They just don't make years like 1969 and more...think of just some of the dramatic events that occurred:
- Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated as president
- The Vietnam War protests were heating up
- There were contentious trials for Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, James Earl Ray and the Chicago Seven
- Men walked on the moon for the first time
- The Beatles recorded together for the last time
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower died
- The Woodstock festival made history
- For movie lovers, consider this crop of winners: Z, Midnight Cowboy, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Anne of the Thousand Days, The Wild Bunch, Where Eagles Dare, True Grit...
- Sesame Street made its broadcast debut
- Click here to take slideshow stroll back to this memorable year