Events from the year 1969 in
North Korea
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Premier
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Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...
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Supreme Leader:
Kim Il-sung
Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...
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1969 EC-121 shootdown incident
On 15 April 1969, DPRK supreme leader Kim Il-sung's 57th birthday a United States Navy Lockheed EC-121M Warning Star of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One ( VQ-1) on a reconnaissance mission was shot down by a North Korean MiG-21 aircraft ov ...
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Korean DMZ Conflict.
Births
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Choe Chol-su
Choe Chol-su (born December 1, 1969) is a North Korean boxer who won the gold medal in the men's Flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Olympic results
* Defeated Moustafa Esmail (Egypt) 7-4
* Defeated Paul I ...
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North Korea
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1960s in North Korea
Years of the 20th century in North Korea
North Korea
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