January 1, 1969
1969 CONCACAF Championship — 1969 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition
1969 European Athletics Championships — 1969 edition of the European Athletics Championships in Athens
1969 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition
Indian sectarian violence
1969–70 European Cup — 15th season of the UEFA club football tournament
Series of political and sectarian riots, August 1969
EuroBasket 1969 — 1969 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination — United Nations convention and human rights instrument
1969 fire on a US aircraft carrier
The Beatles' rooftop concert — final public performance of The Beatles