1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
The uprising's leaders, Godett, Nita, and Brown, formed a new political party, the May 30 Labor and Liberation Front (Frente Obrero Liberashon 30 Di Mei, FOL), in June 1969. Brown was still in prison when the party was founded. The FOL fielded candidates in the September election against the Democratic Party, the National People's Party, and the URA with Godett as its top candidate. The FOL campaigned on the populist, anti-colonial, and anti-Dutch messages voiced during the uprising, espousing black pride and a positive Antillean identity.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
One of its campaign posters depicted Kroon, the former Prime Minister and the Democratic Party's main candidate, shooting protesters. The FOL received 22% of the vote in Curaçao and won three of the island's twelve seats in the Estates, which had a total of twenty-two seats. The three FOL leaders took those seats. In December, Ernesto Petronia of the Democratic Party became the Netherlands Antilles' first black Prime Minister and FOL formed part of the coalition government. In 1970, the Dutch government appointed Ben Leito as the first black Governor of the Netherlands Antilles.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
In October of the same year, a commission similar to the Kerner Commission in the United States was established to investigate the uprising. Five of its members were Antillean and three were Dutch. It released its report in May 1970 after gathering data, conducting interviews, and holding hearings. It deemed the uprising unexpected, finding no evidence it had been pre-planned. The report concluded that the primary causes of the riots were racial tensions and disappointed economic expectations. The report was critical of the conduct of the police and on its recommendation a Lieutenant Governor with police experience was appointed.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
Patronage appointments were reduced in keeping with the commission's recommendations but most of its suggestions, and its criticism of government and police conduct, were ignored. The commission also pointed to a contradiction between the demands for national independence and economic prosperity: according to the report, independence would almost certainly lead to economic decline.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
On June 1, 1969, in The Hague, the seat of the Dutch government, between 300 and 500 people, including some Antillean students, marched in support of the uprising in Curaçao and clashed with police. The protesters denounced the deployment of Dutch troops and called for Antillean independence. The 1969 uprising became a watershed moment in the decolonization of Dutch possessions in the Americas. The Dutch parliament discussed the events in Curaçao on June 3. The parties in government and the opposition agreed that no other response to the riots was possible under the Kingdom's charter.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
The Dutch press was more critical. Images of Dutch soldiers patrolling the streets of Willemstad with machine guns were shown around the world. Much of the international press viewed Dutch involvement as a neo-colonial intervention. The Indonesian War of Independence, in which the former Dutch East Indies broke away from the Netherlands in the 1940s and in which some 150,000 Indonesians and 5,000 Dutch died, was still on the Dutch public's minds. In January 1970, consultations about independence between Dutch Minister for Surinamese and Antillean Affairs Joop Bakker, Surinamese Prime Minister Jules Sedney, and Petronia began.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
The Dutch government, fearing after Trinta di Mei it could be forced into a military intervention, wanted to release the Antilles and Suriname into independence; according to Bakker, "It would be preferably today rather than tomorrow that the Netherlands would get rid of the Antilles and Suriname". Yet, the Netherlands insisted it did not wish to force independence on the two countries. Deliberations over the next years revealed that independence would be a difficult task, as the Antilleans and the Surinamese were concerned about losing Dutch nationality and Dutch development aid. In 1973, both countries rejected a Dutch proposal for a path to independence. In Suriname's case, this impasse was overcome suddenly in 1974 when new administrations took power both in the Netherlands and in Suriname, and rapid negotiations resulted in Surinamese independence on November 25, 1975.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
The Netherlands Antilles resisted any swift move to independence. It insisted that national sovereignty would only be an option once it had "attained a reasonable level of economic development", as its Prime Minister Juancho Evertsz put it in 1975. Surveys in the 1970s and 1980s showed most of Curaçao's inhabitants agreed with this reluctance to pursue independence: clear majorities favored continuing the Antilles' ties to the Netherlands, but many were in favor of loosening them. By the end of the 1980s, the Netherlands accepted that the Antilles would not be fully decolonized in the near future.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
The 1969 uprising in Curaçao encouraged separatist sentiments in Aruba that had existed since the 1930s. Unlike the black-majority Curaçao, most Arubans were of mixed European and Native descent. Though Aruba is just 73 miles (117 km) away from Curaçao, there was a long-standing resentment with significant racial undertones about being ruled from Willemstad. Aruban distrust of Curaçao was further stoked by the uprising's Black Power sentiments. The Aruban island government started working towards separation from the Antilles in 1975 and in 1986, Aruba became a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Eventually, in 2010, insular nationalism led to the Netherlands Antilles being completely dissolved and Curaçao becoming a country as well.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
Trinta di Mei also reshaped Curaçao's labor movement. A strike wave swept Curaçao in December 1969. Around 3,500 workers participated in eight wildcat strikes that took place within ten days. New, more radical leaders were able to gain influence in the labor movement. As a result of unions' involvement in Trinta di Mei and the December strikes, Curaçaoans had considerably more favorable views of labor leaders than of politicians, as a poll in August 1971 found.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
In the following years, unions built their power and gained considerable wage increases for their members, forcing even the notoriously anti-union Texas Instruments to negotiate with them. Their membership also grew; the CFW, for instance, went from a pre-May 1969 membership of 1,200 to around 3,500 members in July 1970. The atmosphere after the uprising led to the formation of four new unions.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
The labor movement's relationship to politics was changed by Trinta di Mei. Unions had been close to political parties and the government for several reasons: They had not existed for very long and were still gaining their footing. Secondly, the government played an important role in economic development and, finally, workers' and unions' position vis-à-vis employers was comparatively weak and they relied on the government's help. The events of 1969 both expressed and hastened the development of a more distant relationship between labor and the state.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Political effects
Government and unions became more distinct entities, although they continued to try to influence one another. Labor was now willing to take a militant position against the state and both parties realized that labor was a force in Curaçaoan society. The government was accused of letting workers down and of using force to suppress their struggle. Unions' relationship with employers changed in a similar way; employers were now compelled to recognize labor as an important force.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Social and cultural effects
The 1969 uprising put an end to white dominance in politics and administration in Curaçao, and led to the ascendance of a new black political elite. Nearly all of the governors, prime ministers, and ministers in the Netherlands Antilles and Curaçao since 1969 have been black. Although there has been no corresponding change in the island's business elite, upward social mobility increased considerably for well-educated Afro-Curaçaoans and led to improved conditions for the black middle class. The rise of black political elites was controversial from the start.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Social and cultural effects
Many FOL supporters were wary of the party entering into government with the Democratic Party, which they had previously denounced as corrupt. The effects of the emergence of new elites for lower-class black Curaçaoans have been limited. Although workers received some new legal protections, their living standards stagnated. In a 1971 survey, three quarters of the respondents said their economic situation had remained the same or worsened. This is mostly the result of difficult conditions that hamper most Caribbean economies, but critics have also blamed mismanagement and corruption by the new political elites.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Social and cultural effects
Among the lasting effects of the uprising was an increase in the prestige of Papiamentu, which became more widely used in official contexts. Papiamentu was spoken by most Curaçaoans but its use was shunned; children who spoke it on school playgrounds were punished. According to Frank Martinus Arion, a Curaçaoan writer, "Trinta di Mei allowed us to recognize the subversive treasure we had in our language". It empowered Papiamentu speakers and sparked discussions about the use of the language.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Social and cultural effects
Vitó, the magazine that had played a large part in the build-up to the uprising, had long called for Papiamentu becoming Curaçao's official language once it became independent of the Netherlands. It was recognized as an official language on the island, along with English and Dutch, in 2007. Curaçaoan parliamentary debate is now conducted in Papiamentu and most radio and television broadcasts are in this language. Primary schools teach in Papiamentu but secondary schools still teach in Dutch. Trinta di Mei also accelerated the standardization and formalization of Papiamentu orthography, a process that had begun in the 1940s.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Social and cultural effects
The events of May 30, 1969, and the situation that caused them were reflected in local literature. Papiamentu was considered by many devoid of any artistic quality, but after the uprising literature in the language blossomed. According to Igma M. G. van Putte-de Windt, it was only in the 1970s after the May 30 uprising that an "Antillean dramatic expression in its own right" emerged. Days before the uprising, Stanley Bonofacio premiered Kondená na morto ("Sentenced to death"), a play about the justice system in the Netherlands Antilles. It was banned for a time after the riots.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Social and cultural effects
In 1970, Edward A. de Jongh, who watched the riots as he walked the streets, published the novel 30 di Mei 1969: E dia di mas historiko ("May 30, 1969: The Most Historic Day") describing what he perceived as the underlying causes of the uprising: unemployment, the lack of workers' rights, and racial discrimination. In 1971, Pacheco Domacassé wrote the play Tula about a 1795 slave revolt in Curaçao and in 1973 he wrote Konsenshi di un pueblo (A People's Conscience), which deals with government corruption and ends in a revolt reminiscent of the May 30 uprising. Curaçaoan poetry after Trinta di Mei, too, was rife with calls for independence, national sovereignty, and social justice.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Social and cultural effects
The 1969 uprising opened up questions concerning Curaçaoan national identity. Prior to Trinta di Mei, one's place in society was determined largely by race; afterward these hierarchies and classifications were put into question. This led to debates about whether Afro-Curaçaoans were the only true Curaçaoans and to what extent Sephardic Jews and the Dutch, who had been present throughout Curaçao's colonial period, and more recent immigrants belonged.


1969 Curaçao uprising, Aftermath, Social and cultural effects
In the 1970s, there were formal attempts at nation-building; an island anthem was introduced in 1979, an island Hymn and Flag Day were instituted in 1984, and resources were devoted to promoting the island's culture. Papiamentu became central to Curaçaoan identity. More recently, civic values, rights of participation, and a common political knowledge are said to have become important issues in determining national identity.


1969 Currie Cup
The 1969 Currie Cup was the 31st edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1969 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Northern Transvaal for the fourth time; they beat  Western Province 28–13 in the final in Pretoria.


1969 Curtin by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Curtin on 19 April 1969. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP Sir Paul Hasluck to become Governor-General. It was the first federal by-election to be held in Western Australia since the 1945 Fremantle by-election, and only the seventh since Federation.


1969 Curtin by-election, Candidates
The Liberal Party's candidate was Victor Garland, a 34-year-old chartered accountant who was also deputy mayor of the Town of Claremont and senior vice-president of the Liberal Party in Western Australia. The preselection, which took place on 20 March and was ratified on 24 March by the party's State Council, had approximately 15 contestants, among whom Garland and party president (later Senator) Peter Durack were regarded as the main contenders. Others included lawyer John Huelin, a Methodist minister, a naval commodore and the Moore divisional president.


1969 Curtin by-election, Candidates
The Labor Party's candidate was Hayden Jones, a 29-year-old schoolteacher at Swanbourne Senior High School.


1969 Curtin by-election, Candidates
Captain Robert Scoggins (37) ran as an independent, backed by the Association for the Abolition of the Means Test, who had campaigned on social welfare issues.


1969 Curtin by-election, Candidates
The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) decided not to run in Curtin. The DLP's secretary, John Martyr, asked its supporters in the final week to vote for Scoggins.


1969 Curtin by-election, Campaign
As a safe Liberal seat, Labor did not expect to win, but Opposition Leader Gough Whitlam predicted a large swing against the government. In a campaign stop on 1 April, Whitlam said Labor would campaign on the cost of land in Perth — the cheapest in Australia ten years previously but the most expensive by 1969 — and the danger of overseas companies controlling Western Australian mineral resources. Other issues included what he described as a deteriorating standard of Australian schools and the need for an Australian Schools Commission. The Canberra press gallery correspondent of the West Australian, Geoffrey Paddick, believed the three by-elections would be a key test of Prime Minister John Gorton's leadership, amidst allegations about his personal conduct and "one-man-bandmanship", and Whitlam's greater experience and energy in campaigning.


1969 Curtin by-election, Campaign
On 17 April, Jones accused Garland of illegal campaigning and spending more than the $500 legal limit on expenses. He also expressed annoyance at Scoggins for what he described as milking protest votes that would otherwise have gone to Labor. Scoggins countered that he hoped to attract votes from both parties as neither of them were dealing adequately with social justice issues.


1969 Curtin by-election, Results
Garland won the election with a majority of primary votes, but with a significantly reduced majority. Scoggins attained almost double the DLP vote from 1966. Opposition leader Gough Whitlam commented: "Curtin has been among the half dozen most undeviatingly conservative electorates in Australia. Reports from scrutineers indicate that at least half, and in some subdivisions well over half, of Mr Scoggins's preferences would come to Labor. This confirms the extent and reality of the swing". Prime Minister John Gorton said: "In this particular poll, neither ourselves nor the Labor Party can draw much comfort from the figures."


1969 Curtin by-election, Results
He noted the tradition of by-elections going against the government, the large number of people (19.2% compared to 5.4% at the 1966 election) who failed to vote at all, and the loss of Sir Paul Hasluck's personal vote. Of Scoggins, Gorton said: "An interesting aspect was the relatively large vote polled by Mr Scoggins, who had campaigned on a non-party basis with social service questions as his exclusive issue."


1969 Curtin by-election, Results
In declaring victory, Garland said he believed the result was satisfactory and that the anti-government swing had been anticipated, expecting that the vote would return at the general election. Jones said the swing foreshadowed a Labor victory at the 1969 election, and that his scrutineers reported two-thirds of Scoggins' preferences in the Leederville subdivision were going to Labor, while in the Dalkeith subdivision they were splitting 50-50.


1969 Curtin by-election, Results
(There is no way to verify this claim, as under the Electoral Act at the time, preferences were not formally reported if the leading candidate won over 50% of the primary vote—the below calculation by Adam Carr and Malcolm MacKerras assumes a 50-50 split electorate-wide.) A spokesman for the Association for the Abolition of the Means Test was pleased with the result, predicting the election result would be reflected in the 1969 budget, and the association intended to enter three candidates to oppose Liberal MPs (Freeth, Chaney and Cleaver) at the 1969 election if the fight was still necessary.


1969 DFB-Pokal Final
The 1969 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1968–69 DFB-Pokal, the 26th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 14 June 1969 at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against Schalke 04, to claim their 4th cup title.


1969 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 32 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of four rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a drawing of lots would decide who would advance to the next round.


1969 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


1969 Dallas Cowboys season
The 1969 Dallas Cowboys season was their tenth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 12–2, winning eleven games with one tie. Despite this, they qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.


1969 Dallas Cowboys season
The Cowboys were second in the NFL in scoring (369 points), and led the league in rushing yards (2,276) and total yards (5,122). The Cowboys' defense also allowed the fewest rushing yards in the NFL (1,050) and the fewest rushing touchdowns (3).


1969 Dallas Cowboys season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1969 Danish 1st Division, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Boldklubben 1903 won the championship.


1969 Danish electoral age referendum
A referendum on lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 was held in Denmark on 24 June 1969. The proposed change was rejected by 78.6% of voters with a turnout of 63.6%. Two years later, the electoral age was instead lowered to 20 years, and finally, after a 1978 referendum, to 18 years.


1969 Dartmouth Indians football team
The 1969 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Dartmouth was one of three Ivy League co-champions, its fifth league title of the 1960s.


1969 Dartmouth Indians football team
In their 15th season under head coach Bob Blackman, the Indians compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 282 to 99. John Ritchie and Ernest Babcock were the team captains.


1969 Dartmouth Indians football team
The Indians' 6–1 conference record tied with Princeton and Yale as the best in the Ivy League. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 213 to 93. Dartmouth defeated one of its co-champions, Yale, and suffered its lone loss in the final week of the year to the other co-champion, Princeton.


1969 Dartmouth Indians football team
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.


1969 Davidson Wildcats football team
The 1969 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson University in the Southern Conference during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Homer Smith, the Wildcats compiled a 7–4 record (5–1 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, and lost to Toledo in the 1969 Tangerine Bowl.


1969 Davis Cup
The 1969 Davis Cup was the 58th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 32 teams entered the Europe Zone, 9 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 8 teams entered the Eastern Zone.


1969 Davis Cup
Brazil defeated Mexico in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and Great Britain and Romania were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating South Africa and the Soviet Union respectively.


1969 Davis Cup
In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Romania defeated India and Great Britain defeated Brazil in the semifinals, and then Romania defeated Great Britain in the final. Romania were then defeated by the defending champions United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Harold Clark Courts in Cleveland, Ohio, United States on 19–21 September. This marked the first time the final was played on hard courts and the first final since 1937 not to feature Australia.


1969 Davis Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1969 Davis Cup.


1969 Davis Cup Americas Zone
9 teams entered the Americas Zone: 3 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 6 teams competed in the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Zone to compete against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.


1969 Davis Cup Americas Zone
Mexico defeated Australia in the North & Central America Zone final, and Brazil defeated Chile in the South America Zone final. In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, Brazil defeated Mexico and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.


1969 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1969 Davis Cup.


1969 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winner of each sub-zones would play against each other to determine who would compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Europe Zone.


1969 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
Japan received a walkover in the Zone A final after South Vietnam withdrew, while India defeated Ceylon in the Zone B final. In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.


1969 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1969 Davis Cup.


1969 Davis Cup Europe Zone
32 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winners of each sub-zone went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.


1969 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Great Britain defeated South Africa in the Zone A final, and Romania defeated the Soviet Union in the Zone B final, resulting in both Great Britain and Romania progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.


1969 Daytona 500
The 1969 Daytona 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series race held on February 23, 1969, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.


1969 Daytona 500, Background
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, that is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track also features two other layouts that utilize portions of the primary high speed tri-oval, such as a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) sports car course and a 2.95-mile (4.75 km) motorcycle course. The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


1969 Daytona 500, Background
The track was built by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. to host racing that was being held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course and opened with the first Daytona 500 in 1959. The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004, and the track repaved in 1978 and 2010.


1969 Daytona 500, Background
The Daytona 500 is regarded as the most important and prestigious race on the NASCAR calendar. It is also the series' first race of the year; this phenomenon is virtually unique in sports, which tend to have championships or other major events at the end of the season rather than the start. Since 1995, U.S. television ratings for the Daytona 500 have been the highest for any auto race of the year, surpassing the traditional leader, the Indianapolis 500 which in turn greatly surpasses the Daytona 500 in in-track attendance and international viewing. The 2006 Daytona 500 attracted the sixth largest average live global TV audience of any sporting event that year with 20 million viewers.


1969 Daytona 500, Race report
LeeRoy Yarbrough chased down Charlie Glotzbach, who had an 11-second lead, and passed him on the final lap after starting 19th. It was the first Daytona 500 won on a last lap pass. Yarbrough won in a back-up Ford car after crashing his primary one. This would also be the second-last Daytona 500 before the NASCAR Grand National Series became the Winston Cup Series in 1971. Starting in 1971, all races were to have 43 competitors maximum in a starting grid starting with the 1971 Daytona 500.


1969 Daytona 500, Race report
Using a grid of 51 competitors (commonplace during the 1950s and 1960s), the average speed of the race was 157.95 miles per hour (254.20 km/h).


1969 Daytona 500, Race report
First Daytona 500 starts for Benny Parsons, Ray Elder, Vic Elford, Richard Brickhouse, Cecil Gordon, Dick Brooks, Ben Arnold, J. D. McDuffie, and Pete Hamilton. Only Daytona 500 start for George Bauer, E. J. Trivette, Swede Savage, Bobby Unser, Bill Kimmel, Billy Taylor, and Dick Poling. Last Daytona 500 starts for Andy Hampton, Dub Simpson, Wayne Smith, Earl Brooks, Dick Johnson, Bobby Johns, Paul Goldsmith, and H. B. Bailey.


1969 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 1969 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Tubby Raymond, the team compiled a 9–2 record (6–0 against MAC opponents), won the MAC University Division championship, defeated North Carolina Central in the Boardwalk Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 383 to 156. Joe Purzycki was the team captain. The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.


1969 Delaware State Hornets football team
The 1969 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Led by third-year head coach Arnold Jeter, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 4–5 and a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing ninth in the CIAA.


1969 Denver Broncos season
The 1969 Denver Broncos season was the team's tenth season as a franchise, and their final season in the American Football League (AFL) before the league merged with the National Football League (NFL). Led by third-year head coach and general manager Lou Saban, the Broncos were 5–8–1, fourth place in the AFL West for the seventh straight season.


1969 Denver Broncos season
Denver opened with two victories at home, but were winless in their previous five games entering the season finale; they avoided the division cellar with a home win over Cincinnati in the final AFL game for both.


1969 Denver Broncos season
Of the original eight franchises, Denver was the only one to never play in the AFL postseason. Six of the teams won league titles; the other exception was Boston, who won their sole division title via a tiebreaker game in 1963. The Broncos posted their first winning record in 1973 and made their first postseason in 1977, advancing to Super Bowl XII.


1969 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1969 Detroit Lions season
The 1969 Detroit Lions season was the 40th season in franchise history. The Lions enjoyed their best season in seven years, and their first winning campaign since 1964 by finishing in second place in the NFL Central Division with a solid 9–4–1 record led by a stingy defense that only allowed 188 total points on the season. However, the Lions still failed to qualify for the postseason for the 12th straight season. The Lions were the only team to lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers, doing so in week 1 of the season. Pittsburgh lost their remaining 13 games. The loss to the Steelers proved costly to the Lions as it served as a big blow to their playoff hopes.


1969 Detroit Lions season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1969 Detroit Tigers season
The 1969 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished a distant second in the newly established American League East with a record of 90–72, 19 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.


1969 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1969 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1969 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1969 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1969 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1969 Dixie 500
The 1969 Dixie 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on August 10, 1969, at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia.


1969 Dixie 500
This race was scheduled for August 3, 1969, but it ended up being rain delayed until August 10, 1969.


1969 Dixie 500, Background
Atlanta International Raceway (now Atlanta Motor Speedway) is one of ten current intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Homestead Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Texas Motor Speedway. However, at the time, only Charlotte and Darlington were built.


1969 Dixie 500, Background
The layout at Atlanta International Speedway at the time was a four-turn traditional oval track that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at five.


1969 Dixie 500, Race report
After 334 laps (3¾ hours of racing), LeeRoy Yarbrough defeated David Pearson by 5½ seconds in front of 14,300 people. The pole position winner was Cale Yarborough at 155.413 miles per hour (250.113 km/h). John Sears had a problem with his engine and had to withdraw from the race on the third lap. All 40 competitors on the racing grid were born in the United States of America. Nord Krauskopf's entry (with Bobby Isaac as the driver) finished in 34th place.


1969 Dixie 500, Race report
Ford vehicles dominated the starting grid. The winner of the race received $18,620 of the total winners ($131,404 when considering inflation) while the last-place finisher went home with $725 ($5,116 when considering inflation).


1969 Dixie 500, Race report
This was the last race for Smokey Yunick's team. Charlie Glotzbach brought the #13 Yunick Ford home in 4th place. The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.


1969 Dixie 500, Race report
Notable crew chiefs included Cotton Owens, Jim Vandiver, Dale Inman, Harry Hyde and Dick Hutcherson.


1969 Dixie 500, Race report, Qualifying
Failed to qualify:  Earl Brooks (#26), Roy Tyner (#9), John Sears (#4), Ron Grana (#05), Kenneth Cline (#69)


1969 Djurgårdens IF season
The 1969 season was Djurgårdens IF's 69th in existence, their 24th season in Allsvenskan and their 7th consecutive season in the league. They were competing in Allsvenskan, 1968–69 Svenska Cupen and 1969–70 Svenska Cupen.


1969 Drexel Dragons football team
The 1969 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Sterling Brown was the team's head coach.


1969 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 1969 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.


1969 Dutch Grand Prix
The 1969 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Zandvoort Circuit on June 21, 1969. It was race 4 of 11 in both the 1969 World Championship of Drivers and the 1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 90-lap race was won by Matra driver Jackie Stewart after he started from second position. Jo Siffert finished second for the Lotus team and Ferrari driver Chris Amon came in third.


1969 Dutch Open (tennis)
The 1969 Dutch Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament staged in Hilversum, Netherlands. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from 28 July to 3 August 1969. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and the second in the Open era of tennis. Tom Okker and Kerry Melville won the singles titles.


1969 Dutch Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Tom Okker /  Roger Taylor defeated  Jan Kodeš /  Jan Kukal 6–3, 6–2, 6–4


1969 Dutch Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Kerry Melville /  Karen Krantzcke defeated  Pat Walkden /  Helen Gourlay 1–6, 6–4, 6–3


1969 Dwars door België
The 1969 Dwars door België was the 25th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 25 March 1969. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Eric Leman.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident
On 15 April 1969, a United States Navy Lockheed EC-121M Warning Star of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1) on a reconnaissance mission was shot down by a North Korean MiG-21 aircraft over the Sea of Japan. The plane crashed 90 nautical miles (167 km) off the North Korean coast and all 31 Americans (30 sailors and 1 Marine) on board were killed, which constitutes the largest single loss of U.S. aircrew during the Cold War era.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident
The plane was an adaptation of a Lockheed Super Constellation and was fitted with a fuselage radar, so the primary tasks were to act as a long range patrol, conduct electronic surveillance, and act as a warning device.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident
The Nixon administration did not retaliate against North Korea apart from staging a naval demonstration in the Sea of Japan a few days later, which was quickly removed. It resumed the reconnaissance flights within a week to demonstrate that it would not be intimidated by the action while at the same time avoiding a confrontation.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Beggar Shadow Mission
The code name "Beggar Shadow" was used to describe the late-1960s Cold War reconnaissance program by the United States Navy that collected intelligence about and communications between Soviet Bloc nations while remaining safely (at least according to international laws) in international waters.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Beggar Shadow Mission
At 07:00 local time of Tuesday, 15 April 1969, an EC-121M of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1) took off from NAS Atsugi, Japan, on an intelligence-gathering reconnaissance mission. The aircraft, Bureau number 135749, c/n 4316, bore the tail code "PR-21" and used the radio call sign Deep Sea 129. Aboard were 8 officers and 23 enlisted men under the command of LCDR James Overstreet. Nine of the crew, including one Marine NCO, were Naval Security Group cryptologic technicians (CTs) and linguists in Russian and Korean.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Beggar Shadow Mission
Deep Sea 129's assigned task was a routine Beggar Shadow signal intelligence (SIGINT) collection mission. Its flight profile involved taking off from NAS Atsugi then flying northwest over the Sea of Japan until it came to an area off Musu Point, where the EC-121M would turn northeast toward the Soviet Union and orbit along a 120-nautical-mile (222 km) long elliptical track similar to that of a racetrack; once the mission was complete, they were to return to Osan Air Base, South Korea.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Beggar Shadow Mission
LCDR Overstreet's orders included a prohibition from approaching closer than 50 nautical miles (90 km) to the North Korean coast. VQ-1 had flown the route and orbit for two years, and the mission had been graded as being of "minimal risk." During the first three months of 1969 nearly 200 similar missions had been flown by both Navy and U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft off North Korea's east coast without incident.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Beggar Shadow Mission
These missions, while nominally under the command of Seventh Fleet and CINCPAC, were controlled operationally by the Naval Security Group detachment at NSF Kamiseya, Japan, under the direction of the National Security Agency.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Beggar Shadow Mission
The mission was tracked by a series of security agencies within the Department of Defense that were pre-briefed on the mission, including land-based Air Force radars in South Korea and Japan. The USAF 6918th Security Squadron at Hakata Air Station, Japan, USAF 6988th Security Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Detachment 1, 6922nd Security Wing at Osan Air Base monitored the North Korean reaction by intercepting its air defense search radar transmissions. The Army Security Agency communications interception station at Osan listened to North Korean air defense radio traffic, and the Naval Security Group at Kamiseya, which provided seven of the nine CTs aboard Deep Sea 129, also intercepted Soviet Air Force search radars.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Interception and shoot-down
Very soon after arrival over the Sea of Japan, at 10:35, North Korea reacted to the presence of the EC-121, but not in a way that would jeopardize the mission. At 12:34 local time, roughly six hours into the mission, the Army Security Agency and radars in Korea detected the takeoff of two North Korean Air Force MiG-21s from East Tongchong-ni near Wonsan and tracked them, assuming that they were responding in some fashion to the mission of Deep Sea 129.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Interception and shoot-down
In the meantime the EC-121 filed a scheduled activity report by radio on time at 13:00 and did not indicate anything out of the ordinary, but this was the last message sent from the plane. Twenty-two minutes later the radars lost the picture of the MiGs and did not reacquire it until 13:37, where they were closing with Deep Sea 129 for a probable intercept.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Interception and shoot-down
The communications that this activity generated within the National Security network were monitored by the EC-121's parent unit, VQ-1, which at 13:44 sent Deep Sea 129 a "Condition 3" alert by radio, indicating it might be under attack. LCDR Overstreet acknowledged the warning and complied with procedures to abort the mission and return to base. Approaching from the northeastern coast at supersonic speed, the MiGs easily overtook the EC-121, who could do little with their "warning." The MiGs were armed with 23 mm cannons and AA-2 Atoll missiles; the EC-121 was unarmed and without a fighter escort.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Flight of Deep Sea 129, Interception and shoot-down
At 13:47 the radar tracks of the MiGs merged with that of Deep Sea 129, which disappeared from the radar picture two minutes later. The MiGs had attacked and shot the plane down, and while the details of the incident have never been released to the public, it is assumed that an air-to-air missile was used as the North Korean press mentioned that a "single shot" downed the aircraft.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Reactions, Initial North Korean reaction
Immediately following the attack, the North Korean forces assumed a state of high alert. Their media broadcast its version of events two hours after the incident. Referring to the EC-121 as the "plane of the insolent U.S. imperialist aggressor army," the North Korean media accused it of "reconnoitering after intruding deep into the territorial air." The story cast it as "the brilliant battle success of shooting it down with a single shot by showering the fire of revenge upon it."


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Reactions, Initial United States reaction
At first none of the agencies were alarmed, since procedures also dictated that the EC-121 rapidly descend below radar coverage, and Overstreet had not transmitted that he was under attack. When it did not reappear within ten minutes VQ-1 requested a scramble of two Air Force Convair F-106 Delta Dart interceptors to provide combat air patrol for the EC-121.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Reactions, Initial United States reaction
By 14:20 the Army Security Agency post had become increasingly concerned. It first sent a FLASH message (a high priority intelligence message to be actioned within six minutes) indicating that Deep Sea 129 had disappeared, and then at 14:44, an hour after the shoot-down, sent a CRITIC ("critical intelligence") message (the highest message priority, to be processed and sent within two minutes) to six addressees within the National Command Authority, including President Richard M. Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Reactions, Initial United States reaction
Nixon regarded the attack as a total surprise and remained at a loss to explain it. The U.S. bureaucracy and the member of the National Security Council were also unable to understand the attack.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Reactions, Soviet reaction
Despite being the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union quickly provided assistance in the recovery efforts. Two Soviet destroyers were sent to the Sea of Japan, and their involvement highlighted Moscow’s disapproval of the attack on the EC-121.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, U.S. response
The US responded by activating Task Force 71 (TF-71) to protect future flights over those international waters. Initially, the Task Force comprised the aircraft carriers Enterprise, Ticonderoga, Ranger, and Hornet with a screen of cruisers and destroyers that also included the battleship New Jersey. The ships for TF-71 came mostly from Southeast Asia duty. This deployment became one of the largest shows of force in the area since the Korean War.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, U.S. response
Following the attack, some, including Representative Mendel Rivers responded to the attack by calling for retaliation against North Korea. On April 16th, the United States National Security Council considered the following options:


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, U.S. response
In addition to the NSC's ideas, the Joint Chiefs of Staff prepared several plans to bomb the airfield at Sondok and Wonsan. If all went according to plan, bombers would attack the airfields under cover of night. CINCPAC proposed the positioning of ships, with missiles capable of taking down planes, in the Sea of Japan with orders to destroy North Korean aircraft, impound other North Korean vessels venturing into international waters (fishing boats, etc. ), and fire onto the shore (especially near Wonsan).


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, U.S. response
In the end, no action was taken against the North Koreans in the days following the attack. The new Nixon administration had little to no information about the location and availability of both U.S. and North Korean forces, as the administration had difficulty communicating with those in the Pacific. By the time this information was communicated to the planners, it was too late to react. Both Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger were ashamed at the outcome of the event, with Kissinger revealing that "our conduct in the EC-121 crisis as weak, indecisive and disorganized." Once it became clear that no action would be taken against the North Koreans, Nixon promised that "they’ll (i.e., North Koreans) never get away with it again," and ordered a "resumption of aerial reconnaissance flights."


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Motivation for the attack
A few theories have arisen to explain the unprompted take down of the EC-121, but all revolve around North Korea as a rogue entity. Nixon and his administration assumed that North Korea would behave within the standards of international law. Similar to the Pueblo incident, Pyongyang took action against the EC-121 plane despite it being located well outside North Korean territory.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Motivation for the attack
Other sources claim that this attack may have taken place to honor Kim Il-sung, as his birthday fell on April 15, but not enough evidence exists to support this statement.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Motivation for the attack
Some also believe that this may have been an accidental shooting, but many disagree because of the promptness of the media coverage in North Korea as well as its story that the plane had entered far into North Korean airspace. In the end, not enough information is available outside of North Korea to discern the true motive.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Historical significance
In order to fully understand this incident, North Korean foreign relations incidents from both the past and present should be considered. It was not out of the ordinary for the North Korean media to cover up incidences of North Korea breaking international law as foreign threats against national security. These other events provide insight into understanding the actions of North Korea, as direct motives are unavailable. Many international incidences that involve North Korea follow a similar structure, and point to the manipulative nature of the Kim regime in dealing with foreign nations; as well as the weak responses by U.S. forces.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Historical significance, Pueblo incident
The Pueblo Incident in 1968 marks another international incident, again involving the United States, in which North Korean ships attacked a boat surveying in international waters. A similar media approach was taken, and the North Korean populace received biased information about the incident.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Historical significance, Pueblo incident
Similarly, the United States and South Korean governments were outraged, and many in the populace demanded retribution for the attack. Immediately, nothing was done, and the captured crewmen were allowed to come home only after eleven months of negotiations and an embarrassing apology from the United States to North Korea. Once the crew was returned safely to South Korea and news of their treatment reached Washington, the apology was rescinded.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Historical significance, Pueblo incident
The Soviet Union publicly backed North Korea during the height of the Cold War, but privately many disapproved of the decision. While relations with the other Cold War giant, China, remained the same.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Historical significance, Axe murder incident
In 1976, the North Koreans clashed again with the joint South Korean-United States forces in what is known as the axe murder incident. Southern forces were pruning a tree near the DMZ. The North Korean guards responded to the trimming with surprising hostility, sparking a violent brawl that culminated with the murder of two American soldiers, both of whom had been axed to death. Historically similar to this incident and the Pueblo incident, the North Korean retelling of events paints the United States and South Korean forces as the aggressors, and this incident almost led to a second Korean War.


1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, Historical significance, Axe murder incident
Unlike the other incidents, however, in the end, the North Korean government apologized to the South Korean and American governments for the event, but relations between the three nations remained strained.


1969 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1969 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 8, 1969. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both, Cornell and Harvard received invitations to participate in the 1969 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1969 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on conference rankings, qualified to participate in the tournament. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played against one another. In the semifinals, the winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.


1969 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1969 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 1969 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Clarence Stasavich, the team compiled a 2–7 record.


1969 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
The 1969 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team was an American football team that East Tennessee State University (ETSU) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. East Tennessee State completed an undefeated season, going 10–0–1 and capturing the OVC championship. This is the only undefeated season and the last conference championship for the program. The team capped off the season by defeating Louisiana Tech and future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw in the Grantland Rice Bowl.


1969 East Texas State Lions football team
The 1969 East Texas State Lions football team represented East Texas State University in the 1969 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Ernest Hawkins, who was in his sxth season at East Texas State. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Lions shared the Lone Star Conference championship with Texas A&I, the eventual national champion.


1969 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
The 1969 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University as an independent during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. In their third season under head coach Dan Boisture, the Hurons compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents, 255 to 106.


1969 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
On September 27, 1969, the Hurons played their first game in Rynearson Stadium, built at a cost of $1.4 million. The Hurons won the opening game, 10-3, over Akron in front of a crowd of 12,100 spectators. The formal dedication of the new stadium was held on October 25, 1969, before a homecoming day crowd of 17,600; the Hurons lost to Tampa, 17-7, in the dedication day game.


1969 Edinburgh Corporation election
An Election to the Edinburgh Corporation was held on 6 May 1969, alongside municipal elections across Scotland. Of the councils 69 seats, 23 were up for election.


1969 Edinburgh Corporation election
Following the election, with two by-elections pending, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 29 Progressives, 17 Labour councillors, 10 SNP councillors, 7 Conservatives, 2 Liberals, and 2 independents. The Conservatives in particular did well, gaining 4 councillors. Two of these gains were at the expense of Labour, in mainly working class wards. The SNP, in contrast, who had done so well at the previous election, only gained Sighthill.


1969 Edinburgh Corporation election
Following the election, the Progressives and Conservative coalition retained controlled of the council with a majority of 2. There was some friction between the two sides however, with the Conservatives unseating Mr Robert McLaughlin, the former leader of the Progressive group and the deputy chairman of the council for 7 years, in the St. Andrews ward. The Conservatives also gained Colinton, the seat of the retiring Lord Provost Brechin. The seat was not contested by the Progressives.


1969 Edinburgh Corporation election
Most Progressive losses, with the exception of St. Andrews ward, were caused by incumbent Progressives stepping down and being replaced with new Conservative councillors. In Merchiston however the Conservative candidate was defeated, with the Liberals instead gaining the seat, meaning that the Liberals controlled 2 out of the 3 Merchiston ward seats.


1969 Emperor's Cup, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Toyo Industries won the championship.


1969 Emperor's Cup Final
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1969 Emperor's Cup Final
1969 Emperor's Cup Final was the 49th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1970. Toyo Industries won the championship.


1969 Emperor's Cup Final, Overview
Toyo Industries won their 3rd title, by defeating Rikkyo University 4–1.


1969 English Greyhound Derby
The 1969 Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 28 June 1969 at White City Stadium. The winner was Sand Star and the winning owner Hamilton Orr received £7,252.


1969 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Distances
2, 1½, 1, 5, 4 (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. From 1950 one length was equal to 0.08 of one second.


1969 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Yellow Printer headed the entry for the Derby for the second consecutive year; he was priced at a short 8-1 ahead of Flaming King and Winter Hope at 16-1. Other market leaders included last year’s finalist Shady Begonia, Finolas Yarn (the recent winner of the Callanan Cup but now representing owner Cyril Young and Tommy Johnston at Wembley) and Sand Star kennelled with Eric and Gwen Adkins in Northampton and looked after by kennelmaid Barbara Tompkins. Finolas Yarn went lame during the qualifying heats.


1969 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Yellow Printer won his first round in 28.82 but his time was only the fourth fastest of the eight heats, Sand Star and Doubtful Venture both recorded 28.82 with 'Infatuated' winning in 28.84. After the first round Sand Star was subject to an £8,000 post first-round offer from Yellow Printer's owners Pauline Wallis and Sir Robert Adeane which was rejected. Cals Pick and Shady Begonia were notable first round casualties.


1969 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
The second round drew Yellow Printer with Sand Star and top Wembley hound Kilbelin Style. The latter was beaten by the late run of Sand Star with Pallas Joy grabbing third place which meant for the second year in succession Yellow Printer had gone out early. Doubtful Venture failed to progress but Valiant Ray picked up a second success, the only greyhound apart from Sand Star to remain unbeaten.


1969 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Sand Star caught Kilbelin Style in the semi-finals winning by a short head in a repeat of their second round race. Barrack Street claimed third from Valiant Ray. The other semi produced a blanket finish with Hard Held getting the photo finish decision from Petrovitch and Ploverfield Dan, the unlucky favourite Pallas Joy was badly bumped and knocked out.


1969 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Sand Star and Kilbelin Style dominated the betting for the final and the race was over quickly because Sand Star made a good break and was soon drawing clear. Kilbelin Style reduced the deficit and ran well for second place.


1969 English National Badminton Championships
The 1969 English National Badminton Championships were held at the Kings Hall in Derby 13-14 December, 1968.


1969 English cricket season
The 1969 English cricket season was the 70th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The Sunday League (now the National League) began, sponsored by the John Player tobacco company. All matches were played on Sundays with each of the 17 first-class counties playing each other once. Matches were of 40 overs a side. One match each Sunday was televised by the BBC and the idea was a commercial success, though it had its critics among cricket's "traditional" supporters.


1969 English cricket season
One effect of the Sunday League was a reduction in the number of matches played by each team in the County Championship from 28 to 24. Glamorgan won the Championship title. England defeated both West Indies and New Zealand in Test series.


1969 English cricket season, Test series, West Indies tour
England had a very strong team captained by Ray Illingworth. Other notable England players included John Snow, Geoff Boycott, John Edrich, Alan Knott and Derek Underwood. John Hampshire scored a century on his Test debut versus West Indies at Lord's.


1969 English cricket season, Leading batsmen
John Edrich topped the averages with 2238 runs at 69.93.


1969 English cricket season, Leading batsmen
Other leading batsmen were Basil Butcher, Mushtaq Mohammed and Barry Richards, who all averaged over 50.


1969 English cricket season, Leading bowlers
Alan Ward was the leading bowler, with an average of 14.82, but he took only 69 wickets, whereas four bowlers took over 100 wickets each. These were Mike Procter, Derek Underwood, Tom Cartwright and Don Wilson, who all averaged less than 17.50.


1969 Estonian SSR Football Championship
The 1969 Estonian SSR Football Championship was won by Dvigatel.


1969 Ethiopian general election
General elections were held in Ethiopia in 1969. Political parties were banned, so all candidates for the Chamber of Deputies were independents, and Aklilu Habte-Wold remained Prime Minister.


1969 Ethiopian general election
The number of registered voters increased to 5.2 million, with 3.4 million voting. The number of candidates also increased, rising to 1,500.


1969 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
The 1969 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup was the first unofficial edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. It took place in Brussels as a group stage won by CD Terrassa.


1969 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 1969 European Amateur Boxing Championships  were held in Bucharest, Romania from 30 May to 8 June. The 18th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 180 fighters from 25 countries participating.


1969 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) category was contested for the first time.


1969 European Amateur Team Championship
The 1969 European Amateur Team Championship took place 26–29 June at Hamburger Golf Club – Falkenstein, 20 kilometres west of central Hamburg, Germany. It was the sixth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.


1969 European Amateur Team Championship
All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with up to six players, counted the five best scores for each team.


1969 European Amateur Team Championship
The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. Each of the four best placed teams were drawn to play the quarter final against one of the teams in the flight placed in the next four positions. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single matches after the morning foursome matches.


1969 European Amateur Team Championship
The six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B and the four teams placed 15–18 formed Flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.


1969 European Amateur Team Championship
England won the gold medal, earning their second title, beating host country West Germany 4.5–2.5 in the final. Defending champions team Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Italy 5.5–1.5 in the bronze match.


1969 European Amateur Team Championship
Individual leader in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Gordon Cosh, Scotland, with a course record score of 3-under-par 68, one stroke ahead of Tom Craddock, Ireland. There was no official award for the lowest individual score.


1969 European Amateur Team Championship, Teams
18 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of a minimum of five players.


1969 European Amateur Team Championship, Results
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.


1969 European Amateur Team Championship, Results
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.


1969 European Athletics Championships
The 9th European Athletics Championships were held from 16–21 September 1969 in the Karaiskaki Stadium of Athens, the capital of Greece. New at these championships were the women's 1500 metres and the women's 4×400 metres relay event. Moreover, women's 80 metres hurdles was replaced by women's 100 metres hurdles. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.


1969 European Athletics Championships
Former East German runner Jürgen May, who had defected, was not allowed to compete for his new country, West Germany, due to IAAF rules requiring him to live there for at least three years; he had competed for East Germany in the 1966 championships. West German officials promptly withdrew their athletes from all individual events in protest, but decided to compete in the relay races as a symbolic gesture to show their respect to the Greek organisers.


1969 European Athletics Championships
The Dutch decathlete Edward de Noorlander was disqualified for the use of amphetamine, the first disqualification for doping in athletics.


1969 European Athletics Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 675 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event, one athlete more than the official number of 674 as published.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
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1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 17 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18, 19, and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 16 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18, 19,  and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16, 17, and 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17, 18, and 19 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17 and 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, Final
†:The Dutch athlete Edward de Noorlander initially finished 6th, but was disqualified for the use of amphetamine. This was the first disqualification for doping in athletics.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 19 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17 and 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 21 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17 and 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 17 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18, 19, and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 19 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16, 17, and 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 9 athletes from 5 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon
The women's pentathlon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's pentathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 September 1969.


1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.


1969 European Baseball Championship
The 1969 European Baseball Championship was held in Germany and was won by the Netherlands. Italy finished as runner-up.


1969 European Competition for Women's Football
The 1969 European Competition for Women's Football was a women's football tournament contested by European nations. It took place in Italy from 1 to 2 November 1969.


1969 European Competition for Women's Football
The tournament featured 4 teams, with games staged in Novara, Aosta and Turin. Considered unofficial because it was not run under the auspices of UEFA, it was a precursor to the UEFA Women's Championship. Italy won the tournament, beating Denmark 3–1 in the final.


1969 European Cup Final
The 1969 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, on 28 May 1969, that saw Milan of Italy play against Ajax of the Netherlands to determine who would be the champions of Europe that season. Ajax made history by becoming the first Dutch side to reach the final, but they were beaten by their Italian opponents 4–1.


1969 European Cup Final
As of 2020, Pierino Prati remains the most recent player to score a hat-trick in a European Cup or Champions League final.


1969 European Cup Final, Route to the final
Milan had a bye in the second round due to the withdrawal of a number of Eastern European clubs from the competition.


1969 European Cup Final, Route to the final
In the quarterfinal round, after two legs, eventual finalists Ajax were deadlocked 4–4 on aggregate against Portuguese side S.L. Benfica, forcing a replay. The Dutch champions won decisively in the replay by a score of 3–0.


1969 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1969 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was the final football match of the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup and the ninth European Cup Winners' Cup final. It was contested between Slovan Bratislava of Czechoslovakia and Barcelona of Spain, and was held at St. Jakob Stadium in Basel, Switzerland. Slovan won the match 3–2 thanks to a goal by Ľudovít Cvetler, Vladimír Hrivnák and Ján Čapkovič.


1969 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1969 European Figure Skating Championships were held at the Olympia-Eisstadion in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1969 European Formula Two Championship
The 1969 European Formula Two season was contested over 7 rounds. Matra International driver Johnny Servoz-Gavin clinched the championship title.


1969 European Formula Two Championship, Calendar
Race 2, 5, 6 and 7 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.


1969 European Formula Two Championship, Calendar
Race 1 was held with two semi-final heats and the final run, with time only shown for the final.


1969 European Formula Two Championship, Calendar
Race 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics.


1969 European Formula Two Championship, Final point standings, Driver
For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 5 results count. One driver had a point deduction, which is given in ().


1969 European Formula Two Championship, Final point standings, Driver
Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.


1969 European Indoor Games
The 4th European Indoor Games were held between 8–9 March 1969 in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). In 1970 the European Indoor Games were replaced by the European Athletics Indoor Championships.


1969 European Indoor Games
The track used for the championships was 195 metres long.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest qualified for the final.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 3 × 1000 metres relay
The men's 3 × 1000 metres relay event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade. It was the last time that this relay was contested at the European Indoor Games or Championships.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 3000 metres
The men's 3000 metres event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 4 × 390 metres relay
The men's 4 × 390 metres relay event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade. Each athlete ran two laps of the 195 metres track.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 50 metres
The men's 50 metres event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 50 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 50 metres hurdles
The men's 50 metres hurdles event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 50 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's medley relay
The men's 195 + 390 + 585 + 780 metres medley relay event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade. The first athlete ran one lap of the 195-metre track, the second two, the third three and the anchor four, thus 10 laps or 1950 metres in total.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's pole vault
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1969 European Indoor Games – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's 4 × 195 metres relay
The women's 4 × 195 metres relay event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade. Each athlete ran one lap of the 195 metres track.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's 50 metres
The women's 50 metres event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's 50 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's 50 metres hurdles
The women's 50 metres hurdles event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's 50 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's medley relay
The women's 195 + 390 + 585 + 780 metres medley relay event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 8 March in Belgrade. The first athlete ran one lap of the 195-metre track, the second two, the third three and the anchor four, thus 10 laps or 1950 metres in total.


1969 European Indoor Games – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 1969 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Belgrade.


1969 European Judo Championships
The 1969 European Judo Championships were the 18th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Ostend, Belgium in May 1969. Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.


1969 European Junior Badminton Championships
The 1969 European Junior Badminton Championships was the first ever edition of the European Junior Badminton Championships. It was held in Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands, in the month of April. Danish players won both the singles disciplines, England won Boys' doubles, host Netherlands won Girls' doubles while Sweden bagged mixed doubles title.


1969 European Karate Championships
The 1969 European Karate Championships, the 4th edition, was held in the sports complex of Crystal Palace in London, England, from 2 to 4 May 1969.


1969 European Rowing Championships
The 1969 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Wörthersee in the Austrian city of Klagenfurt. This edition of the European Rowing Championships was held from 5 to 7 September for women, and a few days later for men. Women entered in five boat classes (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+), and 15 countries—including the United States—sent 47 boats. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+). An innovation was that petite finals were held to determine places 7 to 12.


1969 European Rowing Championships, Background
At its congress held in conjunction with the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, the International Rowing Federation (FISA) had decided that the 1969 Championships would be held on the Lake of Banyoles in Spain. Circumstances changed and the event moved to Austria.


1969 European Running Target Championships
The 1969 European Running Target Championships was the 2nd edition of the running target competition, European Running Target Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.


1969 European Running Target Championships
The competition was also valid as a 1969 World Running Target Championships, in which the rankings of the races played with all world athletes were drawn up taking into account only European athletes.


1969 European Weightlifting Championships
The 1969 European Weightlifting Championships were held at the Torwar Hall in Warsaw, Poland from September 20 to September 28, 1969. This was the 48th edition of the event. There were 108 men in action from 19 nations. This tournament was a part of 1969 World Weightlifting Championships.


1969 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 7th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Landskrona in May 1969.


1969 FA Charity Shield
The 1969 FA Charity Shield was the 47th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by the league champions, Leeds United, and Manchester City, the cup winners. Leeds won the match 2–1, with goals from Eddie Gray and Jack Charlton. Colin Bell scored a consolation for City.


1969 FA Charity Shield
This match saw the début of Allan Clarke for Leeds United following his £165,000 transfer from Leicester City during the summer. Clarke was on the losing side to Manchester City in the previous season's FA Cup. Leeds took the lead after Giles' long ball into the box was headed across the six yard box for Gray to score. Leeds increased their lead three minutes later when Charlton headed in a free kick form Giles. Manchester City scored a late goal when Bell shot in following a goalkeeper error at a corner kick.


1969 FA Cup Final
The 1969 FA Cup Final was the final match of the 1968–69 staging of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup. The match was contested between Leicester City and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday 26 April 1969. This was the first FA Cup final since 1951 to take place in the month of April. Three-time winners Manchester City were appearing in their seventh final, whereas Leicester City were seeking to win the competition for the first time, having lost three previous finals.


1969 FA Cup Final
Each team won five ties to reach the final, and overcame one of the 1968 finalists (West Bromwich Albion and Everton) at the semi-final stage. As Manchester City were reigning league champions and Leicester City were battling to avoid relegation, the Manchester club were strong favourites. The match finished 1–0 to Manchester City. The goal came in the 24th minute, scored by Neil Young. The victory was Manchester City's fourth FA Cup win.


1969 FA Cup Final, Route to the final
As both Leicester City and Manchester City were First Division clubs, they entered the competition in the third round.


1969 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Leicester City
Leicester City started their cup run against Barnsley, but required a replay to overcome their Third Division opponents 2–1. The first Leicester goal was controversial, as the referee overruled his linesman, who had flagged for a foul. Barnsley equalised with a penalty, but Leicester quickly retook the lead. Later in the second half Leicester claimed a third goal, but the referee adjudged that the ball had not crossed the line. A 1–0 win at Millwall followed.


1969 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Leicester City
In the fifth round, Leicester City faced Liverpool. The match was postponed six times before it eventually took place on 1 March. A 0–0 draw meant a replay at Anfield. Andy Lochhead gave the Foxes the lead on 34 minutes. Five minutes later McArthurs's handball gave Liverpool a penalty, but Peter Shilton saved Tommy Smith's spot-kick. Liverpool attacked for much of the second half, but Leicester held out to win 1–0. The quarter final saw a trip to Mansfield Town, who had knocked out clubs from five different divisions.


1969 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Leicester City
On a pitch described by The Times' Geoffrey Green as "resembling a glutinous swamp", Leicester won 1–0. The goal was a header by Rodney Fern from a Len Glover cross. The semi-final, played at Hillsborough Stadium, was against cup-holders West Bromwich Albion. In a game of few chances, Allan Clarke scored from an Andy Lochhead knockdown with four minutes remaining. Leicester City gained their fourth 1–0 win of the competition and reached the final.


1969 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Manchester City's first tie was against Luton Town of the Third Division, which City won 1–0, Francis Lee the scorer. In the fourth round, the club were drawn away to Newcastle United, one of only two top-flight clubs with an away draw. The match finished 0–0, and so was replayed at Maine Road. Manchester City won 2–0, but had to play much of the match with 10 men after Mike Summerbee was sent off. Like Leicester's fifth round tie, Manchester City's match at Blackburn Rovers' Ewood Park was delayed multiple times due to poor weather.


1969 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
When it was eventually played Manchester City were comfortable 4–1 winners. In the sixth round, Manchester City were drawn at home to Tottenham Hotspur. The match was closely contested; in his autobiography, City's Mike Doyle described it as the hardest match of the whole cup run. As in the third round, City won 1–0 thanks to a Francis Lee goal.


1969 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
The semi-final, against Everton, was played at Villa Park. Everton were renowned for their powerful midfield of Ball, Harvey and Kendall, but opted to play more defensively than usual. Manchester City nevertheless paid special attention to this area, and instructed David Connor to man-mark Ball. Mike Doyle suffered an injury in the first half, and spent 20 minutes off the field. City had the better of the game, but goalscoring chances were missed by Lee and Young. With little time remaining, Young forced a corner. Young took the corner himself, from which teenager Tommy Booth scored the game's only goal.


1969 FA Cup Final, Build-up
Manchester City were appearing in the final for the seventh time. They had won the cup three times previously (in 1904, 1934 and 1956), and had been beaten in the final three times (in 1926, 1933 and 1955). Leicester City were making their fourth cup final appearance, and their third of the decade, having lost on all three previous occasions (in 1949, 1961 and 1963). The clubs had met in the FA Cup in each of the preceding three seasons. In 1966 Manchester City won a fifth round tie 1–0 after a replay, and won again in the third round in 1967. In the 1967–68 season Leicester finally prevailed. After a 0–0 draw at Maine Road, Leicester City came back from 2–0 down at Filbert Street to win 4–3.