[AF] 40 years

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

Today is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. Neil Armstrong walked on 
the moon and said, "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for 
mankind." This started the first recorded "conspiracy theories" that 
pervade the Internet and social networking sites nowadays. "It was 
all done in a movie studio," some claim even today.

I was 26 years of age in 1969, Lyndon Johnson had said "I shall not 
seek, nor shall I accept..." He was replaced in January by Richard 
(tricky Dick) Nixon, the 37th President of the US.

To this day, many who lived through it and many who have only heard 
the stories and seen the pictures, will argue that this was the most 
historic summer in American history.

On July 18, 1969, Ted Kennedy drove a car off a bridge in Martha's 
Vineyard and a young female passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, died.

In August of that summer, roughly 100,000 descended upon Woodstock 
for a muddy three-day music festival that highlighted the best-known 
acts of the day, including Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and The Who.

The Beatles also made their last public appearance before splitting 
up and Michael Jackson was also a rising star at the age of 10 that summer.

The summer of '69 started the "Age of Aquarius," although  Hair 
released two years earlier, opened with that song. There were riots 
in the streets including the now famous "Stonewall Riots." It was an 
interesting year.

More here:

http://www.answers.com/topic/1969

Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/