Timeline September 1969

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• 1895 – 1969 Rex Ingram (1895-1969) American actor, De Lawd in The Green Pastures and the Djinn in The Thief of Bagdad.
• 1896 – 1969 Everett Dirksen (1896-1969) Died 7 September 1969, aged 73 Everett Dirksen was a long-serving Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois who served as Senate Minority Leader and helped secure passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He died of lung cancer on 7 September 1969.
• 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict Chinese and Soviet troops clash along the Ussuri River Chinese and Soviet forces fought a series of armed clashes over the disputed Zhenbao Island on the Ussuri River beginning 2 March 1969. The fighting brought the two communist powers to the brink of full-scale war before a ceasefire was negotiated in September.
• 1969 Israel receives the F-4E Kurnass The first Phantoms reach Israel, where they become the backbone of its air force through the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War.
• 1969 Life puts Max on the cover Portrait of the artist as a very rich man 72 corporations were licensing his images. The posters sold in the millions.
• 1969 Gaddafi seizes power Libya coup Muammar Gaddafi led a military coup in Libya on September 1, 1969, overthrowing King Idris and establishing a revolutionary government.
• 1969 Ho Chi Minh dies North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary leader of North Vietnam, died on September 3, 1969, before seeing his country reunified.
• 1969 "Throw Down a Line" Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin, UK #7 Hank Marvin wrote "Throw Down a Line" — reportedly "with Jimi Hendrix in mind" — released as a duet single with Cliff Richard which reached #7 in the UK charts during the band's temporary split.
• 1969 Janis Joplin releases I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! Solo debut With Try (Just a Little Bit Harder).
• 1969 Rex Ingram dies in Los Angeles Rex Ingram dies aged 73.
• 1969 Lennon privately announces departure John tells the band he's leaving — September 20, 1969 John Lennon privately told the other Beatles he was leaving the band on September 20, 1969, shortly after completing Abbey Road. McCartney persuaded him to keep it secret for business reasons. It was not made public until April 1970.
• 1969 The Band release The Band The brown album With The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and Up on Cripple Creek.
• 1969 Chicago Seven Trial Begins Activists face conspiracy charges over 1968 convention protests The trial of eight, later seven, anti-war and counterculture activists charged with conspiracy and incitement to riot over protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention opened on 24 September 1969 in Chicago. The proceedings became a flashpoint for debate over free speech and courtroom conduct.
• 1969 Abbey Road Twelfth album — September 26, 1969 Abbey Road was released on September 26, 1969, and is widely considered the Beatles' finest achievement. Its iconic cover — the four crossing Abbey Road — became one of the most imitated images in history. The medley on Side 2 showed a band at its creative peak even as it fell apart.
• 1969 George Harrison's Something on Abbey Road Most covered Frank Sinatra calls it the greatest love song of the last 50 years.