by Frankie and Rodney
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In 1969, there were many events that had a great impact on American life. Woodstock, first moon walk, and so much more. New dynasties are born when the Jets beat the Colts and the Mets beat the Orioles. Richard Milhous Nixon is now President. The world's first heart and lung transplant is performed. The U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) bans use of cyclamates as an artificial sweetener as well. The mini dress fashion is then followed by the ankle-length “maxi.” The first major international women's 1,500-meters track race is run at the European Championships which is an excitement for all. In September, Ho Chi Minh, founder of the Indochina Communist Party and president of North Vietnam dies in Hanoi, North Vietnam. Professional football is reorganized into two “conferences,” the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC), each with 13 teams as well.
On January 12, the New York Jets took victory over the Baltimore Colts 16–7 in Miami, Florida, before 73,389 spectators to become the first team from the American Football League to win Super Bowl III.
On January 20, Richard Milhous Nixon is inaugurated 37th President of the United States.
Boris Karloff, famous horror movie star, dies on February 3, in Midhurst, England.
The U.S. football coach Vince Lombardi joins the Washington Redskins as head coach, part owner, and executive vice president on February 7.
On February 24, the United States launched space probe Mariner 6. The mission is to photograph the planet Mars.
On March 27, Mariner 7 is launched with the same mission.
Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961, dies in Washington, D.C. on March 28.
In March Beatle John Lennon and his new wife Yoko Ono make their honeymoon, at the Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, a “bed-in” for peace.
In March James Earl Ray is sentenced to 99 years in prison, after being convicted of assassinating Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Pentagon reports that it is spending approximately $350 million a year on the production of chemical and biological weapons in March.
On April 4 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the world's first completely artificial heart, a combination of Dacron and plastics, in Houston, Texas.
For the second year running the Montreal Canadians defeat the St. Louis Blues in four straight games to win the National Hockey League Stanley Cup from April 27, 1969 to May 4.
On June 27 the Gay Rights movement begins has a symbolic beginning in Manhattan's Greenwich Village when homosexuals assault police officers raiding the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar.
July 16 – July 24 Apollo 11 takes place. On July 20 astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the moon, famously saying “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Over 700 million people worldwide watch as Apollo 11 touches down on the moon.
From August 15-17 half a million people attend the three-day Woodstock Musical and Arts Fair on a farm in New York State. The line-up includes Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana.
On August 17, the Mississippi Gulf coast and southern U.S. states are hit by Hurricane Camille. This hurricane was the most severe hurricane in nearly 35 years; it kills 248 people, leaves 200,000 homeless, and causes $1.5 billion in property damage.
On September 15 the world's first heart and lung transplant is performed at the Stanford Medical Center in California.
December Chicago police raid the headquarters of the militant Black Nationalist group the Black Panthers. They shoot and kill Fred Hampton, the group's chairman. Los Angeles police raid the local headquarters of the militant Black Nationalist group, the Black Panthers. Eleven Black Panther members surrender after a four-hour siege.
1969 MOVIES, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy, Goodbye, Columbus, True Grit, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, and The Love Bug were all released in 1969.
The Smothers Brothers Show becomes popular. The show openly criticizes President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Vietnam War.
Ralph Lauren opens his first designer shop selling Polo items inside Bloomingdale’s in New York City.
Bill Cosby becomes the first black man to star in a comedy program since 1953. He plays a high school gym teacher in The Bill Cosby Show.
Sesame Street first appears on television. The show is created by Jim Henson and introduces Big Bird, Bert and Ernie to preschoolers across the nation.
42nd Annual Academy Awards:
Emmy Award:
Outstanding
Comedy: My World and Welcome To It (NBC)
Outstanding
Drama: Marcus Welby, M.D.
12th Annual
Grammy Award:
Song of The Year:
Joe South, Games People Play
Best New Artist:
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Record of The
Year: Fifth Dimension, Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
Album of The
Year: Blood Sweat And Tears, Blood, Sweat And Tears
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