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Canada in 1969

Historical records for Canada in 1969, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
4Named people
1Places
3Categories

Historical records

May

14 May 1969Everybody Knows This Is NowhereNeil Young

Arts / Popular Music

Releases Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere with Crazy Horse, establishing his electric guitar style.

September

9 September 1969Official Languages ActPierre Elliott Trudeau

Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada

Makes English and French official languages of federal institutions.

Other Events

1969Battle of BritainHarry Saltzman

Arts / Cinema

Battle of Britain is a 1969 Technicolor film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz

1969Bird on the WireLeonard Norman Cohen

Arts / Popular Music

Cohens Songs from a Room features the often recorded "Bird on the Wire"

1969Cinnamon GirlNeil Young

Arts / Popular Music

Writes Cinnamon Girl, one of the key songs from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.

1969Down by the RiverNeil Young

Arts / Popular Music

Records Down by the River, built around long electric guitar passages with Crazy Horse.

Names involved

Harry SaltzmanLeonard Norman CohenNeil YoungPierre Elliott Trudeau

Places involved

Ottawa

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.