Sources for every story in the 1969 number

Men walk on the moon

1. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-059C
2. images.nasa.gov/details/as11-40-5903
3. images.nasa.gov/details/ksc-69pc-395
4. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/
5. nasa.gov/history/apollo-11-mission-overview/

Inside today

House notice: no outside sources.

Nixon takes power in a divided capital

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/inaugural-address-1
2. washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/inaug/history/stories/nixon69.htm
3. nixonlibrary.gov/research/almanac/january-20-1969

A birthday from a glass jar: who goes first

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_lottery_(1969)
2. sss.gov/history-and-records/vietnam-lotteries
3. vietnamwar50th.com/1969-1971_vietnamization/First-Military-Draft-Lottery

50,000 more to leave Vietnam, but the war goes on

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-progress-toward-peace-vietnam
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamization

The year at a glance

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_United_States
2. britannica.com/biography/Ho-Chi-Minh

Men walk on the moon, continued

1. images.nasa.gov/details/as11-40-5875
2. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-059C
3. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/
4. images.nasa.gov/details/6903826
5. nasa.gov/missions/apollo-11-mission-overview/
6. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

How the Courier works

House notice: no outside sources.

Two rehearsals cleared the way to the moon

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10
2. nasa.gov/mission/apollo-9/
3. nasa.gov/mission/apollo-10/

Three men carry the moon voyage—and each other

1. nasa.gov/missions/apollo-11-mission-overview/
2. images.nasa.gov/details/S69-31740
3. britannica.com/biography/Neil-Armstrong
4. nasa.gov/mission/apollo-11/
5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin
6. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut)

A million watch Apollo 11 leave for the moon

1. images.nasa.gov/details/ksc-69pc-395
2. images.nasa.gov/details/S69-39962
3. images.nasa.gov/details/ksc-69pc-379
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

Apollo 11 looks homeward from 98,000 nautical miles

1. images.nasa.gov/details/as11-36-5355
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

An ear for the moon, a mirror for earth

1. images.nasa.gov/details/as11-40-5948
2. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-059C
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

Eagle rises, and Apollo 11 is one crew again

1. images.nasa.gov/details/as11-44-6642
2. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

The moon voyagers are safely home

1. images.nasa.gov/details/s69-21698
2. images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-69PC-466
3. images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-69PC-484
4. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/
5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

The moon men come home to earth

1. britannica.com/biography/Neil-Armstrong
2. images.nasa.gov/details/S69-41360
3. images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-69PC-484
4. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11-astronauts-end-quarantine-feted-from-coast-to-coast/
5. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/

Four million say thank you on Broadway

1. images.nasa.gov/details/S70-17433
2. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11-astronauts-end-quarantine-feted-from-coast-to-coast/
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

Apollo 12 comes home from a bull's-eye on the moon

1. images.nasa.gov/details/AS12-48-7149
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12
3. images.nasa.gov/details/AS12-48-7133
4. images.nasa.gov/details/as12-49-7278
5. images.nasa.gov/details/as12-46-6813
6. images.nasa.gov/details/S69-38852
7. science.nasa.gov/resource/apollo-12-and-surveyor-3/
8. americaspace.com/2020/11/14/sce-to-aux-remembering-apollo-12s-hair-raising-launch-otd-in-1969/
9. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-12-makes-a-pinpoint-landing-on-the-moon/

Nixon takes power, continued

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/inaugural-address-1
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Richard_Nixon

Agnew takes on the networks, and they carry him live

1. images.nasa.gov/details/ksc-69pc-379
2. britannica.com/biography/Spiro-T-Agnew
3. americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/Spiro%20Agnew%20-%20TV%20News%20Coverage.pdf
4. flaglerlive.com/trump-before-trump-when-nixon-vp-spiro-agnew-attacked-news-media/

No more Vietnams? Asia must defend itself, Nixon says

1. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/
2. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-the-war-vietnam
3. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/informal-remarks-guam-with-newsmen

Nixon asks the silent majority to stand with him

1. archives.gov/exhibits/remembering-vietnam-online-exhibit-episodes-5-8
2. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-the-war-vietnam

Eisenhower is dead; America mourns its general

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower
2. eisenhowerlibrary.gov/eisenhowers/dwight-d-eisenhowers-final-post

Senate rebuffs Nixon: Haynsworth rejected, 55 to 45

1. senate.gov/legislative/nominations/SupremeCourtNominations1789present.htm
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Fortas

Hickel wins Senate fight for the Interior

1. senate.gov/states/AK/timeline.htm
2. sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/1969_02_Sierra%20Club%20Bulletin_Vol%2054%20No%2002_access.pdf
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Hickel

A Harvard professor at the President's elbow

1. henryakissinger.com/timeline/
2. backup.nixonfoundation.org/?p=22410
3. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v02/d2
4. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v02/d14

Nixon and Moscow ratify the treaty on the atom

1. 2009-2017.state.gov/t/isn/trty/16281.htm
2. presidency.ucsb.edu/node/240185
3. presidency.ucsb.edu/node/240192
4. voteview.com/rollcall/RS0910016
5. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve02/d40
6. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve02/d42

Nixon gives up germ warfare

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-chemical-and-biological-defense-policies-and-programs
2. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve02/d166
3. nixonlibrary.gov/research/almanac/november-25-1969

Death for Kennedy's killer; 99 years for Dr. King's

1. britannica.com/biography/James-Earl-Ray
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Ray

A nation takes to the streets against the war

1. archives.gov/exhibits/remembering-vietnam-online-exhibit-episodes-5-8
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moratorium_to_End_the_War_in_Vietnam
3. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-146

The dead pass the White House; thousands demand peace

1. archives.gov/exhibits/remembering-vietnam-online-exhibit-episodes-5-8
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moratorium_to_End_the_War_in_Vietnam

A birthday from a glass jar, continued

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_lottery_(1969)
2. vietnamwar50th.com/1969-1971_vietnamization/First-Military-Draft-Lottery

A woman dies; Kennedy answers for nearly ten hours of silence

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident
2. britannica.com/event/Chappaquiddick-incident

Mud, music and peace for 400,000

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock
2. britannica.com/event/Woodstock
3. troopers.ny.gov/node/4706
4. history.com/articles/remembering-richie-havens-ten-things-you-may-not-know-about-woodstock

Stonewall raid: the crowd would not go home

1. nps.gov/ston/learn/historyculture.htm
2. history.com/articles/stonewall-riots-timeline

Camille leaves the Gulf Coast in ruins

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Camille
2. weather.gov/mob/camille

Police name a commune in the Tate killings

1. britannica.com/biography/Charles-Manson
2. famous-trials.com/manson/250-keyfigures

Police clubs at dawn, and Harvard goes on strike

1. thecrimson.com/article/1979/4/23/the-strike-as-history-pithe-crimson/
2. harvardmagazine.com/2019/02/1969-student-protests-vietnam
3. massmoments.org/moment-details/harvard-students-occupy-university-hall.html

The strike at San Francisco State is over

1. magazine.sfsu.edu/archive/node/1038.html
2. britannica.com/biography/S-I-Hayakawa
3. diva.sfsu.edu/bundles/189570
4. diva.sfsu.edu/bundles/187234

A demand for $500 million halts Riverside service

1. trcnyc.libanswers.com/faq/378570
2. nybooks.com/articles/1969/07/10/black-manifesto/
3. britannica.com/biography/James-Forman
4. snccdigital.org/events/jim-forman-delivers-black-manifesto-at-riverside-church/

No trial for the Pueblo's captain

1. web.uri.edu/specialcollections/political_papers_list2/chafee/historicalnav
2. usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2009/april/bucher-and-pueblo
3. time.com/archive/6638634/nation-pueblo-the-doubts-persist/
4. usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2014/october/pueblo-scapegoat
5. stripes.com/news/pueblo-crew-of-82-freed-by-n-korea-1.10625

Free speech goes to school: armbands upheld

1. govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-393/USREPORTS-393-503/context
2. uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/educational-activities/first-amendment-activities/tinker-v-des-moines/facts-and-case-summary-tinker-v-des-moines

Clay Shaw acquitted in Kennedy plot case

1. encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/clay-shaw-trial-1969
2. britannica.com/biography/Jim-Garrison
3. jfk-online.com/nicholsshaw.html
4. spartacus-educational.com/JFKshaw.htm

'At once': the Court ends the waiting in Southern schools

1. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-396/pdf/USREPORTS-396.pdf
2. supremecourt.gov/pdfs/journals/scannedjournals/1969_journal.pdf

Court to the House: you could not bar Powell

1. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-395/pdf/USREPORTS-395-486.pdf
2. history.house.gov/People/Detail/19872

ABM survives a 50-50 Senate tie; Agnew adds his vote

1. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v34/d25
2. senate.gov/about/resources/pdf/vice-president-tie-votes-1789-present.pdf
3. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-153

814 come home, but the war goes on

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-progress-toward-peace-vietnam
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War

A year at the peace table leaves Vietnam no nearer peace

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-progress-toward-peace-vietnam
2. time.com/archive/6636643/world-full-circle-in-paris/

Ten days on Hamburger Hill, then the Army left it

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hamburger_Hill
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War
3. history.com/this-day-in-history/june-5/u-s-troops-abandon-hamburger-hill

Ho Chi Minh dies; a nation at war mourns its leader

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War
3. britannica.com/biography/Ho-Chi-Minh

A battlefield report becomes a murder case

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_massacre
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War
3. britannica.com/event/My-Lai-Massacre
4. nytimes.com/1998/05/11/us/ronald-ridenhour-52-veteran-who-reported-my-lai-massacre.html
5. life.com/history/american-atrocity-remembering-my-lai/

Communist giants trade fire across their frontier

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_border_conflict
2. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v12/d22
3. ebsco.com/research-starters/history/sino-soviet-tensions-mount-along-ussuri-river-border
4. mfa.gov.cn/eng/zy/wjls/3604_665547/202405/t20240531_11367549.html

Lin Piao is named the heir to Mao

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_National_Congress_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_border_conflict
3. globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/ccp-congress-9.htm

The Army drops the Green Beret murder case

1. history.com/this-day-in-history/august-6/green-berets-are-charged-with-murder
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rheault
3. digital.lib.ku.edu/islandora/object/ku-udk%3A14510/datastream/OCR/download

France says No, and de Gaulle walks away

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_French_constitutional_referendum
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_French_presidential_election
3. britannica.com/print/article/469501

France chooses de Gaulle's man without de Gaulle

1. britannica.com/print/article/469501
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_French_presidential_election

Brandt takes Bonn: twenty years of Christian Democrats end

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_West_German_federal_election
2. britannica.com/biography/Willy-Brandt

A Milwaukee schoolteacher leads Israel

1. britannica.com/biography/Golda-Meir
2. ebsco.com/research-starters/history/golda-meir

A war nobody declared burns along the Suez Canal

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Attrition
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969
3. m.www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/wars-and-operations/the-war-of-attrition/
4. historynet.com/suez-smashup/

A king abroad loses his throne: young officers take Libya

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Libyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
2. britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi

Young officers seize the Sudan

1. countrystudies.us/sudan/23.htm
2. britannica.com/biography/Ismail-al-Azhari
3. ebsco.com/research-starters/politics-and-government/nimeiri-takes-charge-khartoum

British troops on the streets of Ulster

1. cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch69.htm
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969

Miss Devlin went to Westminster at 21

1. cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch69.htm
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Devlin_McAliskey

Concorde flies, and passes the speed of sound

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969
3. thisdayinaviation.com/?p=406

Greece quits Council of Europe before vote to suspend her

1. shrmonitor.org/assets/uploads/2017/09/12-Leuprecht-EO.pdf
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_case
3. 70.coe.int/1969-greece-withdraws-en.html
4. austria-forum.org/web-books/en/alj01de2020isds/000005

Prague's year of mourning

1. britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Dubcek
2. en.gariwo.net/righteous/dissent-in-eastern-europe/jan-palach-7611.html
3. praguemorning.cz/jan-palach-immolation/

Three soccer games, then a war

1. britannica.com/event/Football-War
2. countrystudies.us/el-salvador/10.htm

Night planes and hunger in Biafra

1. blogs.gwu.edu/elliott-biafra/?p=737
2. blogs.gwu.edu/elliott-biafra/?p=194
3. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve05p1/d139
4. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve05p1/ch2?start=121
5. concernusa.org/news/biafran-airlift/
6. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve05p1/d66

Congress party expels Mrs. Gandhi

1. globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/indira-gandhi.htm
2. cms.thewire.in/politics/indira-gandhi
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_India
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndicate_Congress
5. rbi.org.in/history/Brief_Chro1968to1985.html
6. britannica.com/biography/Zakir-Husain

Rockefeller comes home from a hemisphere in uproar

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-the-departure-governor-nelson-rockefeller-for-latin-america
2. aha.confex.com/aha/2013/webprogram/Paper12307.html
3. fifthestate.org/?p=13784
4. historynewsnetwork.org/article/68890

A general takes the oath in Brazil

1. archontology.org/nations/braz/braz_rep3/medici.php
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Brazilian_presidential_election
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_military_junta_of_1969

Kidnapped envoy freed: Brazil trades 15 prisoners for Elbrick

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burke_Elbrick
2. history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/elbrick-charles-burke
3. moversandshakersofthesmom.blogspot.com/2008/08/charles-burke-elbrick.html

A runaway well stains the Santa Barbara coast

1. smithsonianmag.com/history/how-oil-spill-50-years-ago-inspired-first-earth-day-180972007/
2. celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov/january-28-1969-an-ecological-disaster-and-an-impetus-for-a-new-ethos/

The river that burned

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River
2. case.edu/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-river-fire

Lindsay wins without his party

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_New_York_City_mayoral_election
2. britannica.com/biography/John-V-Lindsay
3. time.com/archive/6634443/nation-elections-1969-the-moderates-have-it/
4. npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/04/john_marchi_who_upset_mayor_li.html
5. michaellange.nyc/p/he-is-fresh-everyone-else-is-tired

Panther leader, 21, killed in a raid before dawn

1. britannica.com/biography/Fred-Hampton
2. law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/600/600.F2d.600.77-1370.77-1210.77-1698.html

Chains, a gag and a Vietcong flag: the Chicago trial

1. fjc.gov/sites/default/files/trials/chicago7.pdf
2. loc.gov/exhibitions/drawing-justice-courtroom-illustrations/about-this-exhibition/political-activists-on-trial/abbie-hoffmans-tug-of-war-with-a-marshall/
3. archive.pov.org/disturbingtheuniverse/cases-featured-in-the-film/

Shotguns over a park in Berkeley

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Park_(Berkeley)
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969
3. guides.lib.berkeley.edu/peoplespark/history_bloodythursday

Indians hold the Rock

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz
2. nps.gov/alca/learn/historyculture/we-hold-the-rock.htm
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969

Rifles at Cornell

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Straight_Hall
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Perkins
3. cornellsun.com/2014/04/17/students-took-over-willard-straight-hall-45-years-ago/

Charleston's hospital workers win their jobs back

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Charleston_hospital_strike
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Moultrie

"This is the Zodiac speaking"

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969
3. diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/190215

Virginia turns to a Republican at last

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_United_States_gubernatorial_elections
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linwood_Holton

A Mississippi town elects a Black mayor

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Evers
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Stokes
3. nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/mississippi-politico-civil-rights-figure-charles-evers-dies/2369289/

Fire on the Enterprise: 28 die on the carrier's deck

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_USS_Enterprise_fire
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969
3. history.com/this-day-in-history/january-14/explosion-rocks-uss-enterprise

A megaton under Amchitka

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mandrel
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969

Gerda races into Maine at 40 miles an hour

1. nhc.noaa.gov/data/mwreview/1969.pdf
2. nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/atlantic/atl1969-prelim/gerda/
3. wabi.tv/2023/09/15/history-hurricanes-maine

A church raid divides Detroit

1. policing.umhistorylabs.lsa.umich.edu/s/detroitunderfire/page/republic-new-africa
2. detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitmi.localhost/files/events/2019-08/MI_Wayne%20County_New%20Bethel%20Baptist%20Church_0.pdf
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bethel_Baptist_Church_(Detroit)

Sheriff Gribbs wins Detroit by a whisker

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Detroit_mayoral_election
2. detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/gribbs-roman
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stenvig
4. journals.ku.edu/amsj/article/view/4011
5. time.com/archive/6634443/nation-elections-1969-the-moderates-have-it/
6. journals.ku.edu/amsj/article/download/4011/3799
7. digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754159/472/download_text

Atlanta elects Massell; Jackson vice mayor

1. jta.org/archive/sam-h-massell-jr-41-year-old-jew-is-elected-mayor-of-atlanta
2. encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/jackson-maynard-holbrook-jr
3. britannica.com/biography/Maynard-Jackson

Groppi's marchers seize the Assembly floor

1. uwm.edu/marchonmilwaukee/keyterms/welfare-mothers-march/
2. digital.lib.ku.edu/islandora/object/ku-udk%3A14521/datastream/OCR/download

Disasters of the year

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_Vietnam_War
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Camille
4. weather.gov/mob/camille
5. vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heritage/-/one-of-four-hurricane-camille

Rising prices take a bigger bite from every paycheck

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239824
2. nixonlibrary.gov/research/almanac/october-17-1969
3. minneapolisfed.org/about-us/monetary-policy/inflation-calculator/consumer-price-index-1913-

Money is dearer than ever at 8½ per cent

1. fedprimerate.com/wall_street_journal_prime_rate_history.htm
2. fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/usfd/frbsl_usfd_19690611.pdf

A bad year on Wall Street

1. estadisticas.bcrp.gob.pe/estadisticas/series/anuales/resultados/PD39731DA/html
2. bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt0712z.htm

Boeing’s giant gamble wins its wings

1. historylink.org/file/1181
2. exhibits.panam.digital/birth-of-the-superjet/meet-the-superjet/

America stakes its air lead on the SST

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-decision-continue-development-the-supersonic-transport
2. archive.spectator.co.uk/article/27th-december-1969/5/america
3. historynet.com/supersonic-gamble/

Henry Ford II fires his president

1. motorcities.org/3wy
2. curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/automotive-history-1972-lincoln-continental-mark-iv-bunkie-leaves-his-mark

$900 million for Arctic oil land

1. petroleumnews.com/nbbigarchpop/04-35.html
2. pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pipeline-alaska-pipeline-chronology
3. alyeska-pipe.com/pipeline_facts/countdown-to-construction/

The rigs go back to work in the Channel

1. people.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/sb_69oilspill/santa_barbara_1969_oilspill.pdf
2. sierraclub.org/sierra/santa-barbaras-ordeal-oil
3. independent.com/2019/01/24/santa-barbaras-1969-oil-spill-reverberates-today/

Tax relief for millions, and a warning on prices

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-tax-reform-act-1969
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Reform_Act_of_1969

Thirteen months after Farmington, miners get a safety law

1. nixonlibrary.gov/research/almanac/december-30-1969
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Coal_Mine_Health_and_Safety_Act_of_1969

150,000 at G.E. keep the picket lines into a third month

1. ueunion.org/node/1054
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969%E2%80%931970_General_Electric_strike

A bank teller that never sleeps

1. history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/02-september/the-first-atm-makes-its-debut-in-new-york
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_United_States

Lenders must tell the true rate

1. fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/historical/frbdal/circulars/frbdallas_circ_19690317_no69-061.pdf
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_in_Lending_Act

The Saturday Evening Post is dead at 147

1. philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/saturday-evening-post/
2. ebsco.com/research-starters/history/saturday-evening-post-publishes-its-final-issue

Business in brief

1. gapinc.com/About/History
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_United_States

'Paper gold' arrives on New Year's Day

1. imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/sup0998/14.htm
2. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v03/d112
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_franc

The boom loses its speed

1. fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/annual-report-board-governors-federal-reserve-system-117/1969-2424/fulltext
2. apps.bea.gov/scb/pdf/1969/1269cont.pdf
3. fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/monthly-labor-review-6130/december-1969-611038

Dear money checks home building

1. fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/annual-report-board-governors-federal-reserve-system-117/1969-2424/fulltext
2. apps.bea.gov/scb/pdf/1969/1269cont.pdf

A million foreign cars: the imports gain on Detroit

1. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-91SPRT52389O/pdf/CPRT-91SPRT52389O.pdf
2. usitc.gov/publications/other/pub818.pdf

Farmers take in more—and pay more

1. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-91HPRT43955/pdf/CPRT-91HPRT43955.pdf
2. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/ERP-2001/html/ERP-2001-table97.htm

One acre in five is farmed for buyers overseas

1. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-91HPRT43955/pdf/CPRT-91HPRT43955.pdf
2. ers.usda.gov/topics/international-markets-us-trade/us-agricultural-trade/data

The corn crop nears 4.6 billion bushels

1. nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/croptr11.pdf
2. apps.bea.gov/scb/pdf/1969/1269cont.pdf

Chavez carries the grape fight to the nation

1. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1969-pt12/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1969-pt12-4-3.pdf
2. dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-united-farm-workers-and-the-delano-grape-
3. migration.lib.uiowa.edu/exhibits/show/activism/grape-boycott-in-iowa

Dock strike ties up the Atlantic coast

1. whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/ifdp_1975-60
2. fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/annual-report-board-governors-federal-reserve-system-117/1969-2424/fulltext

Boyle holds the mine union; Yablonski cries foul

1. rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05023.html
2. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1969-pt30/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1969-pt30-4-1.pdf

Bonn raises the mark 9.3 per cent

1. history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v03/d143
2. bpb.de/themen/zeit-kulturgeschichte/deutschland-chronik/131933/24-oktober-1969/
3. germanhistorydocs.org/en/two-germanies-1961-1989/changeover-of-power-in-bonn-october-21-1969

Farm hands get a raise to $1.30 an hour

1. dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/history/chart
2. dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/history

The trustbusters go after the conglomerates

1. justice.gov/atr/case/us-v-international-telephone-and-telegraph-corporation-and-hartford-fire-insurance-company
2. justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usab1921.pdf
3. justice.gov/media/1181256/dl
4. lawreview.gmu.edu/forum/politics-policy-and-antitrust-revisiting-the-itt-affair
5. encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/ltv-corporation
6. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling-Temco-Vought

The last Corvair rolls off the line

1. hagerty.com/media/?p=5971
2. history.com/this-day-in-history/november-30/unsafe-at-any-speed-hits-bookstores
3. britannica.com/biography/Ralph-Nader
4. curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-american/low-mileage-1969-chevrolet-corvairs-draft/
5. gmauthority.com/blog/2023/11/the-last-1969-chevy-corvair-monza-convertible-ever-built-is-up-for-auction/
6. ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/chevrolet-corvair-history/4/

Auto makers settle the smog suit without a trial

1. pophistorydig.com/topics/tag/history-of-smog/
2. openjurist.org/643/f2d/644
3. nader.org/?p=775

Nader's Raiders find the consumer's watchdog asleep

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nader_Report_on_the_Federal_Trade_Commission
2. ftc.gov/node/34295
3. csrl.org/?p=2
4. thecrimson.com/article/1969/2/6/tricks-of-the-trade-pbmbore-than/
5. newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/2015236774/1969-11-21/ed-1/seq-1/
6. encyclopedia.com/humanities/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/naders-raiders

Welfare is 'a colossal failure,' Nixon says

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-domestic-programs
2. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/special-message-the-congress-reform-the-nations-welfare-system

Nixon asks Congress to take the mails out of politics

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/special-message-the-congress-postal-reform
2. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-about-the-special-message-the-congress-postal-reform
3. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-about-new-policy-appointment-postmasters

Peru's generals break up the great estates

1. marxists.org/espanol/velasco/1969/junio/24.htm
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_Agrarian_Reform
3. britannica.com/biography/Juan-Velasco-Alvarado

Four distant computers begin to share their work

1. darpa.mil/news/features/arpanet
2. britannica.com/topic/ARPANET

The moon is old, dry and lifeless

1. nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/alsj//a11/as11psr.pdf
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Apollo_Scientific_Experiments_Package

A man lives 64 hours on a plastic heart

1. si.edu/object/liotta-cooley-artificial-heart%3Anmah_688682
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denton_Cooley

Life begun in a glass dish: human eggs fertilized in the laboratory

1. embryo.asu.edu/pages/robert-geoffrey-edwardss-study-fertilization-human-oocytes-matured-vitro-1965-1969
2. nature.com/articles/221632a0.pdf

Nobel Prizes for particles, viruses and economics

1. nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1969/summary/
2. nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1969/summary/
3. nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1969/summary
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences

Insulin gives up its secret at Oxford

1. nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1964/hodgkin/biographical/
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_science

Mars shows a cratered face

1. jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mariner-7/
2. science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-6/
3. nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-mariner-6-and-7-explore-mars
4. universetoday.com/100177/the-mars-spacecraft-that-was-almost-destroyed

Sixty days on the floor of the sea

1. onr.navy.mil/media/document/naval-research-reviews-vol-22-no-7-july-1969
2. apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0702060.pdf

Cyclamates banned; diet drinks must change

1. nixonlibrary.gov/research/almanac/october-17-1969
2. ebsco.com/research-starters/politics-and-government/artificial-sweetener-cyclamate-banned-us-consumer-markets
3. fda.gov/about-fda/fda-leadership-1907-today/herbert-ley

A shield for the unborn: vaccine against German measles

1. cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5411a5.htm
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubella_vaccine

A new fever from Nigeria

1. medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/a-life-among-the-viruses
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever

One gene lifted free, and a warning

1. hms.harvard.edu/news/science-people
2. nature.com/articles/224768a0
3. historyofmedicine.com/id/16273

DDT on the way out

1. epa.gov/archive/epa/aboutepa/ddt-regulatory-history-brief-survey-1975.html
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT

Stones from the sky, twice in one year

1. museumsvictoria.com.au/article/the-murchison-meteorite/
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allende_meteorite
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison_meteorite

A star in the Crab blinks 30 times a second

1. news.unl.edu/article/retired-husker-astronomer-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-pulsar-discovery
2. news.arizona.edu/story/pulses-dead-star-little-green-men-and-historic-discovery
3. history.aip.org/exhibits/mod/pulsar/pulsar1/04.html
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Pulsar

Hong Kong flu spends its force

1. stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/281/cdc_281_DS1.pdf
2. globalsecurity.org/security/ops/hsc-scen-3_pandemic-1968.htm
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu
4. goodspeedgratiotcountyhistorical.blog/2022/12/30/we-remember-christmas-season-1968-the-hong-kong-flu-and-gratiot-county/

Three Soviet ships, seven men, and a welder in orbit

1. mail.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz6-soyuz7-soyuz8.html
2. dx.doi.org/10.15407/knit2019.05.076

A weather satellite to take the air's temperature

1. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-037A
2. nesdis.noaa.gov/news/how-atmospheric-sounding-transformed-weather-prediction
3. acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/Nimbus3_SIRS_Level1/SIRSN3L1.001/doc/README.SIRSN3L1.001.pdf

Science in brief

1. nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_science
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_the_United_States

From 120 losses to the championship: the Mets win it all

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_World_Series
2. baseball-reference.com/postseason/1969_WS.shtml
3. sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-16-1969-miracle-mets-become-first-expansion-team-to-win-a-world-series
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_New_York_Mets_season
5. baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1969.shtml

The Mets are champions, continued

1. baseball-reference.com/postseason/1969_WS.shtml
2. baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1969.shtml
3. mlb.com/orioles/news/featured/1969-orioles-dawn-of-greatest-era

Three straight from Atlanta

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_National_League_Championship_Series
2. baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1969.shtml

Seaver's 25 victories lift the Mets

1. baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1969.shtml
2. sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-9-1969-tom-seavers-near-perfect-game/

Orioles sweep to the pennant

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_American_League_Championship_Series
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season
3. baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1969-standings.shtml

How the Cubs lost it

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Chicago_Cubs_season
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_New_York_Mets_season
3. baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1969-standings.shtml

Williams makes winners of the Senators

1. baseball-reference.com/managers/willite01.shtml
2. baseball-reference.com/teams/WSA/1969.shtml
3. baseball-reference.com/teams/WSA/
4. baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/
5. sabr.org/bioproj/person/ted-williams/
6. mlb.com/rangers/history/timeline-1960s

Flood says no to the trade

1. sabr.org/bioproj/person/curt-flood/
2. baseball-reference.com/players/f/floodcu01.shtml

Ruth is voted the greatest; DiMaggio the greatest living

1. thenationalpastimemuseum.com/?p=169
2. presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239642
3. baseballdailyrewind.com/p/baseball-s-centennial-greatest-players-ever
4. dcbaseballhistory.com/2014/07/when-the-stars-and-so-much-else-came-to-washington/

Stan the Man and Campy join the immortals

1. baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/musial-stan
2. baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/campanella-roy
3. baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_1969.shtml
4. baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/coveleski-hoyt-cross-paths-again-in-class-of-1969
5. ksdk.com/article/sports/mlb/stl-cardinals/50-years-ago-stan-the-man-inducted-into-the-baseball-hall-of-fame/63-fc1a33c4-0333-4254-a6eb-9811046873d9

The home-run kings are the most valuable

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season
2. baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1969-other-leaders.shtml
3. baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1969-batting-leaders.shtml

Cuellar and McLain share the Cy Young

1. digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754159/569/download_text
2. sabr.org/bioproj/person/mike-cuellar/
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cuellar
4. sabr.org/bioproj/person/denny-mclain/
5. baseballhall.org/discover/card-corner/1972-mike-cuellar

Players win pension fight; holdout ends

1. 2b519a67-e799-4138-9f8d-a79d3fb3d446.filesusr.com/ugd/4d23dc_78737b81af9f421fad6c01a57ca6ca08.pdf
2. digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754084/398/download_text
3. sabr.org/bioproj/person/marvin-miller/

Baseball crosses the border and splits in four

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season
2. baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1969-standings.shtml

Mantle quits the game

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season
3. sabr.org/journal/article/a-number-7-special-four-yankee-stadium-celebrations-of-mickey-mantle/

Kuhn, 42, takes command of baseball

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season

Notes of the diamond

1. baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1969-batting-leaders.shtml
2. baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1969-other-leaders.shtml
3. baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1969.shtml
4. baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Expansion_of_1969

Jets shock the Colts, 16 to 7

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_III
2. pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196901120clt.htm

Namath gives up his bar and comes back

1. digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754233/260/download_text
2. vault.si.com/vault/1969/07/28/to-be-a-good-joe-it-takes-a-hard-sell
3. profootballhof.com/players/joe-namath/

Colts, Browns and Steelers cross over

1. pigskindispatch.com/home/Football-History/Football-History-by-month-and-day/May/May-17
2. profootballhof.com/news/2005/01/news-pete-rozelle-s-legacy
3. vault.si.com/vault/1969/05/26/theyd-rather-switch

Sayers comes back to lead the league

1. pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SayeGa00.htm
2. profootballhof.com/players/gale-sayers/
3. pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/1969.htm

Dandy Don hangs up his helmet at 31

1. dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2010/12/06/timeline-of-don-meredith-s-life
2. pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MereDo00.htm
3. si.com/2017/11/01/dallas-cowboys-quarterbacks-oral-history-roger-staubach-troy-aikman-tony-romo-dak-prescott

Vikings and Browns win

1. pro-football-reference.com/years/1969/
2. pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912270min.htm
3. profootballarchives.com/nflboxscores1/1969nfl113.html
4. pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196912280dal.htm

The A.F.L. turns ten, and Oakland rules the West

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_AFL_season
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_III
3. profootballhof.com/news/exhibit-celebrates-afl-s-50th-anniversary-season

Ohio State beats Simpson and Southern California

1. sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1968-bowls.html
2. ohiostatebuckeyes.com/football-throwback-1969-rose-bowl
3. elevenwarriors.com/college-football/2017/12/89298/flashback-the-no-1-buckeyes-manhandle-the-no-2-trojans-in-the-1969-rose-bowl-to-secure-a-consensus-national
4. vault.si.com/vault/1969/01/13/defense-and-rex-make-a-king
5. vault.si.com/vault/1969/01/13/12-x-4-48-jayhawks-on-four-plays
6. ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2007/6/28/1968-national-championship
7. pigskindispatch.com/home/Football-History/Rose-Bowl-History/1969-thru-1972-Rose-Bowl

Temple spoils Cousy's farewell; Maravich tops nation again

1. vault.si.com/vault/1969/03/31/vintage-litwack-spoiled-the-grand-exit
2. owlsports.com/news/2009/2/4/020409aaa_963
3. lsusports.net/sports/mb/roster/player/pete-maravich
4. newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pete_Maravich

The Hawk is in the N.B.A. at last

1. ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/connie-hawkins
2. basketball-reference.com/players/h/hawkico01.html
3. hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/connie-hawkins/

Unseld is rookie of the year and most valuable too

1. basketball-reference.com/awards/awards_1969.html
2. nba.com/history/legends/profiles/wes-unseld
3. hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/wes-unseld/

How the clubs finished

1. baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1969-standings.shtml
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season

Celtics spoil the Lakers' party, 108–106

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell
3. nba.com/news/history-finals-moments-don-nelsons-shot-helps-secure-win-in-game-7

Russell retires

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals

Eighteen straight: Knicks set the pace

1. apbr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16160
2. from-way-downtown.com/2024/12/09/balls-of-confusion-signing-lew-alcindor-1969/

Texas 15, Arkansas 14: No. 1 comes from behind

1. nixonfoundation.org/2009/12/12-6-69/
2. wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/12/06/1969-arkansas-texas-football-game

Michigan stops Ohio State

1. michigantoday.umich.edu/2024/11/15/november-1969-it-just-changed-everything
2. nixonfoundation.org/2009/12/12-6-69/

Marciano killed in air crash

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Marciano
2. britannica.com/biography/Rocky-Marciano

Barred from the ring, Ali sings on Broadway

1. ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/29599
2. playbill.com/article/muhammad-ali-broadway-musical-star-dies-at-74
3. si.com/boxing/2020/04/28/this-day-sports-history-muhammad-ali-refuses-induction-army-stripped-title

Foreman wins his first pro fight in three rounds

1. ussporthistory.com/2019/06/30/50-years-of-george-foreman/
2. tss.ib.tv/boxing/articles-of-2009/6931-forty-year-forgotten-classic-frazier-vs-quarry-i
3. britannica.com/biography/George-Foreman

Notes of the ring

1. britannica.com/biography/Bob-Foster
2. encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/ellis-jimmy-1940
3. britannica.com/biography/Joe-Frazier
4. boxingonly.net/history/joe-frazier-vs-jerry-quarry-23rd-june-1969
5. boxingonly.net/history/joe-frazier-vs-dave-zyglewicz-22nd-april-1969
6. boxingonly.net/profile/bob-foster
7. boxingonly.net/profile/nino-benvenuti
8. boxingonly.net/history/curtis-cokes-vs-jose-napoles-18th-april-1969
9. britannica.com/print/article/1405618
10. boxingonly.net/profile/ruben-olivares

Laver sweeps the world’s four championships

1. tennismajors.com/us-open-news/september-9-1969-the-day-rod-laver-completed-his-second-grand-slam-487356.html
2. britannica.com/biography/Rod-Laver

Mrs. Jones beats Billie Jean King to win Wimbledon

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Wimbledon_Championships
2. tennismajors.com/us-open-news/september-9-1969-the-day-rod-laver-completed-his-second-grand-slam-487356.html

Majestic Prince keeps his crown by a neck

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Kentucky_Derby
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majestic_Prince

A girl rides at Hialeah

1. americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2024-uphill-battle-first-female-jockey-diane-crump
2. kentuckymonthly.com/culture/kentucky-explorer/when-women-took-the-reins/

Lindy's Pride takes the triple crown

1. harnessmuseum.com/content/lindys-pride
2. vault.si.com/vault/1969/09/08/first-in-du-quoin-with-a-second-from-rome
3. hambletonian.com/hambletonianhistory/1969
4. harness-racing.org/the-red-mile.html

Arts and Letters is the year's best horse

1. racingmuseum.org/node/642
2. americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2019-arts-and-letters-ruler-the-sport

Canadiens keep the Cup, and sweep the Blues again

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Stanley_Cup_Finals
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_NHL_season

Esposito scores 126 points

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_NHL_season
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Stanley_Cup_Finals

Hull wants to play, but not yet on Wirtz's terms

1. vault.si.com/vault/1969/11/03/bobby-says-he-wants-to-play-the-game
2. britannica.com/print/article/275241
3. nhl.com/news/on-this-day-worst-to-first/c-316526036
4. statscrew.com/hockey/results/t-CHI/y-1969

Ted Green fights for his life after a stick duel

1. cornwallseawaynews.com/columnists/city-judge-got-the-call-for-historic-trial
2. hockey-reference.com/players/g/greente01.html
3. hockey-reference.com/players/m/makiwa01.html

Nicklaus gives Jacklin the putt, and the Ryder Cup ends in a tie

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Ryder_Cup
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_PGA_Tour

Arnie is back, and he wins two in a row

1. harbourtownlighthouse.com/witness-to-thrills-and-victories/
2. pgatour.com/player/01910/arnold-palmer/career
3. sporting-heroes.net/golf/u-s-a/arnold-palmer-2444/biography-of-his-golfing-career-continued_a35947/

Carol Mann is the tour's top earner

1. lpga.com/news/2018-carol-mann-and-her-lasting-lpga-legacy
2. worldgolfhalloffame.org/carol-mann/
3. golfcompendium.com/2022/05/carol-mann-golfer.html
4. golfcompendium.com/2025/10/1969-us-womens-open.html
5. golfcompendium.com/2023/06/oldest-winners-womens-pga-championship.html

Andretti, burned in a crash, wins at Indianapolis

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Indianapolis_500
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_sports

Stars walk out; Brickhouse wins Talladega

1. nascar.com/news-media/2015/02/24/big-bill-excerpt-3-the-teamsters-to-talladega/amp/
2. legendsofnascar.com/Richard_Brickhouse.html
3. racing-reference.info/race-results/1969_Talladega_500/W
4. autos.yahoo.com/1969-nascar-driver-strike-helped-115000363.html

Yarbrough steals the Daytona 500 on the last lap

1. racing-reference.info/race-results/1969_Daytona_500/W/
2. racing-reference.info/season-stats/1969/W/
3. speedsport.com/nascar/nascar-in-1969-the-75-years-edition
4. vault.si.com/vault/1969/03/03/some-sweet-theft-at-daytona
5. mshf.com/LeeRoy-Yarbrough-10-1607932.html

Merckx conquers the Tour

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_sports
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Formula_One_season

Unetani of Japan smashes the Boston record

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Boston_Marathon
2. bostonlog.com/boston-year-by-year-1969/

Ryun walks off the track; Liquori wins the mile

1. digital.lib.ku.edu/islandora/object/ku-udk%3A73560/datastream/OCR/download
2. racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=241
3. bringbackthemile.com/news/detail/marty_liquori_mr._sub_4_at_ncaas
4. bringbackthemile.com/news/detail/the_ryun_vs._liquori_duels
5. racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=241

St. Anton sweeps the World Cup

1. vtcng.com/stowe_reporter/on_snow/1969-world-cup-trophy-winds-up-in-vermont-barn/article_de28976e-e6fc-11e5-a3e7-933bd9901316.html
2. austria-forum.org/af/AEIOU/Schranz%2C_Karl/Schranz%2C_Karl_english
3. austria-forum.org/af/AEIOU/Gabl%2C_Gertrud
4. vault.si.com/vault/1969/01/27/old-rubber-legs-is-in-charge
5. olympics.com/en/athletes/karl-schranz
6. olympics.com/es/atletas/wiltrud-drexel
7. retro-skiing.com/?p=1892
8. retro-skiing.com/?p=1193

Boys from Taiwan win the Little League title

1. baseball-reference.com/bullpen/1969_Little_League_World_Series
2. digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754233/356

Sport in brief

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_sports
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kapp

More sport in brief

1. cornellbigred.com/sports/2023/5/10/mens-hockey-in-the-postseason.aspx
2. baseball-reference.com/bullpen/1969_CWS
3. cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2026/06/19/arizona-state-baseball-defeated-seattle-pilots-1969/
4. sportingkc.com/news/throwback-thursday-kansas-city-spurs-crowned-nasl-champions-50-years-ago
5. vault.si.com/vault/1969/04/14/breakthrough-for-the-kiddie-korps-at-akron
6. bca-pool.com/page/33

Walter Hagen, golf's great showman, dies at 76

1. worldgolfhalloffame.org/walter-hagen/
2. britannica.com/biography/Walter-Hagen

Deaths in sport

1. britannica.com/biography/Sonja-Henie
2. britannica.com/print/article/251493
3. michigansportshof.org/inductee/walter-hagen/
4. sabr.org/bioproj/person/lefty-odoul/
5. baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eddie_Cicotte

The champions of 1969

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_World_Series
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_III
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Stanley_Cup_Finals
5. tennismajors.com/us-open-news/september-9-1969-the-day-rod-laver-completed-his-second-grand-slam-487356.html
6. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Wimbledon_Championships
7. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_PGA_Tour
8. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Ryder_Cup
9. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Kentucky_Derby
10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majestic_Prince
11. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Indianapolis_500
12. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Formula_One_season
13. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_NHL_season
14. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_NCAA_University_Division_football_season

Two riders find freedom—and a country afraid of it

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider
2. britannica.com/topic/Easy-Rider
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_film

A bright new street opens a door to school

1. library.tc.columbia.edu/blog/content/2023/october/today-in-history-sesame-street-debuts-on-national-educational-television.php
2. npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5509957/how-sesame-street-got-its-start

Two lost men meet under New York's hard lights

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Cowboy
2. britannica.com/topic/Midnight-Cowboy

Newman and Redford flee a posse to Bolivia

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid
2. britannica.com/topic/Butch-Cassidy-and-the-Sundance-Kid

Dresden returns in a novel that refuses to march straight

1. loc.gov/exhibits/america-reads/1950-to-2009.html
2. thevonnegutcollection.com/slaughterhouse-five
3. the-american-interest.com/2019/05/17/a-triumphant-failure/

Four outlaws ride into a storm of blood

1. britannica.com/topic/The-Wild-Bunch
2. catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/19654
3. tcm.com/articles/467446/critics-corner-the-wild-bunch

Three boys, three girls and one household: TV's new family

1. history.com/this-day-in-history/september-26/the-brady-bunch-premieres
2. paramountplus.com/shows/the_brady_bunch/

The B.B.C. lets a flying circus loose late on Sunday

1. montypython.com/python_The_Pythons/14
2. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=bbc_one&order=-last&q=%22Monty+Python%27s+Flying+Circus%22
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus

Nudity steps into the spotlight at the Eden

1. ibdb.com/broadway-production/oh-calcutta-3457
2. playbill.com/production/oh-calcutta-eden-theatre-vault-0000010791
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_Calcutta%21

Johnny Cash sings inside the walls and goes to No. 1

1. johnnycash.com/music/san-quentin/
2. johnnycash.com/film/johnny-cash-in-san-quentin/
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_San_Quentin

Led Zeppelin knocks the Beatles off the top

1. ledzeppelin.com/event/october-22-1969
2. officialcharts.com/albums/led-zeppelin-led-zeppelin-2/
3. britannica.com/topic/Led-Zeppelin

Death at Altamont: a free concert ends in a killing

1. blogs.loc.gov/loc/2022/01/mystery-photographer-who-is-the-altamont-cameraman/
2. history.com/this-day-in-history/December-6/the-altamont-festival-brings-the-1960s-to-a-violent-end
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert

Who speaks for Harlem? Protest meets the Met show

1. metmuseum.org/es/perspectives/harlem-on-my-mind?rss=1
2. resources.metmuseum.org/resources/metpublications/pdf/The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art_Bulletin_v_27_no_5_January_1969.pdf
3. metmuseum.org/press-releases/harlem-renaissance-2024-exhibitions

Judy Garland dies; a beloved voice falls silent

1. judygarlandmuseum.com/judys-life/
2. judygarland.com/index.php/about-2/
3. si.edu/spotlight/judy-garland
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland

The Beatles take their music to the roof

1. the-paulmccartney-project.com/concert/1969-01-30/
2. the-paulmccartney-project.com/1969/03/paul-mccartney-marries-linda-eastman
3. ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-mccartney-marries-linda-eastman/
4. ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lennon-marries-yoko-ono/
5. the-paulmccartney-project.com/album/abbey-road/
6. abbeyroad.com/news/deconstructing-abbey-road-cover-photography-session-2588
7. faroutmagazine.co.uk/john-lennon-the-beatles-return-mbe-to-queen/
8. coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n02a19.html
9. beatlesbible.com/1969/03/25/john-lennon-yoko-ono-first-bed-in-for-peace-amsterdam/

'It's a tie!': Hepburn and Streisand share the Oscar

1. oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969
2. history.com/this-day-in-history/April-14/katharine-hepburn-and-barbra-streisand-tie-for-best-actress-oscar

John Wayne puts on an eye patch and rides again

1. catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/23723
2. rogerebert.com/reviews/true-grit-1969

Streisand's 'Dolly' arrives at the Rivoli

1. catalog.afi.com/Film/22439-HELLO-DOLLY
2. barbra-archives.info/hello_dolly_main

Jane Fonda dances to exhaustion in the Depression

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Shoot_Horses,_Don%27t_They%3F_(film)
2. catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/22496

"Z": a political murder as a thriller

1. britannica.com/biography/Costa-Gavras
2. encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/z
3. festival-cannes.com/en/f/z-2/
4. rogerebert.com/reviews/z-1969

Two couples try the new honesty

1. catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/19443
2. rogerebert.com/reviews/bob-and-carol-and-ted-and-alice-1969

Puzo takes readers inside a Mafia family

1. britannica.com/biography/Mario-Puzo
2. booksoup.com/book/9780399103421
3. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/290370/the-godfather-by-mario-puzo/
4. litcharts.com/lit/the-godfather/summary

A Kiowa novelist wins the Pulitzer for fiction

1. pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1969
2. britannica.com/biography/N-Scott-Momaday
3. kchr.ky.gov:443/Hall-of-Fame/Pages/Moneta-J.-Sleet.aspx
4. pulitzer.org/article/wonder-and-exhilaration-n-scott-momadays-house-made-dawn
5. ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-great-white-hope-3417
6. tcm.com/articles/219453/the-great-white-hope

Maya Angelou's Southern girlhood

1. poetryfoundation.org/poets/maya-angelou
2. britannica.com/biography/Maya-Angelou
3. encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings-book-and-movie-2251/
4. britannica.com/topic/I-Know-Why-the-Caged-Bird-Sings

A germ from space, in a thriller

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain
2. britannica.com/biography/Michael-Crichton
3. bestsellers.lib.virginia.edu/submissions/107.html
4. ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/andromeda-strain-analysis-major-characters

A caterpillar with holes in its pages

1. penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/05/making-eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar-story-behind
2. ala.org/winner/high-king
3. ala.org/winner/fool-world-and-flying-ship
4. slaphappylarry.com/sylvester-magic-pebble-1970/
5. housefullofbooks.substack.com/p/sylvester-and-the-magic-pebble

The Founding Fathers sing on 46th Street

1. playbill.com/article/on-this-day-1776-opened-on-broadway-march-16-1969
2. ibdb.com/broadway-production/1776-2859
3. mentalfloss.com/entertainment/theater/10-star-spangled-facts-about-musical-1776
4. playbill.com/article/celebrate-more-than-50-years-of-broadways-1776-starring-betty-buckley-and-william-daniels

"The Great White Hope" and "1776" take the Tonys

1. tonyawards.com/history/year-by-year/1969
2. tonyawards.com/winners/year/1969/category/any/show/any

Katharine Hepburn sings as Coco Chanel

1. ibdb.com/broadway-production/coco-3309
2. time.com/archive/6634411/show-business-the-very-expensive-coco/

CBS drops the Smothers Brothers

1. interviews.televisionacademy.com/news/mom-always-liked-you-best-the-smothers-brothers-comedy-hour-turns-50
2. todayinclh.com/?p=1143

An outsider takes the top Emmy for drama

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards
2. televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/1969
3. televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/1969/outstanding-lead-actor-in-a-drama-series
4. televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/1969/outstanding-lead-actor-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie
5. televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/1969/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-comedy-series
6. m.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1969/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie

The new season brings a doctor who makes house calls

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Welby,_M.D
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill_Cosby_Show
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_222
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_American_Style
5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo,_Where_Are_You!
6. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee_Haw
7. interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/room-222
8. westporttechmuseum.com/blogs/techtastic/today-in-television-history-september-13th-1969-scooby-doo-where-are-you-premiered-on-cbs
9. ctva.biz/US/Comedy/BillCosbyShow.htm
10. memorabletv.com/tv/room-222-abc-1969-1974-denise-nicholas-michael-constantine/

"Mrs. Robinson" is the record of the year

1. grammy.com/awards/11th-annual-grammy-awards
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Annual_Grammy_Awards

Elvis is back on a stage

1. graceland.com/blog/posts/elvis-presley-viva-las-vegas
2. elvis.com.au/presley/recalling-elvis-presleys-iconic-1969-las-vegas-run.shtml

The Who put an opera on four sides

1. britannica.com/topic/the-Who
2. thewho.com/music/tommy/
3. thewho.com/history/1969/
4. petetownshend.net/news/tommy-turns-50-a-look-back-at-the-history

Bernstein lays down the Philharmonic baton

1. yourclassical.org/episode/2012/05/17/bernsteins-philharmonic-stats
2. allisyar.com/2012/05/17/anniversary-of-bernsteins-last-day-as-ny-phil-music-director/

Jack Kerouac, voice of the Beats, dies at 47

1. britannica.com/biography/Jack-Kerouac
2. poetryfoundation.org/poets/jack-kerouac

Boris Karloff, the screen's Frankenstein monster, dies at 81

1. britannica.com/biography/Boris-Karloff
2. morethanamonster.com/about-boris-karloff.html
3. ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/boris-karloff-47475

Mies van der Rohe dies, six weeks after Gropius

1. britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-Mies-van-der-Rohe
2. britannica.com/biography/Walter-Gropius
3. biography.com/artists/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe

Deaths in music

1. britannica.com/biography/Coleman-Hawkins
2. rollingstonesdata.com/articles/brian-jones-found-dead-1969/
3. ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-hyde-park/

Deaths of the screen

1. britannica.com/biography/Sonja-Henie
2. classicmoviehub.com/bio/thelma-ritter/
3. classicfilmtvcafe.com/2015/02/seven-things-to-know-about-thelma-ritter.html
4. biography.com/actors/barbara-stanwyck

Deaths in the nation

1. britannica.com/biography/John-L-Lewis
2. JFKLibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/joseph-p-kennedy/fast-facts-joseph-p-kennedy
3. britannica.com/facts/Allen-W-Dulles
4. christianitytoday.com/ct/1969/september-26/james-pike-spiritual-wanderer-is-laid-to-rest.html
5. jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/joseph-p-kennedy/fast-facts-joseph-p-kennedy
6. jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/joseph-p-kennedy
7. time.com/archive/6637487/religion-death-in-the-wilderness/
8. britannica.com/biography/Allen-W-Dulles

Deaths abroad

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Eshkol
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Mboya
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969
4. britannica.com/biography/Levi-Eshkol
5. britannica.com/biography/Tom-Mboya
6. britannica.com/biography/Ho-Chi-Minh

Dirksen, the Senate's great voice, is dead

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Dirksen
2. senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senator_Everett_Mckinley_Dirksen_Dies.htm

New England digs out after four days of snow

1. climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/100-hour-snowstorm-february-1969
2. bluehill.org/Data/2013/february/feb26.txt
3. wbur.org/news/2019/02/22/100-hour-storm-social-media-storm-effect
4. whenandwhereinboston.org/?p=68516

The spring floods cover the upper Midwest

1. repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/52339
2. usgs.gov/publications/floods-april-may-1969-upper-midwestern-united-states-0

One more penny keeps the letters moving

1. about.usps.com/who/profile/history/rates-historical-statistics.htm
2. about.usps.com/who/profile/history/pdf/domerates.pdf

A warning label cannot guard an open cupboard

1. fda.gov/about-fda/fda-history/milestones-us-food-and-drug-law
2. govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-74/pdf/STATUTE-74-Pg372.pdf

Before planting, measure the winter’s risk

1. ars.usda.gov/is/br/zonemap/zonemap.pdf
2. research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/download/58321.pdf

Cyclamate leaves the cupboard, and families face a change

1. fda.gov/about-fda/fda-leadership-1907-today/herbert-ley
2. fda.gov/food/generally-recognized-safe-gras/fdas-approach-gras-provision-history-processes

Metric in the kitchen: a table for the wall

1. nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si/unit-conversion/approximate-conversions-us-customary-measures-metric
2. nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si/metric-kitchen/metric-kitchen-cooking-measurement-equivalencies

Christmas lights meet cries for peace on the Ellipse

1. nixonlibrary.gov/research/almanac/december-16-1969
2. nps.gov/whho/learn/historyculture/1969-1973-national-christmas-trees.htm

Every household has a place in the national count

1. census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/technical-documentation/questionnaires/1970/1970-instructions.html
2. www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1970/users-guide/1970-census-users-guide-part-1.pdf

Mini, midi or maxi? And may she wear pants?

1. fidmmuseum.org/learn/articles/mini-maxi
2. clickamericana.com/topics/beauty-fashion/bosses-not-ready-secretaries-wear-pants-work-1969

A ball for the living room and a trike that hugs the ground

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Wheel_(tricycle)
2. museumofplay.org/toys/nerf-toys/
3. thehenryford.org/collections/explore/artifact/547456
4. toyhalloffame.org/toys/big-wheel
5. eriereader.com/article/the-bane-of-toyland
6. artsandculture.google.com/asset/tricycle-big-wheel-louis-marx-company/IgHoTFQOy9YMTg?hl=en

The 1969 quiz

1. sss.gov/history-and-records/vietnam-lotteries
2. baseball-reference.com/postseason/1969_WS.shtml
3. britannica.com/biography/Golda-Meir
4. library.tc.columbia.edu/blog/content/2023/october/today-in-history-sesame-street-debuts-on-national-educational-television.php
5. historylink.org/file/1181
6. weather.gov/mob/camille
7. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_French_constitutional_referendum
8. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_III
9. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle
11. bostonlog.com/boston-year-by-year-1969/
12. ala.org/winner/high-king

True or false?

1. sss.gov/history-and-records/vietnam-lotteries
2. britannica.com/biography/Golda-Meir
3. pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196901120clt.htm
4. britannica.com/event/Woodstock
5. historylink.org/file/1181
6. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Kentucky_Derby
7. weather.gov/mob/camille
8. eisenhowerlibrary.gov/eisenhowers/dwight-d-eisenhowers-final-post
9. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle

Who was it?

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle
3. senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senator_Everett_Mckinley_Dirksen_Dies.htm
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Dirksen
5. britannica.com/biography/Golda-Meir
6. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golda_Meir
7. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Devlin_McAliskey
8. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell
9. si.edu/object/liotta-cooley-artificial-heart%3Anmah_688682
10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland
11. sabr.org/bioproj/person/mickey-mantle/
12. rte.ie/archives/profiles/mcaliskey-nee-devlin-bernadette/
13. nba.com/history/legends/profiles/bill-russell

Sums from the year's news

1. presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239824
2. images.nasa.gov/details/ksc-69pc-379
3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
4. baseball-reference.com/postseason/1969_WS.shtml
5. nasa.gov/history/apollo-11-mission-overview/

Three cryptograms of 1969

1. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/
2. sfgate.com/news/article/Jets-Namath-guaranteed-a-win-in-Super-Bowl-III-6748130.php
3. aarp.org/events-history/joe-namath-super-bowl-iii/

Word ladders for the holidays

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_ladder
2. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35418: Belle Moses, Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home (1910), which reprints Carroll's letter introducing Doublets in Vanity Fair

The answers

1. sss.gov/history-and-records/vietnam-lotteries
2. baseball-reference.com/postseason/1969_WS.shtml
3. britannica.com/biography/Golda-Meir
4. library.tc.columbia.edu/blog/content/2023/october/today-in-history-sesame-street-debuts-on-national-educational-television.php
5. historylink.org/file/1181
6. weather.gov/mob/camille
7. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_French_constitutional_referendum
8. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_III
9. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle
11. bostonlog.com/boston-year-by-year-1969/
12. ala.org/winner/high-king
13. pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196901120clt.htm
14. britannica.com/event/Woodstock
15. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Kentucky_Derby
16. eisenhowerlibrary.gov/eisenhowers/dwight-d-eisenhowers-final-post
17. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_Kuhn
18. senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senator_Everett_Mckinley_Dirksen_Dies.htm
19. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Dirksen
20. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golda_Meir
21. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Devlin_McAliskey
22. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell
23. si.edu/object/liotta-cooley-artificial-heart%3Anmah_688682
24. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland
25. sabr.org/bioproj/person/mickey-mantle/
26. rte.ie/archives/profiles/mcaliskey-nee-devlin-bernadette/
27. nba.com/history/legends/profiles/bill-russell
28. presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239824
29. images.nasa.gov/details/ksc-69pc-379
30. nasa.gov/history/apollo-11-mission-overview/
31. nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap/
32. sfgate.com/news/article/Jets-Namath-guaranteed-a-win-in-Super-Bowl-III-6748130.php
33. aarp.org/events-history/joe-namath-super-bowl-iii/
34. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_ladder

Next in the series: 1970

House notice: no outside sources.

After 1969

1. nps.gov/alca/learn/historyculture/we-hold-the-rock.htm
2. britannica.com/event/Chappaquiddick-incident
3. history.com/articles/when-was-the-last-us-military-draft
4. britannica.com/biography/Michael-Collins-American-astronaut

Advertisements of 1969

1. archive.org/details/pomona-progress-bulletin-1969-12-02/page/n5/mode/1up
2. archive.org/details/pomona-progress-bulletin-1969-12-02/page/n16/mode/1up
3. archive.org/details/san-rafael-daily-independent-journal-1969-01-13/page/n64/mode/1up
4. archive.org/details/san-rafael-daily-independent-journal-1969-11-24/page/n22/mode/1up
5. archive.org/details/escanaba-daily-press-1969-08-27/page/n28/mode/1up
6. archive.org/details/kingston-daily-freeman-1969-04-08/page/n21/mode/1up
7. archive.org/details/escanaba-daily-press-1969-08-27/page/n28/mode/1up
8. archive.org/details/dixon-evening-telegraph-1969-04-07/page/n6/mode/1up
9. loc.gov/item/2016649874/
10. archive.org/details/kingston-daily-freeman-1969-11-11/page/n11/mode/1up