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The weather station of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, records the heaviest calendar year precipitation in the US east of the Cascades with 130.14 inches (3,305.6 mm), beating the previous record of Rosman, North Carolina, by 0.54 inches (13.7 mm). [11] Fall – First-generation Dodge Challenger automobile introduced in the United States.
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July 1, 1969 (Tuesday) The formal investiture of the United Kingdom 's Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales took place at Caernarvon Castle in Wales, as the crown prince's mother, Queen Elizabeth II, placed the coronet (a small crown) on in his head. [1] For the first time, the ceremony was televised live to British viewers, and was seen by an ...
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August 9, 1969 (Saturday) On orders from Charles Manson, members of the Manson Family invaded the Los Angeles home of film director Roman Polanski and his wife, actress Sharon Tate a little after midnight on August 9. Though Polanski was in Europe filming a movie, his 8 + 1⁄2 -month-pregnant wife, Sharon, was at home.
January 20, 1969 – Nixon becomes the 37th president, Agnew becomes the 39th vice president. 1969 – "Vietnamization" begins. 1969 – Author Maya Angelou publishes I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. 1969 – Stonewall riots in New York City marks the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
November 15, 1969: Anti-Vietnam War demonstrators near the Washington Monument. In Washington, D.C., more than 500,000 protesters staged "the largest peace march on Washington in American history" [56] for the second "Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam". The event, which was also held on a smaller scale in other American cities, included a ...
Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event. In retrospect, some commentators have concluded that the violence signaled the end of the "hippie" movement, which ...