1969....Gas per Gallon 35 cents
Richard Nixon becomes President of the United States
250,000 march on Washington in protest at the Vietnam War
The first man is landed on the moon on the Apollo 11 mission by the United States and Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. and the famous words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." will become part of our history
Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast killing 248 people
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Established
Chappaquiddick Affair Senator Edward Kennedy driving a car plunges into a pond and a body of a woman passenger is found in the car
Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder five people
Wal-Mart incorporates as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc
The Death Penalty is Abolished in the UK
Woodstock attracts more than 350,000 rock-n-roll fans
The U.S. Air Force closed its Project ( Blue Book ) concluding there was no evidence of UFO's
First transplant of human eye
The Microprocessor ( a miniature set of integrated circuits ) is invented opening the way for the computer revolution that followed
Internet invented by USA US military (Sorry Al….)
These Bikes...
And some special music
2 comments:
I remember the year well. I was living in Greece at the time. A 13 y/o kid who rode her first motorycle by herself...in 1960. Granted, it was only a 50cc moped kinda thing...but the rest is history.
Thanks for the memories...
OH...and I didn't hear about Woodstock until we moved to Germany, in Dec. of '69. Then the movie came out...and I was a lost soul, seeking love, music, and motorcycles.
Chessie
Damn it, that was supposed to read "in 1969"....stupid caffine induced fingers....sigh....
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