Editing 1969

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== Events ==
* January 1 - [[Marien Ngouabi]] is named President of the People's Republic of the Congo.
* January 20 - [[Richard Nixon]] begins his first term as President of the United States, with [[Spiro Agnew]] serving as Nixon's Vice President.
* February 3 - [[Benjamin Paddock]] is placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List.
* February 4 - [[Yasser Arafat]] is elected leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
* February 9 - The [[Nationalist Movement Party]] is founded by Colonel [[Alparslan Türkeş]].
* March 2 - A series of border clashes erupt between China and the Soviet Union.
* March 10 - [[James Earl Ray]] is found guilty of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and is sentenced to 99 years to life in prison.
* March 23 - The [[New People's Army]] is founded to serve as the armed wing of the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]].
* March 25 - [[Ayub Khan]] resigns as President of Pakistan. Army chief of staff [[Yahya Khan]] subsequently assumes the presidency.
* May 25 - A group of Sudanese Army officers lead by Colonel [[Jaafar Nimeiry]] overthrow President Ismail al-Azhari and subsequently establish a military junta known as the National Revolutionary Command Council, with Nimeiry as Chairman.
* June 18 - [[Weather Underground]] is founded.
* July 4 - The second [[murder]] attributed to the [[Zodiac Killer]] takes place in the parking lot of Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo, California when 22-year old Elizabeth Ferrin is killed. 19-year old Michael Renault Mageau is also attacked, but survives.
* August 9 to 10 - The Tate-LaBianca murders are perpetrated by the [[The Manson Family|Manson Family]] cult. Under direction from their leader [[Charles Manson]], the cult members invade the rented home of actress Sharon Tate and movie director [[Roman Polanski]] at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles. They murder Tate, who was 8½ months pregnant, along with three friends and an 18-year-old visitor. The following day, the cult invade the home of of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary, killing them as well.
* September 1 - King [[Idris of Libya]] is overthrown by [[Muammar Gaddafi]] and his Free Officers Movement, who reorganize Libya into the Libyan Arab Republic.
* September 11 - The [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] and the [[Communist Party of China]] reach a ceasefire agreement. End of the Sino-Soviet border dispute.
* October 21 - [[Siad Barre]] takes control of Somalia in a bloodless coup. He installs the Supreme Revolutionary Council military junta to rule the country, with himself as president.
* December 3 - End of the Korean DMZ Conflict.
* December 29 - The [[Congolese Party of Labour]] is founded by Marien Ngouabi and [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]].
* Unknown - [[Shining Path]] is founded by [[Abimael Guzmán]].

== Births ==

=== Villain births ===
* January 6 - [[Vincent Johnson]]
* January 12 - [[Valerie McDaniel]]
* February 13 - [[Mike Rice]]
* May 9 - [[Paul Nehlen]]
* May 13 - [[Angelica Vazquez]]
* May 16 - [[Tucker Carlson]]
* June 24 - [[Diarmuid O'Neill]]
* July 6 - [[Christopher Scarver]]
* August 30 - [[Jack Spillman]]
* August 31 - [[Andrew Cunanan]]
* September 18 - [[Brett Peter Cowan]]
* October 9 - [[Troy Davis]]
* December 13 - [[Graveland|Rob Darken/Rob Fudali]]
* December 21 - [[Cristián Contreras Radovic]]
* December 24 - [[Stephen Griffiths]]
* Unknown - [[Richard Durn]]
* Unknown - [[Dena Schlosser]]
* Unknown - [[Veselin Vlahović]]
* Unknown - [[Ami Popper]]

=== Victim births ===
* March 26 - Delfina Lillelid 
* April 27 - Jessica Bergsten
* June 9 - Tina Harmon
* August 14 - Albert Moss (DJ Uncle Al)
* November 22 - Alexandra Flores
* Unknown - Andrea Haugen

== Deaths ==

=== Villain deaths ===
* February 14 - [[Vito Genovese]]
* September 2 - [[Hồ Chí Minh]]
* November 23 - [[Spade Cooley]]
* December 2 - [[Kliment Voroshilov]]
* December 8 - [[Karl Fiehler]]
* December 17 - [[Artur da Costa e Silva]]

=== Victims deaths ===
*January 31 - Gail Miller
*July 4 - [[Zodiac Killer|Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin]]
*July 27 - Gary Hinman 
*August 9 - Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, and Jay Sebring
*August 10 - Leno & Rosemary LaBianca
*August 26 - Donald Shea
*September 29 - [[Zodiac Killer|Cecelia Ann Shepard]]
*October 11 - [[Zodiac Killer|Paul Lee Stine]]
*October 15 - Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
*Unknown - Reyna Marroquín
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