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July 8 – Vietnam War: The first U.S. troop withdrawals are made. July 14 – The $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 bills are officially removed from circulation. July 16 – Apollo program : Apollo 11 ( Neil Armstrong , Buzz Aldrin , Michael Collins ) lifts off from Cape Kennedy toward the first human landing on the Moon .
1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.
America in the 1970s (Twenty-First Century Books, 2010) online. Sandbrook, Dominic. Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right (2012) excerpt; Schulman, Bruce J., ed. Rightward bound: Making America conservative in the 1970s (Harvard University Press, 2008). Thornton, Richard C.
This story accompanied the news article about the rally and ran on page one on Oct. 16, 1969. America, especially young America, has lost a lifetime of innocence since those halcyon days last year ...
Shortages of gasoline and the local pump made the energy crisis a local reality. [19] Ronald Reagan in 1964–1968 emerged as the leader of a dramatic conservative shift in American politics, that undercut many of the domestic and foreign policies that had dominated the national agenda for decades. [20] [21]
The inauguration of Richard Nixon in January led to a reevaluation of the U.S. role in the war. U.S. forces peaked at 543,000 in April. U.S. military strategy remained relatively unchanged from the offensive strategy of 1968 until the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May which led to a change a more reactive approach.
This is a list of automobiles produced for the general public in the North American market. They are listed in chronological order from when each model began its model year. They are listed in chronological order from when each model began its model year.
January 1969 events in the United States (1 C, 15 P) February 1969 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P) March 1969 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P)