Editing 1969 (section)

===October===
{{Main|October 1969}}
* [[October 1]]
** In [[Sweden]], [[Olof Palme]] is elected Leader of the Social Democratic Worker's Party, replacing [[Tage Erlander]] as [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]] on [[October 14]].
** The [[Beijing Subway]] begins operation.
* [[October 2]] – A 1.2 [[TNT equivalent|megaton]] thermonuclear device is tested at [[Amchitka Island]], [[Alaska]]. This test is code-named Project Milrow, the 11th test of the [[Operation Mandrel]] 1969–[[1970]] underground nuclear test series. This test is known as a "calibration shot" to test if the island is fit for larger underground nuclear detonations.
* [[October 5]] – ''[[Sazae-san]]'' first airs on [[Fuji Television]].
* [[October 9]]–[[October 12|12]] – [[Days of Rage]]: In [[Chicago]], the [[Illinois National Guard]] is called in to control demonstrations involving the radical [[Weatherman (organization)|Weathermen]], in connection with the "[[Chicago Eight]]" Trial.
* [[October 11]] – The [[Zodiac Killer]] shoots and kills taxi driver Paul Stine in the [[Presidio Heights]] neighborhood of [[San Francisco]]; this is the serial killer's last known murder.
* [[October 11]]–[[October 16|16]] – The [[1969 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] upset the [[1969 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] four games to one in the [[1969 World Series|World Series]].
* [[October 15]] – 
** [[DZKB-TV|DZKB-TV Channel 9]], the Philippines' sixth TV station, is launched.
** [[Vietnam War]]: Hundreds of thousands of people take part in [[Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam]] demonstrations across the [[United States]].
* [[October 17]] – Willard S. Boyle and George Smith invent the [[Charge-coupled device|CCD]] at [[Bell Laboratories]] (30 years later, this technology is widely used in digital cameras).
* [[October 20]] – Experimental research showing that [[proton]]s were composed of smaller particles, the first evidence of [[quark]]s, is published.<ref name="Bloom">
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* [[October 21]]
** [[Willy Brandt]] becomes Chancellor of [[West Germany]].
** General [[Siad Barre]] comes to power in [[Somalia]] in a coup, 6 days after the assassination of President [[Abdirashid Ali Shermarke]].
* [[October 25]] – [[1969 Australian federal election]]: [[John Gorton]]'s [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Gorton government|government]] is narrowly re-elected with a sharply reduced majority, defeating a resurgent [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Gough Whitlam]]. [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] Gorton survived a [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1969|leadership challenge]] by his deputy [[William McMahon]] as well as [[David Fairbairn (politician)|David Fairbairn]] in the immediate aftermath of the election.
* [[October 29]] – The first electronic message is sent between two computers connected via [[ARPANET]] between [[University of California, Los Angeles]] and [[SRI International]] in California at around 10:30pm local time, the initial forerunning technology to the [[Internet]].