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  1. Neil Armstrong

    Determining the first person on the Moon

    Mar, 1969Washington D.C., U.S.

    According to Chris Kraft, a March 1969 meeting among Slayton, George Low, Bob Gilruth, and Kraft determined that Armstrong would be the first person on the Moon, in part because NASA management saw him as a person who did not have a large ego.

  2. Communist insurgency in Sarawak

    Indonesian forces eliminated the Third Branch of the SPGF at Songkong

    Tuesday Mar 25, 1969West Kalimantan, Indonesia

    On 25 March 1969, Indonesian forces eliminated the Third Branch of the SPGF at Songkong in West Kalimantan following a two-day battle, wiping out the Sarawak People's Guerrilla Force's largest corps.

  3. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Death

    Friday Mar 28, 1969Washington, D.C., U.S.

    On the morning of March 28, 1969, Eisenhower died in Washington, D.C., of congestive heart failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, at age 78. The following day, his body was moved to the Washington National Cathedral's Bethlehem Chapel, where he lay in repose for 28 hours.

  4. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

    Manuel Pérez-Guerrero

    Mar, 1969Geneva, Switzerland

    Manuel Pérez-Guerrero was appointed Secretaries-General from 1969 to 1974.

  5. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Funeral

    Monday Mar 31, 1969Washington D.C., U.S.

    A state funeral service was conducted at the Washington National Cathedral on March 31.

  6. Neil Armstrong

    Determining the first person on the Moon

    Mar, 1969Washington D.C., U.S.

    According to Chris Kraft, a March 1969 meeting among Slayton, George Low, Bob Gilruth, and Kraft determined that Armstrong would be the first person on the Moon, in part because NASA management saw him as a person who did not have a large ego.

  7. Communist insurgency in Sarawak

    Indonesian forces eliminated the Third Branch of the SPGF at Songkong

    Tuesday Mar 25, 1969West Kalimantan, Indonesia

    On 25 March 1969, Indonesian forces eliminated the Third Branch of the SPGF at Songkong in West Kalimantan following a two-day battle, wiping out the Sarawak People's Guerrilla Force's largest corps.

  8. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Death

    Friday Mar 28, 1969Washington, D.C., U.S.

    On the morning of March 28, 1969, Eisenhower died in Washington, D.C., of congestive heart failure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, at age 78. The following day, his body was moved to the Washington National Cathedral's Bethlehem Chapel, where he lay in repose for 28 hours.

  9. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

    Manuel Pérez-Guerrero

    Mar, 1969Geneva, Switzerland

    Manuel Pérez-Guerrero was appointed Secretaries-General from 1969 to 1974.

  10. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Funeral

    Monday Mar 31, 1969Washington D.C., U.S.

    A state funeral service was conducted at the Washington National Cathedral on March 31.