Trivia 1969

 

 

About 90% of American Schoolchildren walked to school in 1969.

 

The Beatles gave their last public performance  on the roof of Apple Records, in London in 1969.


 

Chemical Bank installed the first automatic teller machine in the United States, in Rockville Centre, New York in 1969.







 

Led Zeppelin:  Released their first album in the United States.






 

The Polio Vaccine was ditributed free world wide in 1969.





 

The Beatles originally planned to have an album titled Everest. However, the band didn't want to travel all the way to Mount Everest for the album cover photoshoot. This led to changing the album title cover to Abbey Road in 1969; which was the name of the street right outside their studio.





 

 

1969 Biggest Television Shows
1. Rowan and Martin's Laugh In   2. Gunsmoke (CBS)  3. Bonanza (NBC)  4. Mayberry R.F.D. (CBS)  5. Family Affair (CBS)  6. Here's Lucy (CBS)  7. The Red Skelton Hour (CBS)  8. Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC)  9. Disny's Wonderful World of Color  10. The Doris Day Show (CBS)  11. The Bill Cosby Show (NBC)

 

 

Popular Movies 1969   Alice's Restaurant,   Anne of a Thousand Days,  Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,  The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Easy Rider,    Hello Dolly!,  Midnight Cowboy,   Paint Your Wagon,   They Shoot Horses Don't They?,   True Grit,

Popular Musicians
* The Rolling Stones 
* James Brown
* The Beatles 
* Johnny Cash 
* Bob Dylan
* Crosby, Stills and Nash
* Creedence Clearwater Revival
* John Denver
* Simon and Garfunkel
* Fleetwood Mac
* Marvin Gaye
* The Jimi Hendrix Experience
* Cream
* Pink Floyd
* In The Year 2525 " by Zager and Evans
* Sugar Sugar " by The Archies
* Elton John
* David Bowie