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Donna Letourneau

February 10, 1969

Donna Letourneau

When and where were you born?

3 weeks ago

February 10, 1969

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Aneil Mallavarapu

August 24, 1969

Aneil Mallavarapu

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August 24, 1969

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Gary Goggans

1969

Gary Goggans

The first Flat Screen TV!

2 months ago

1969 My Dad built a Heathkit TV from parts (of course I helped). Imagine how many parts were involved back in those days!

This TV was unique because Dad decided to install in in the wall so that only the face showed, and the guts were in a closet behind the wall. It also had one of the first remote controls which caused a big solenoid to ratchet the channel knob around (quite loudly).

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Dawn Anderson

October 3, 1969

Dawn Anderson

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October 3, 1969

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January 20, 1969

Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to land on the moon. With 720 million people worldwide watching, Armstrong uttered what would become one of the most famous quotes of the century- "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

April 4, 1969

The first temporary artificial heart was transplanted into a patient by Dr. Denton Cooley and would be replaced by a human heart three days later.

June 28, 1969

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New York, NY

Protests against the raid of Stonewall Inn of Greenwich Village marked the beginning of the gay rights movement.

August 15, 1969

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Bethel, NY

Woodstock opened at a dairy farm in upstate New York, featuring musicians and musical groups such as Janis Joplin, Lenny Kravitz, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. The anti-war festival drew half a million people from around the country and became one of the most celebrated events in musical history.

September 2, 1969

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Rockville Center, NY

Rockville Center, NY was the first city to debut the automatic teller machine (ATM) for public use.

September 26, 1969

Television programming said hello to a "lovely lady who was living with three very lovely girls" in The Brady Brunch, which will air for 177 episodes until 1974.

October 2, 1969

The U.S. Department of Defense created ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), a secure computer-to-computer network in case of war. This was the precursor to what we know today as the Internet. The computers in this network were located at the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of California, Santa Barbara, Stanford University, and the University of Utah.

October 24, 1969

Paul Newman and Robert Redford were bank robbers in the Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, a movie that wins four Oscars.

November 10, 1969

Sesame Street aired its first episode. The show would be the most widely viewed television program for children in the world for decades to come because of it's creative educational content and diverse subject matter.

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