1969.......................Arion

The year 1969 was a banner year, and is widely considered to be the height of the 60's movement. But what really happened in that fateful year?

John Lennon married Yoko Ono.

The first ATM in was installed in Rockville Center, New York.

The last issue of the famous magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, was published.

Led Zeppelin released its first album.

The Beatles had their last public performance.

Yasser Arafat was appointed head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

The Woodstock Festival was held at a farm in upstate Bethel, New York.

The Brady Bunch premiered.

Barbara Jo Rubin won a United States thoroughbred horse race making history as the first woman to do so.

In a Los Angeles, California court, Sirhan Sirhan admitted that he killed presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.

Charles de Gaulle resigned as President of France.

Golda Meir became the first female president of Israel.

Judy Garland died.

The 747 jumbo jet was unveiled and flew on a maiden voyage from Seattle Washington to New York City, carrying nearly 200 people.

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon after Apollo 11 landed there on July 21st.

Hee Haw debuted on television.

Off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cut the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half. More than 70 men went down with the ship. The captain had been asleep.

The New York Mets won the World Series.

The Rolling Stones released the classic album Let It Bleed.

Where were you in 1969? I was living in Western Massachusetts reading Highlights magazines, watching Archie cartoons, and throwing snowballs at passing cars.

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