History and Time Capsule

Remember the news of 1969? Remember the advertisements of 1969? How about Who's Who or who won the Best Movie of 1969. It's time go go back a few dozen years and find out what was happening.

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World News Report:

British Parliament votes to end Capital Punnishment.
French-British Concorde makes First Test Flight.
Australian Lod Laver wins Second Tennis Grand Slam.
Charles DeGaulle Steps Down as President of France.
The World's First Human Heart Transplant is Performed in Houston, Texas.

APOLLO: Man on the Moon

Cadillac for 1969

National News Report

U.S. Spacecraft "EAGLE" Lands on Moon.
Eisenhower Dead at 78.
Cyclamates Banned as Artificial Sweetner.
Thousands Attend Woodstock Music Festival in New York.
Saturday Evening Post Stops Publishing After 141 Years.
Richard Nixon is Inaugurated as the 37th President.

Oldsmobile Toronado for 1969

Paint Your Wagon book and movie circa 1969

The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton

Movies:

Best Actor: John Wayne for True Grit
Best Actress: Maggie Smith for Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy

Music:

Come Together
Crimson and Clover
Aquarius - Let The Sunshine In
Everybody's Talkin'
Leaving on A Jet Plane

Sports:

NCAA Basketball: UCLA
Heisman Trophy: Steve Ownes, Oklahoma
NBA: Boston Celtics
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadians
Boston Marathon: Yoshiaki Unetani
US Open Golf: Orville Moody
Indy 500: Mario Andretti 156.867 MPH
Kentucky Derby: Majestic Prince ridden by W Hartack
World Series: New York (NL)
Super Bowl: New York Jets