Editing 1969 (section)

===February===
{{Main|February 1969}}
* [[February 4]] – In [[Cairo]], [[Yasser Arafat]] is elected [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] leader at the [[Palestinian National Congress]].
* [[February 8]]
** The [[Allende meteorite]] explodes over Mexico.
** After 147 years, the last weekly issue of ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' is published in the United States. (The magazine is later briefly resurrected as a monthly magazine.)
* [[February 9]] – The [[Boeing 747]] "jumbo jet" is flown for the first time, taking off from the Boeing airfield at [[Everett, Washington]].
* [[February 13]] – [[Front de libération du Québec]] (FLQ) terrorists [[Montreal Stock Exchange bombing|bomb]] the [[Montreal Exchange|Montreal Stock Exchange]].
* [[February 14]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] issues ''[[Mysterii Paschalis]]'', a ''[[motu proprio]]'', deleting many names from the [[Roman calendar of saints]] (including [[Valentine's Day|Valentine]], who was celebrated on this day).
* [[February 17]] – [[Aquanaut]] [[Berry L. Cannon]] dies of [[carbon dioxide poisoning]] while attempting to repair the [[SEALAB#SEALAB III|SEALAB III]] habitat off [[San Clemente Island, California]].
* [[February 24]] – The [[Mariner 6]] Mars probe is launched from the United States.
* [[February 28]] – The [[1969 Portugal earthquake]] hits [[Portugal]], [[Spain]] and [[Morocco]].