In the year of 1969, this is what was going on!
MUSIC
– The Beatles release their last album, ‘Abby Road’, and play their final concert from the roof of their recording studio.
– Music moguls like Gwen Stefani, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, and P. Diddy are all born.
– From August 15 to 18, half a million people celebrated peace, love and music at the monumental Woodstock Music Festival.
– Led Zeppelin’s debut album is released. It is considered the first heavy metal album.
TV
– SESAME STREET premiered on November 10 as one of the first educational TV shows starring Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch as the characters.
– THE BRADY BUNCH airs for the first time.
– The mystery-solving crew on SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU! makes its debut as a Saturday morning cartoon.
– STAR TREK gets cancelled, only to gain popularity later through reruns.
MOVIES
– BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman, is the highest grossing film of the year.
– Leading ladies of film Jennifer Aniston, Renee Zellweger and Cate Blanchett are born.
– The lovable racecar named Herbie makes its film debut in THE LOVE BUG. It will later return in the remake, HERBIE FULLY LOADED, starring Lindsay Lohan.
– BAMBI MEETS GODZILLA, a low budget yet humorous, animated short is released. It would later become a cult film.
OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS
July 20: The world watched as Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong took “one giant leap for mankind” on the moon’s surface.
April 4: The first temporary artificial heart is implanted.
Summer: Affordable fashion super-company, The Gap, opens its first store in San Francisco.
December: “Project Blue Book”, a study of UFOs by the United States Air Force (U.S.A.F.), is given a termination order due to lack of evidence.