1969

  • Apollo 11 lands two American astronauts on the moon on July 20.
     
  • French-British “Concorde” supersonic jet transport makes first test flight.
     
  • The worlds first human heart transplant is performed in Houston, Texas.

Astronaut Aldrin deploying
instruments on the Moon

Other Facts from 1969

President: Richard M. Nixon

 

 

Average annual income

$8,547

New car 

$3,278

Loaf of bread

$0.23

Gallon of milk

$1.26

Gallon of gas

$0.35

 

 

Dow Jones Average  770 to 969

Songs From 1969

  “Come Together”
  “Aquarius-Let the Sunshine In”
  “Leaving on a Jet Plane”