1969 - Pages of Time
World News
British Parliment Votes
to End Capital Punishment |
French-British Concorde
Makes First Test Flight |
Australian Rod Laver Wins
Second Tennis Grand Slam |
Charles De Gaulle
Steps down as
President of France |
The World's First Human Heart
Transplant is Performed in
Houston, TX |
National News
U.S. Spacecraft
"Eagle" Lands on Moon |
Eisenhower
Dead at 78 |
Cyclamates Banned as
Artificial Sweetner |
Thousands Attend
Woodstock Festival
in New York |
Saturday Evening Post
Stops Publishing
After 141 Years |
Richard Nixon is Inaugrated
as the 37th President |
Sports News
NCAA Basketball
Champs: UCLA |
Heisman Trophy
Winner: Steve Ownes, OK |
NBA Basketball Champs:
Boston Celtics |
U.S. Open Golf Winner:
Orville Moody |
Stanley Cup Hockey:
Montreal Canadians |
Superbowl Football:
New York Jets |
World Series:
New York (NL) |
Indianapolis 500
156.867MPH
Mario Andretti |
Kentucky Derby
Majestic Prince
Ridden by
W. Hartack |
Boston Marathon
Yoshiaki Unetani
2 Hrs, 13 Min, 49 Sec |
At The Movies
Music from 1969
| Academy Award Winners
Best Picture - Midnight Cowboy
|
Best Actor:
John Wayne - True Grit |
Best Actress:
Maggie Smith
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Music From 1969 |
Come Together
Crimson and Clover
Aquarius - Let the Sunshine In
Everybody's Talkin'
Leaving on a Jet Plane |
1969 - Your Year in Review
|
1969 Prices
Average Income
New Car
New House
Loaf of Bread
Gallon of Gas
Gallon of Milk
Silver per Ounce
Gold per Ounce
Dow Jones Average
|
$ 8,547.00
$ 3,278.00
$15,525.00
$ .23
$ .35
$ 1.26
$ 1.79
$ 41.52
769.93 to 968.85
|
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President - Richard M. Nixon
Vice President - Spiro Agnew |
| Minimum Wage: $1.60 |
| Life Expectancy - 70.2 Years |
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