July 12, 1969 — “In The Year 2525” reaches #1 on the US charts
Proving both that there really were serious amounts of drugs around in the Sixties, and that science fiction is harder...
December 4, 2016
Art & Culture
July 31, 1969 — Elvis Presley first dubbed the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”
It may seem unbelievable today, but there was a time when he wasn’t ‘the King’. In fact, there was a...
November 24, 2016
August 15, 1969 — Woodstock
Woodstock Music & Art Fair (informally, Woodstock or The Woodstock Festival) was a music festival, billed as “An Aquarian Exposition”,...
November 14, 2016
August 16, 1969 — The Beckenham Free Festival is held
The Beckenham Free Festival was held at the Croydon Road Recreation Ground in Beckenham in August 1969, in parallel with...
November 12, 2016
November 17, 1969 — Rupert Murdoch begins publishing “The Sun”
Rupert Murdoch was already a media magnate in his native Australia, and in New Zealand as well, when he entered...
November 4, 2016
December 4, 1969 — Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z, is born
Born Shawn Corey Carter, the man today known as Jay-Z probably didn’t realise at the time that he would become...
October 29, 2016
February 20, 1970 — John Lennon’s “Instant Karma!” is released in the US
“Instant Karma” (also known as “We All Shine On”) was Lennon’s third solo single (that is, single as a non-Beatle...
October 19, 2016
September 18, 1970 — Jimi Hendrix dies
Widely acclaimed as the greatest guitar player of all time, Jimi Hendrix was only 27 years old when he died....
October 9, 2016
September 19, 1970 — Neil Young releases ‘Southern Man’
Neil Young, that ageless and eternal figure of musical protest, has rarely attracted more controversy than in 1970, when he...
October 4, 2016
September 21, 1970 — “Monday Night Football” premieres
Although there had been occasional special matches played on a Monday night before 1970, it was not until that season...
September 29, 2016
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