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1969
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by
sekicho
Sun Aug 31 2003 at 19:32:46
Politics
Richard M. Nixon
became
President of the United States of America
and established the
Nixon Doctrine
.
The
Montreal Stock Exchange
was bombed by
FLQ
terrorists.
Honduras
and
El Salvador
briefly went to war over the result of a
soccer
game.
Willy Brandt
became chancellor of
West Germany
.
Golda Meir
became prime minister of
Israel
in the midst of its
War of Attrition
with
Egypt
.
France
left the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
.
The
al-Aqsa Mosque
burned down.
Henry Kissinger
and
Xuan Thuy
began secret negotiations to end the
Vietnam War
, and Nixon proposed the
Vietnamization
plan to bring American troops home.
Nixon and Japanese premier
Sato Eisaku
agreed to return
Okinawa
to
Japan
.
A new round of "
the Troubles
" began in
Northern Ireland
after Catholic-Protestant clashes in
Belfast
.
Canada
became officially bilingual.
U.S. senator
Edward Kennedy
drove off a bridge in
Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts
, killing a young female aide.
Sci-Tech
HOLY SHIT! MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON!
Apollo 9
,
10
,
11
, and
12
were launched—America's first real triumph in the
space race
against the Soviet Union. The Soviets had their own little victory when
Venera 5
became the first probe to land on
Venus
.
ARPAnet
was founded.
The first
artificial heart
was installed.
Concorde
flew for the first time, and the
Harrier
entered service with the
Royal Air Force
.
Intel
was founded.
Sport(s) and Entertainment
Woodstock
. 'Nuff said.
A group of
Hell's Angels
stabbed a fan to death at a
Rolling Stones
concert in
Altamont, California
.
Bob Marley
and
David Bowie
released their debut records.
The Beatles
gave their last public concert.
John Lennon
then took a lot of drugs and married
Yoko Ono
.
Rod Laver
won all four events in the
Grand Slam
of
tennis
for the second time.
Baseball legend
Mickey Mantle
retired, and the
New York Mets
went on to win the
World Series
.
Joe Namath
led the
New York Jets
to win
Super Bowl
III.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
was released.
Bolivia
's entire soccer team was killed in a plane crash.
The Brady Bunch
was aired for the first time. So was
Sesame Street
. More importantly, so was
Monty Python's Flying Circus
. More importantly,
Star Trek
was cancelled.
Mario Puzo
published
The Godfather
.
Born:
Patron saint of free software
Linus Torvalds
Singers
Marilyn Manson
,
Marc Anthony
,
Brian McKnight
,
K-Ci Hailey
, and
Bobby Brown
Actors
Catherine Zeta-Jones
,
Matthew Perry
,
Jason Priestly
,
Edward Norton
,
Jennifer Aniston
, and
Renée Zellweger
Rappers
Jay-Z
,
Ice Cube
, and
Scarface
Sean Combs
, aka
Puff Daddy
, aka
P. Diddy
, aka
Puffy
, ad nauseam
Gay rights spokesperson
Chastity Bono
South Park
creator
Trey Parker
Football player
Emmitt Smith
Soccer player
Andrei Kanchelskis
Baseball players
Kurt Abbott
and
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Tennis player
Steffi Graf
Hockey player
Sergei Fedorov
Race car driver
Michael Schumacher
Figure skater
Nancy Kerrigan
Composer
Sugizo
Comedy writer
Mo Rocca
TV host
Mike O'Malley
Takako Minekawa
, voice of the
Sony Playstation
Verne Troyer
, aka
Mini-Me
Died:
U.S. president
Dwight Eisenhower
Vietnamese leader
Ho Chi Minh
Israeli prime minister
Levi Eshkol
Spanish queen
Victoria Eugenia von Battenberg
Czech student protestor
Jan Palach
Spymaster
Allen Dulles
Actress
Judy Garland
Author
Jack Kerouac
Boxer
Rocky Marciano
Miscellaneous Tidbits
Charles Manson
's cult carried out its famous murders.
1968
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July 21, 1969
Judy Garland
Adventure Thru Inner Space
Sesame Street
July 20, 1969
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Boards of Canada
1965
The Stooges
Takako Minekawa
Moon
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Neil Armstrong
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