Historical place archive

Woodstock in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Woodstock in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1966–1969

Historical events in Woodstock

1966

29 July 1966
Motorcycle Accident
Bob Dylan · Popular Music

Suffers a motorcycle accident near Woodstock.

1967

1967
The Basement Tapes
Bob Dylan · Popular Music

Records informal basement sessions with members of the Band.

1969

18 August 1969
Concert
John Allen Hendrix · Popular Music

Hendrix headlines the Woodstock music festival, gives a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, a solo improvisation which became a defining moment of the 1960s

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Woodstock. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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