MCMLXIX

Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister of Canada.

Richard Milhous Nixon became 37th President of The United States of America.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono were married.

and then they had a week-long Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton hotel; allowing the world's press to visit them from 0900 until 2100 every day.

the average monthly rent was one-hundred and 35-dollars US.

gas per gallon in the United States was 35-cents.

bell-bottom jeans.

tie-dye t-shirts.

The Montreal Expos ball team played their first home game.

Joe Sakic and Rick Mercer were born.

Led Zeppelin I (first studio-recorded album) released.

Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

400,000 music fans gathered on a New York farm to see Jimi Hendrix, the Who, and more. 

the Death Penalty is abolished in the UK.

The Satanic Bible is written and published by Anton LaVey.

Homosexuality is decriminalized in Canada.

the first automatic teller machine (ATM) was installed in the US.

Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel.

Women are allowed membership of Future Farmers of America.

Quebec teachers end their 18-month long strike.

X-rated, Oscar-winning film, Midnight Cowboy debuts.

Judy Garland dies of a drug overdose in her London home.

Brian Jones drowns in his own swimming pool; also in England.

the halfpenny is no longer legal tender in the UK.

Richard Oakes backed by 90 others offers to buy Alcatraz for $24.00

The Brady Bunch premieres on ABC.

The National Women's Hall of Fame opens.

Maya Angelou publishes, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Kurt Vonnegut publishes, Slaughterhouse-Five. 

Led Zeppelin II album release.

the year that abortion became legal in Canada.

1969