Historic Footnotes from the year 1969 -
February 4 - Yassar Arafat takes over as leader of the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
March 17 - Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th Prime minister
March 20 - John Lennon marries Yoko Ono. Ballad of John & Yoko
March 28 - Former President Dwight Eisenhower dies of heart failure.
April 4 - First artificial heart is implanted into human by Dr. Denton Cooley
May 29 - C.H.S. Class of 1969 Graduates !
May 31 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono record " Give Peace A Chance "
July 18 - Senator Edward Kennedy's car leaves bridge on Chappaquiddick
Island, MA, drowning passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
July 20 - Apollo 11 landing - Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes first
Man on the Moon .
August 8 - " Helter Skelter " - Charles Manson's "family members" carry out
their first night of mayhem, killing, among others, actress Sharon Tate
and coffee heiress Abigail Folger. Two days later they strike again,
killing supermarket owners Leno & Rosemary La Bianca
August 15th thru 18th - Woodstock Music Festival takes place on Max
Yazgur's farm in Bethel, NY. "Three days of Fun & Music"
September 2 - Ho Chi Minh, President of North Vietnam, dies.
November 10 - Sesame Street debuts on PBS.
November 15 - 250,000 gather in Washington DC for peaceful protest of
the Vietnam War.
December 13 - Arlo Guthrie's short version of "Alice's Restaurant" debuts
on the Billboard "Hot 100", peaking at #97.
Liberation Organization.
March 17 - Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th Prime minister
March 20 - John Lennon marries Yoko Ono. Ballad of John & Yoko
March 28 - Former President Dwight Eisenhower dies of heart failure.
April 4 - First artificial heart is implanted into human by Dr. Denton Cooley
May 29 - C.H.S. Class of 1969 Graduates !
May 31 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono record " Give Peace A Chance "
July 18 - Senator Edward Kennedy's car leaves bridge on Chappaquiddick
Island, MA, drowning passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
July 20 - Apollo 11 landing - Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes first
Man on the Moon .
August 8 - " Helter Skelter " - Charles Manson's "family members" carry out
their first night of mayhem, killing, among others, actress Sharon Tate
and coffee heiress Abigail Folger. Two days later they strike again,
killing supermarket owners Leno & Rosemary La Bianca
August 15th thru 18th - Woodstock Music Festival takes place on Max
Yazgur's farm in Bethel, NY. "Three days of Fun & Music"
September 2 - Ho Chi Minh, President of North Vietnam, dies.
November 10 - Sesame Street debuts on PBS.
November 15 - 250,000 gather in Washington DC for peaceful protest of
the Vietnam War.
December 13 - Arlo Guthrie's short version of "Alice's Restaurant" debuts
on the Billboard "Hot 100", peaking at #97.
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#1 Records of 1969 - in sequence, January thru December
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension
Get Back - The Beatles with Billy Preston
Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet - Henry Mancini
In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension
Come Together - The Beatles
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary
Someday We'll Be Together - The Supremes
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
Dizzy - Tommy Roe
Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension
Get Back - The Beatles with Billy Preston
Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet - Henry Mancini
In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension
Come Together - The Beatles
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary
Someday We'll Be Together - The Supremes
At The Oscars -
Best Picture - Midnight Cowboy , beating out, among others,
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid & Hello Dolly
Best Actor - John Wayne ( True Grit ) ( also ) over Dustin Hoffman
& JonVoight,both for Midnight Cowboy
Best Actress - Maggie Smith for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Original Song - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head from Butch
Cassidy - by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, performed by B.J. Thomas
And - Easy Rider - Alice's Restaurant -
Send us your suggestion for a 1969 song or movie and we'll add it !
Best Picture - Midnight Cowboy , beating out, among others,
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid & Hello Dolly
Best Actor - John Wayne ( True Grit ) ( also ) over Dustin Hoffman
& JonVoight,both for Midnight Cowboy
Best Actress - Maggie Smith for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Original Song - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head from Butch
Cassidy - by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, performed by B.J. Thomas
And - Easy Rider - Alice's Restaurant -
Send us your suggestion for a 1969 song or movie and we'll add it !
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song - Click on the YouTube logo
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These should get you into a 1969 mindset !
left of the YouTube box you'll hear the
song - Click on the YouTube logo
to see it in large screen ~
These should get you into a 1969 mindset !