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Buzz Aldrin salutes the first American flag erected on the Moon, July 21, 1969 (photo by Neil Armstrong). The Lunar Flag Assembly (LFA) was a kit containing a flag of the United States designed to be erected on the Moon during the Apollo program. Six such flag assemblies were planted on the Moon.
May 9, 1969: excursion train on the Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway as part of the 1969 Golden Spike Centennial . May 1 – Semiconductor company AMD is founded. May 10 – Zip to Zap, a harbinger of the Woodstock Concert, ends with the dispersal and eviction of youth and young adults at Zap, North Dakota, by the National Guard.
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.
President Ronald Reagan was the face of the United States during the 1980s.. 1980 – The United States boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; also announces a grain embargo against the Soviet Union with the support of the European Commission.
1969 received positive reviews upon its publication. In a two-page article in USA Today on January 26, Craig Wilson commented, "The subtitle of his new book, 1969: The Year Everything Changed, may sound hyperbolic, but Kirkpatrick makes a good case that it was a year of 'landmark achievements, cataclysmic episodes and generation-defining events.'" [1] Booklist called it "A riveting look at a ...
Commodore Cochran, 66, American swimmer and track athlete, 1922 and 1923 NCAA track champion in the 440-yard dash, and 1924 Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 400 swim relay. Howard McNear, 63, American radio and television actor, known for being "Floyd the Barber" on TV's The Andy Griffith Show and as "Doc Adams" in the radio version of Gunsmoke.
The author. "I’ve had people tell me it 'disgusts' them to see interracial couples," she writes. "They’ve told me they don’t understand why Black neighborhoods look so 'ghetto.'"
Objects: USA (1969) was a groundbreaking exhibition [1] considered a watershed in the history of the American studio craft movement. [2] It "blurred lines between art and craft, artist and artisan". [3] The exhibition featured a survey collection of craft works by artists from across the United States (including Hawaii).