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| 1968 |
| | | The US astronauts in Apollo 8 are the first humans to see (and photograph) the sight of the earth rising above the moon's horizon | |
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| 1969 |
| | | At a congress in Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) | |
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| 1969 |
| | | On the death of Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir succeeds him as leader of a coalition government in Israel | |
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| 1969 |
| | | The Provisional IRA reintroduces terrorism to northern Ireland after Protestants attack a civil rights march | |
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| 1969 |
| | | The Anglo-French airliner Concorde makes its first supersonic test flight | |
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| 1969 |
| | | British artist duo Gilbert & George attract attention miming to Flanagan and Allen's Underneath the Arches | |
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| 1969 |
| | | English novelist John Fowles publishes The French Lieutenant's Woman, set in Lyme Regis in the 1860s | |
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| 1969 |
| | | Pakistan's president Ayub Khan hands over power to another general, Yahya Khan, who introduces martial law | |
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| 1969 |
| | | Peter Maxwell Davies writes Eight Songs for a Mad King for the Pierrot Players | |
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| 1969 |
| | | The first series of Monty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast on British TV | |
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