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1969 in Canada

Explore 7 historical events and records for Canada in 1969.

Historical records for Canada in 1969

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May

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Young, Neil ยท Arts / Popular Music

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

September

Official Languages Act

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott ยท Ottawa ยท Prime Minister of Canada ยท Government / Government of Canada

Makes English and French official languages of federal institutions.

Other events (month unknown)

Battle of Britain

Saltzman, Harry ยท Arts / Cinema

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

Bird on the Wire

Cohen, Leonard Norman ยท Arts / Popular Music

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

Charge-Coupled Device

Boyle, Willard ยท Murray Hill ยท Physicist ยท Science / Technology

With George Smith, invents the CCD, storing and shifting packets of electronic charge across semiconductor pixels.

Cinnamon Girl

Young, Neil ยท Arts / Popular Music

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

Down by the River

Young, Neil ยท Arts / Popular Music

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

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