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18/10/69 or 10/18/69..

Mon, Oct 21 2013 12:23 PM (61 replies)
  • alcaucin
    9,041 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 9:52 PM

    Either way...44 years young @ 10.18 am GMT today

    ( I say 'young' everything started creaking @ 42 ) ;-)

    3 sleeves going......

    Just hit me with something interesting or informative that happened in 1969..

    Films / music / quotes / ppl born - died / historical events / sport  etc etc etc

    ( let's dispense with the Moon landing )

    Andy

     

  • filmslayer
    2,340 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 9:56 PM

    man landed on the moon ... and led zeppelin released two albums ...

     

    alcaucin:
    ( let's dispense with the Moon landing )

     

    opps just noticed that ,time to go to bed ... happy birth day andy !

  • andyson
    6,415 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 9:56 PM

    My wonderful wife for 44yrs and I got married!

    Happy birthday Andy!

  • Jimbog1964
    8,378 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 9:58 PM

    Rod Stewart joined the small faces.  Maybe not as ground breaking as your birth, but happened on the day:)

  • alcaucin
    9,041 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 10:11 PM

    andyson:
    My wonderful wife for 44yrs and I got married!

    Not many last that long, or even a 1/4 of........def something to celebrate.

    Sent

  • fatdan
    3,379 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 10:14 PM

    NY "Miracle" Mets won the world series....

    Woodstock Festival

    I dropped a physics class and was reclassified 1A in the military draft, that was a close one~

  • PaulTon
    10,731 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 10:25 PM

    All in 1969 -

    Concorde's 1st test flight

    Beatles play Abbey Road roof

    Jim Morrison arrested for getting his tackle out on stage

    Bowie releases Space Oddity album

    US air force close operation bluebook (ufo sightings)

    Star Trek starts airing on UK tv

    Boris Karloff dies

    Oliver wins best picture and director Oscars

    Tony Jacklin wins the Open

    USA retain the Ryder Cup by tying the match 16-16

    Manchester City win the F.A. cup

    I had my 7th birthday

    The first in vitro fertilization of a human egg is performed in Cambridge, England.

    A car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard. His passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, died. 

    Scientists at Harvard isolate a single gene for the 1st time.

    Top Ten Movies: 
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 
    Midnight Cowboy (1969) 
    The Wild Bunch (1969) 
    Easy Rider (1969) 
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 
    The Italian Job (1969) 
    Andrey Rublyov (1969) 
    Take the Money and Run (1969) 
    True Grit (1969) 
    Z (1969) 

  • looselugnutz
    1,378 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 10:37 PM

    Joe Namath guaranteed a win in Super Bowl III over the Baltimore Colts.  And produced.

    Happy Day, Andy.

  • DaveStrock
    919 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 10:40 PM

    1969 my junior year in high school,got laid for the first time,the prom queen to boot LOL....happy birthday.....

  • fatdan
    3,379 Posts
    Thu, Oct 17 2013 10:41 PM

    SALT talks between US and Russia

    N. Korea shot down a commercial jet

    Color television broadcasts in Europe...

    and last but not least, "Monty Pythons Flying Circus" hit the airwaves....

    1969 my junior year in high school,got laid for the first time
    And that was a HUGE accomplishment in the 60's lol. Most of the time we just lied about doing it on Mondays...

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