1969

1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade. The year's most prominent event is often considered the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, where astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon.