Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The Altamont free concert occurred.
Pelé, the legendary Brazilian soccer star, scored his 1,000th goal.
The first Wendy's restaurant opened in Columbus, Ohio, US.
The first quintuplets of the century were born in London, UK.
The first computer-to-computer link was established on ARPANET.
Paul McCartney publicly declared he's not dead.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical soundtrack, 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' was recorded.
The Beatles released Abbey Road, the last album they recorded before breaking up.
The animated mystery-comedy 'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' first aired on CBS.
Donald and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store in San Francisco, California.
After parading around New York City, the Apollo 11 crew was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Apollo 11 astronauts were released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
NASA's Apollo 11 safely returned to Earth after being the first manned mission to the moon.
Apollo 11 landed on the Moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
NASA's Apollo 11 orbited the moon.
NASA launched Apollo 11 from the Kennedy Space Center.
The USSR's Luna 15 robotic spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
'Space Oddity' was released by David Bowie.
The first Atlanta International Pop Festival took place at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia, with as many as 150,000 partygoers.
A Soviet N1 rocket failed during its launch, causing the largest rocket explosion in recorded history.
New York City Police raided Stonewall Inn gay bar and handled patrons and employees roughly.
The western movie 'The Wild Bunch' was released.
Armando Socarras Ramirez arrived in Madrid from Havana after hiding inside the wheel pod of a plane.
NASA's Apollo 10 mission returned to earth after successfully testing all possible elements of a Moon landing.
NASA's Apollo 10 Spacecraft ran a test flight of the Lunar Lander Module close to the Moon’s surface.
Apollo 10 was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center on a mission to the Moon.
Monty Python was formed.
Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for killing Robert F. Kennedy.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world's first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of killing US Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
NASA launched its Mariner 7 space probe from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket.
Golda Meir became the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
Apollo 9 and its crew returned to Earth after a 10-day mission orbiting Earth.
American fugitive James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to murdering Martin Luther King Jr.
NASA launched Apollo 9 crewed mission.
The Concorde airplane was tested for the first time in Toulouse, France.
George Harrison from The Beatles started recording three solo songs from their Abbey Road album at the EMI studio, Abbey Road, London.
NASA's Mariner 6 space probe successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Friends Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan recorded 'Girl From The North Country' at CBS Studios.
An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 28 people.
