotta Love Knocks Abbey Road off the top of the US charts.
• 1969 – 1978 State secretary in the economics ministry Under Brandt and then Schmidt, for eight years A Social Democrat who spent his career moving between government and industry.
• 1969 The Discovery of Oil Ekofisk Field The discovery of oil in the North Sea that transformed Norway from a poor fishing nation into one of the world's richest.
• 1969 First ARPANET message Internet sends first data The first message was sent over ARPANET on October 29, 1969 — intended to be "login" but the system crashed after "lo". The internet had made its first transmission.