The Year - 1969
The Family News..:

Marie F. Jennings married Francis J. Zarnowski on March 22nd in Chicago.

The #1 Songs Were .....
Aquarius / Let the Sunshine InThe 5th Dimension
Come TogetherThe Beatles
Crimson and CloverTommy James & The Shondells
Daddy Sang BassJohnny Cash
DizzyTommy Roe
Everyday PeopleSly & The Family Stone
Get BackThe Beatles
Honky Tonk WomenThe Rolling Stones
I Can't Get Next to YouThe Temptations
In the Year 2525Zager & Evans
Leaving on a Jet PlanePeter, Paul & Mary
Love Theme from "Romeo & Juliet"Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him GoodbyeSteam
Someday We'll Be TogetherDiana Ross & The Supremes
Sugar, SugarThe Archies
Suspicious MindsElvis Presley
Wedding Bell BluesThe 5th Dimension


AT THE MOVIES....
Best Picture - Midnight Cowboy, Jerome Hellman, producer (United Artists) Z, Jacques Perrin and Hamed Rachedi, producers.

Best Actor - John Wayne, True Grit
Best Actress - Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Supporting Actor - Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Supporting Actress - Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower
Directing - John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy

Screenplay Adaption - Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy
Screenplay Original - William Goldman, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Music Song - �Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,� Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Burt Bacharach, music; Hal David, lyrics

Short Subjects Cartoon - It's Tough to Be a Bird (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)

In The News..:
Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated 37th President of the U.S. (Jan. 20).
Stonewall riot in New York City marks beginning of gay rights movement (June 28).
Apollo 11 astronauts; Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins; take man's first walk on moon (July 20).
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of fatal accident at Chappaquiddick, Mass. (July 18) in which Mary Jo Kopechne was drowned; gets two-month suspended sentence (July 25).
Woodstock Festival (Aug.).
Sesame Street debuts.

Last updated on Tuesday, April 18, 2000