Original Mothers Line-Up Disbanded
Disbands the original Mothers of Invention line-up after years of intensive touring and recording.
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1969 in United States of America — Page 8
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Historical records for United States of America in 1969
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Paint Your Wagon
Stars in the musical western Paint Your Wagon with Lee Marvin and Jean Seberg.
Pentagon Papers
With the assistance of his former RAND Corporation colleague, Anthony Russo, Ellsberg secretly made several sets of photocopies of the classified documents he had access to - these became known as the Pentagon Papers
Pentagon Papers
With the assistance of his former RAND Corporation colleague, Anthony Russo, Ellsberg secretly made several sets of photocopies of the classified documents he had access to - these became known as the Pentagon Papers
Planetary Radar
Planetary radar maps surfaces hidden by cloud and distance.
Present at the Creation
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Publication of "Present at the Creation"
Prototype Laser Interferometer
Forward and colleagues build an early laser interferometer for gravitational-wave research, demonstrating practical optical techniques that help establish interferometry as an alternative to resonant bars.
Resignation of Henry Cabot Lodge
Resigns after finding the Paris Conference unproductive
Rule of Okinawa
The US and Japan agree on the Return of Okinawa
Sam Whiskey
Stars in Sam Whiskey
Secret Bombing Continues
Continues US bombing operations in Laos as part of the Vietnam War
Secret Bombing Continues
Continues large-scale bombing operations in Laos during the Vietnam War
Secretary of State
Appointed Secretary of State
Secretary of State for Defence
Appointed Secretary of State for Defence
Sent to Moscow to discuss the control of strategic weapons
Sent to Moscow to discuss the control of strategic weapons
Space Oddity
Produces the "Space Oddity" Album for David Bowie
Straight Records Founded
Co-founds Straight Records with Herb Cohen to release music by artists outside his own immediate recording projects.
Support Your Local Sheriff
Stars in Support Your Local Sheriff!
T.Rex
Bolan and his producer Tony Visconti sorted out the session for "Ride a White Swan" and the single changed Bolans career almost overnight
Take the Money and Run Film
In 1969, Woody Allen made Take the Money and Run, a mock-documentary-style crime comedy about an inept bank robber.
That Cold Day in the Park Film
Robert Altman directed That Cold Day in the Park in 1969, a psychological thriller about a lonely woman and a mysterious young visitor.
The Agony of The American Left
Publication of "The Agony of The American Left"
The Andromeda Strain
Publication of "The Andromeda Strain"
The Godfather
Publication of "The Godfather"
Toby Award Great White Hope Actor
James Earl Jones won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for portraying boxer Jack Jefferson in The Great White Hope.
Touch Me
Plays saxophone on Touch Me.
Trade Embargo at Washington
The USA begins to relax its embargo of China
Trial
During the trial, Russo testified that he had attended an "assassination party" at David Ferries apartment, where Shaw, Ferrie, and Lee Harvey Oswald had discussed killing President Kennedy
Trial
Garrison was able to subpoena the Zapruder film from Life magazine and show it to the public for the first time.
Trial
Russos version of events has been questioned by some historians and researchers, such as Patricia Lambert, once it became known that part of his testimony was induced by hypnotism, and by the drug sodium pentothal (sometimes called "truth serum").
Trial
The jury didnt see enough evidence to convict Shaw, and gave a verdict of not guilty.
Trial
At the party, Russo said that Lee Harvey Oswald (who Russo said was introduced to him as "Leon Oswald"), David Ferrie, and "Clem Bertrand" (who Russo identified in the courtroom as Clay Shaw) had discussed killing Kennedy.
Trial
During Shaws trial Russos testimony was discredited by the revelation that he underwent hypnosis and had been administered sodium pentathol, or "truth serum," at the request of the persecution.
Trial
During the trial, Russo testified that he had attended an "assassination party" at David Ferries apartment, where Shaw, Ferrie, and Lee Harvey Oswald had discussed killing President Kennedy.
Trial
Garrisons key witness against Clay Shaw was Perry Russo, a twenty-five year old insurance salesman from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Trial
Jim Garrison persuades Russo to give evidence against Clay Shaw.
Trial
Russo claimed in September, 1963, he overheard Shaw and David Ferrie discussing the proposed assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Trial
Russo testifies that he had attended a party at the apartment of anti-Castro activist David Ferrie.
Trial
Russo's version of events has been questioned by some historians and researchers, such as Patricia Lambert, once it became known that part of his testimony was induced by hypnotism, and by the drug sodium pentothal (sometimes called "truth serum").
Trial
The conversation included plans for the "triangulation of crossfire" and alibis for the participants. The jury didn't see enough evidence to convict Shaw, and gave a verdict of not guilty.
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