Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
A bomb exploded at the building of the National Agrarian Bank, Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and injuring 88.
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.
Apollo 12 lifts off.
The first quintuplets of the century were born in London, UK.
"Sesame Street" debuts.
The first computer-to-computer link was established on ARPANET.
Paul McCartney publicly declared he's not dead.
Siad Barre staged a military coup against the government the day after the death of Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, the then president of Somalia.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical soundtrack, 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' was recorded.
Monty Python's Flying Circus makes its debut.
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.
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens its doors to participants and spectators.
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.
Photographer Iain Macmillan Takes an Iconic Photograph of the Beatles.
NASA's Apollo 11 safely returned to Earth after being the first manned mission to the moon.
Football War ends.
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.
The Who release Tommy.
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.
Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
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.
The Internet is born.
Denton Cooley implants the first artificial heart.
Greek poet Giorgos Seferis speaks out against the military junta.
NASA launched its Mariner 7 space probe from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry.
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.
