THE YEAR WAS 1969

APOLLO ASTRONAUT ON LUNAR SURFACE.

President: Richard Nixon
Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew
Dow Jones High-952
Dow Jones Low-769 

                  Sports

In Super Bowl 4 Kansas City beat Minnesota 23-7
NCAA National Champ was Texas with 11-0 Record
In the World Series New York Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles
Auburn Beat Alabama at Legion Field 49-26 on November 29th

 

These Really Were The Good Old Days

New Toyoto Corona only cost $1,950.00

Median household income: $8,389.00
Average monthly rent: $135.00
Cost of a new home: $27,000.00
Average cost of a new car: $3,270.00
New Toyoto Corona: $1,950.00
Minimum Wage: $1.60
First Class Stamp: 6 cents
One gallon of regular gas: thirty five cents
One gallon of milk: $1.10
One dozen eggs: sixty two cents
One pound of sugar: twenty five cents
Loaf of bread: twenty three cents
Kraft Deluxe Dinner: forty six cents
Frozen Chicken Pies: fifty five cents
Skippy Peanut Butter: eighty five cents
One Dozen Tangerines: twenty nine cents

WOODSTOCK (Click to enlarge.)

   News Headlines In 1969

400,000 attended music festival in Woodstock,New York.
Sirahan Sirahan convicted of the assassination of Robert Kennedy.
Ted Kennedy admits to part in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
Charles Manson cult charged in mass murder.
Tiny Tim marries Miss Vicky on The Tonight Show.
Construction begins on Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
July 20 Apollo 11 lands on the moon.
Camille, a category 5 Hurricane, hits Mississippi killing 248 people.
First Draft Lottery was held.
PBS (The Public Broadcasting Network) is established.

IN 1969 THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM HEE HAW MAKES ITS PREMIERE

THE TELEVISION OF 1969
TOP TWENTY SHOWS

Rowen And Martin's Laugh-In
Gunsmoke
Bonanza
Mayberry RFD
Family Affair
Here's Lucy
The Red Skeleton Hour
Marcus Welby MD
Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color
The Doris Day Show
The Bill Cosby Show
The Jim Nabor's Show
The Carol Burnett Show
The Dean Martin Show
My Three Sons
Ironside
The Johnny Cash Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
Hawaii Five-O
The Glen Campbell Hour

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES

"SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER" WAS SUNG BY DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES.

THE MUSIC OF 1969 BILLBOARD TOP TEN

1) Aquarius - 5th Dimension
2) Dizzy - Tommy Roe
3) Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
4) Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and The Shondells
5) Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James and The Shondells
6) NA NA HEY HEY Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
7) Take a Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
8) Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
9) Time of the Season - The Zombies
10) Good Morning Starshine - Oliver 

ROBERT REDFORD AND PAUL NEWMAN STAR IN "BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID"

Top Movie Money Makers of 1969

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - $96,700,000
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - $22,800,000
True Grit - $14,250,000
Hello Dolly - $9,000,000
Alice's Restaurant - $6,300,000

NEIL ARMSTRONG IS THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON JULY 20, 1969

The Technological Advances of 1969 

Pontiac Firebird is introduced.
Micro Processor is invented.
First ATM is installed in the United States.
The Internet as we know it is born.
First transplant of the human eye.
Battery Powered Smoke Detector is invented.
Seiko sells its first Quartz watch.