So What Happened in 1969???

         January..........N.Y. Jets win Super Bowl after quarterback, Joe Namath, predicts win
                                Richard Milhouse Nixon inaugrated as U.S. President
                                Paris Peace Talks begin between U.S. and Vietnam
                                Soviet Soyuz becomes first space station
                                Robert Kennedy murder trial opens in L.A.
         February........Diana Crump becomes first woman jockey to race at U.S. parimutual track
                                Test tube fertilization becomes reality in England
         March...........James Earl Ray convicted in assassination of Martin Luther King
                                Simon & Garfunkel win Best Pop Group and Best Record at Grammies
         April..............Heaviest bombing in Vietnam to date (3,000 tons of bombs)
                                France's de Gaulle resigns
         May..............Celtics beat Lakers in NBA championship
                                Berkley, CA's People's Park gets attacked by police & Nat'l Guard
                                Hamburger Hill taken by U.S. and South Vietnamese troops after
                                          bloody 10 day battle only to abandon it 7 days later 
         July................Rolling Stones' Brian Jones dies
                                Senator Ted Kennedy involved in Chappaquiddick accident
                                Edwin Adrin and Neal Armstrong land on the moon
         August...........Manson Family kill several in Tate and LaBianca murder sprees
                                Woodstock Art & Music Festival's peaceful crowd becomes 
                                          3rd largest city in New York
                                Hurricane Camille kills over 300 in Mississippi
         September.....Moamer Qadafi overthrows King of Libya
                                Penthouse Magazine begins publication
                                North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, dies
                                Trial starts for Chicago Eight
         October.........N.Y. (Miracle) Mets win World Series
                                Willy Brandt becomes Chancellor of West Germany
                                Richard Burton buys wife Elizabeth Taylor a small bauble
                                          (69 carat diamond)
         November......"Sesame Street" debuts on PBS
                                Lt. Calley charged with Mai Lai massacre
         December......Boeing 747 makes first public flight
                                Black Panther's Fred Hampton and Mark Clark killed in police raid
                                Hell's Angels, hired as security, kill concert goer during Rolling
                                          Stones concert at Altamont Festival in San Francisco, CA
  
        Released movies....Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
                                        Midnight Cowboy
                                        Easy Rider