Can you name the significant events of 1969?

Date	Answer	Event
January 12		This team upsets the Colts to win Super Bowl III
January 20		He is inaugurated as 37th President of the United States
January 30		This band's last concert is held atop Apple Records
February 4		He becomes chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
February 9		The first flight of this Boeing airliner takes place
March 10		This Mario Puzo novel is published
March 17		She is elected Prime Minister of Israel
March 28		This former U.S. president and World War II general dies
April 14		This nation shoots down a U.S. plane over the Sea of Japan
April 28		He resigns his post as President of France
May 10		This heavily-criticized Vietnam War battle begins
May 25		This X-rated, Oscar-winning John Schlesinger film debuts
June 14		This female German winner of 22 tennis Grand Slams is born
June 23		He is sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Date	Answer	Event
June 28		These NYC riots kick off the modern gay rights movement
July 18		This U.S. Senator drives his car off of a bridge, killing an aide
July 20		He becomes the first person to walk on the moon
August 9		This pregnant actress is murdered by Charles Manson's cult
August 15		This music festival begins in upstate New York
September 2		This President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam dies
September 13		This heralded Australian cricket bowler is born
October 5		The premiere of this British sketch comedy TV series airs
October 16		This 'miracle' team defeats the Orioles in the World Series
October 21		This author of 'On the Road' dies
October 29		The first message is sent over this Internet forerunner
November 10		This still-running children's TV series debuts
November 17		These talks between the Soviet Union and U.S. begin
December 6		This California rock concert is marred by four deaths

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1969 Quiz

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	fatbeard:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 04:54 GMT		24 points
	These year quizzes are a great idea. And so many sequels are possible. Its great

	cheezguyty:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 04:59 GMT		4 points
	Next you should make a 2009 quiz. I have a feeling that it would be a lot easier ;)

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	springmom:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:02 GMT		6 points
	Darn cricket! I have no idea who the famous bowler is.

	johnlk:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:03 GMT		16 points
	"Ho" is the last name equivalent, not "Minh".

	lyricsfreak:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:03 GMT		-4 points
	It'll take Monty Python by itself, but not Flying Circus?

	Wes_Mantooth:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:08 GMT		21 points
	How does Strategic Arms Limitation not accepted for SALT if SALT is the acronym for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks?

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	capncokenojoke:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:12 GMT		9 points
	this guy got his first real six string, bought it at the five and dime. played it until his fingers bled, it was the summer of '69

	stl100:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:19 GMT		13 points
	Perhaps if "Warne" was accepted for Shane Warne, we could crack the elusive one-percent barrier!

	DerKomissar:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:23 GMT		11 points
	Wow, great year for New York sports.

	cocky:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:26 GMT		27 points
	I don't get the inclusion of the Graf and cricket plaers births. If you wanted to include these sports, was there not something that happened in 1969 you could have mentioned? Rod Laver won the Grand slam that year.

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	zalagreensbury:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:34 GMT		12 points
	Anytime a monty python clue gets worked in is always a good thing in my opinion.

	NightOwl:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:37 GMT		5 points
	Love the year quizzes -- particularly when they evoke memories.

	Victor2K:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 05:46 GMT		5 points
	Those year quizzes are awesome. Keep bringing more

	Guinevere:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 06:16 GMT		9 points
	Fine, Sporcle, don't acknowledge my birth. I don't care (sniff). In other news, I had no idea Ho Chi Minh died in 1969. Somehow I thought he'd been around into the 70s, at least. Off to consult Wikipedia.

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	fatbeard:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 08:26 GMT		9 points
	mungar: Well Watergate is a pretty big thing to overlook. What did he do to even just offput that, let alone make him one of the best Presidents ever

	orbit:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 08:43 GMT		9 points
	Please more of these year quizzes!

	ossiegirl:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 08:59 GMT		3 points
	I spent way too much time trying to spell mi lai and forgot about hamburger hill.

	tequila_sammer:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 10:14 GMT		-2 points
	also the 40th anniversary of Abbey Road!

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	Kicking222:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 12:34 GMT		14 points
	Hey everybody, hope you had fun. Someone in the comments of the last year quiz said there should be a 1969 quiz, and despite being born in '84, I thought it was a great idea. Fun fact: My dad was one of the people hospitalized at Woodstock after taking the infamous "brown acid".

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	npolacc1:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 14:49 GMT		4 points
	Great Years for my two teams, the New York Jets and Mets. However, just about a bad year for everything else in the United States (with the exception of landing on the moon).

	deej:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 15:22 GMT		24 points
	Hamburger hill...Warren Burger...SALT 1...brb I'm going to arby's

	HamanKarn:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 15:31 GMT		1 point
	Altamont's pretty low on the list. Gimme Shelter, anyone?

	WindSword:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 15:45 GMT		6 points
	The "Democratic" part of the question threw me off of Ho Chi Minh. Forget to account for doublespeak.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 16:49 GMT		15 points
	If you're old enough to remember this stuff (as opposed to hearing about it reading about it in books) click the green arrow. I'm just curious.

	Buzza:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 17:02 GMT		6 points
	debbiedoesnothin: I was seven at the time but I can't say I remember any of it except perhaps Sesame Street.

	jaymc:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 17:09 GMT		8 points
	@lauraellen: I find it sad that only 15% got Stonewall, too, but I don't know why you have to compare it to Graf's 50%, as if to imply that knowledge of one is "better" than knowledge of the other. People should know about gay rights AND tennis!

	JimKatz:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 17:20 GMT		3 points
	DARPANET should be accepted for ARPANET.

	xeju:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 19:54 GMT		11 points
	Good quiz! One thing I will suggest though, is that people being born in a given year is not usually particularly memorable to anyone except that person's parents. Was it world news at the time when a future tennis or cricket player was born?

	eln77:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 20:11 GMT		3 points
	@Haman Karn, I don't know about anyone else, but I knew it was a Rolling Stones concert and the Hells Angels were involved. I just couldn't come up with the name "Altamont".

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	HamanKarn:	Aug 8th, 2009 at 23:48 GMT		0 points
	@eln77: Granted, but I was merely curious about its status on the "guessed correctly" rankings.

	Tyler:	Aug 9th, 2009 at 01:51 GMT		1 point
	Guh. I put Berger, not Burger (then Frankfurter, White, Rehnquist, Warren, and I don't even know what else)

	pbysr:	Aug 9th, 2009 at 03:12 GMT		4 points
	Please accept DPRK for North Korea.