Also Within this year in history
With months to spare, the Apollo 11 astronauts fulfilled late President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Back on earth, 1969 was also the year of the Woodstock music festival, the Stonewall riots for gay rights and the Tate-LaBianca murders by followers of Charles Manson. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Love Bug" topped Hollywood box office, and a movie ticket cost about $1.50.
(Original Caption) General view inside the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, 3/30, as President Nixon delivers eulogy at casket of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Senator Edward Ted Kennedy shortly after the infamous Chappaquiddick incident. (Credit: John Loengard/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Tranquility Base, the Moon: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, first man in history to walk on the moon, plants his boot in the lunar surface during his July 20th walk. After him came lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin.
Apollo 11 astronauts (L-R) Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin peering out a quarantine room window aboard recovery ship Hornet following splashdown from their historic moon mission.
Music fans watch Richie Havens perform at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York State, 15th August 1969. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) On foot, in cars, atop cars, young people leave the great love-in of the sixties, the Woodstock Music Festival. Three hundred thousand young people descended upon Bethel, N.Y., and to the surprise of most, took part in a festival that will, no doubt, go down in history. Peace reigned supreme and youth, for once, told of its disdain of the establishment in a manner that could be understood by all. Coming at a time when the young generation's public relations was at its worst, the Woodstock Music Festival may have helped lessen the ever-widening generation gap. It was beautiful baby.
A fire that started in a bakery engulfed and destroyed much of London, including St. Paul’s Cathedral, on September 1. Many historical events occurred on September 1 and are recapped by Russ Mitchell in this video clip from This Day In History. Also, Theodore Roosevelt said his famous line that the US should speak softly and carry a big stick at a Minnesota State Fair. A US French expedition claimed they found the wreck of the Titanic, and the first ATM was used by the public on this day as well.
NEW YORK - MARCH 1970: Actor Bob McGrath, an crew member, puppeteer Jim Henson holding an 'Anything Muppet' dentist, puppeteer Daniel Seagren, puppeteer Frank Oz holding an 'Anything Muppet' postman, and another unknown crew member during the taping of Sesame Street's very first season at Reeves TeleTape Studio in March, 1970 in New York City, New York. Taken for America Illustrated Magazine. (Photo by David Attie/Getty Images)
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