I was born August 21, 1969. Such a crazy roller coaster of a year. My parents were relatively young (18 & 19) and hippies. They used to talk about how it was both exciting and frightening to be bringing a child into the world. Now I can see why. 🥰
Dad and I watched each Apollo mission launch together as soon as I was old enough to basically grasp what was going on. He did his best to explain the science in a way I could understand. We also talked about all kinds of current events of the day, like war, Woodstock, drugs, racism and more. He never talked down to me or brushed off my questions. I'll never forget those times. RIP Dad, I miss you so much! 🤗🤗💜💜
@Shiboline M'Ress. Willing to spend time with you ✔ Did not talk down to you ✔ Encouraged a diversity of interest for you ✔ Helped to shape you into the person you now ✔ Congratulations dad!
Thanks again for taking me back to my carefree days as a teenager. I graduated high school in June 1969 & had a fantastic summer before I moved off to my college years. So many happy, exciting adventures that summer….OK, on to the 70’s.
Man you are absolutely right about that!! Only trouble was you’d be at an age that you’d have to spend a year in Vietnam before you could drive the damn thing!!
@@matrox yes me also. 70 Roadrunner bought it in 1976 my senior year! It was a great time to say the least!! I just ment to get one brand new those circumstances may occur! 68,69,70,71,72. It was a rough time for guys 18 & up if you know where I’m coming from!!
@@tracymesser296 My neighbor back then 3 doors up had a 70 RR 383 with a pistol grip shifter. Yellow with a black vinyl top and a flat black hood stripe. He bought his brand new. He was a family man in his 40s at the time.
In 1969 I was living in South Korea and my dad who was military had purchased a tiny tv ti watch the moon landing. You could only see just a few inches of the take off and landing. But we all knew how historic it was. We came back to the states in 1970 and then my dad went to Vietnam for a year. Thankfully he came home. What a time.
On a personal note I got married in Dec. A marriage that lasted almost 50 years until my wife's passing in Feb 2019. Our first date was May 16th of that year.
@@dewdrop3302 I was only 12 years old and in junior high school. I know that I am getting old. I even remember Woodstock. And, remember the Hippie Years. Peace and Groovy!
Having graduated high school in 1967, I joined the Air Force in 1968 (didn't want to get drafted into the Army) and was sent to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippine Islands in 1969 where I turned 21. Was introduced to a lot of things I'd never experienced before (and would rather forget about). Crazy times!
Dad was in Vietnam. Came home with shrapnel in his spine. We visited him in Walter Reed in D.C. It was depressing as hell, seeing all those soldiers with missing limbs.
Two events make 1969 special for me. The first was the moon landing. I remember me and my brother sitting on the floor with our Lunar Module models next to us. We were space kids big time. It saddens me that we stopped taking on really big initiatives after that and that subsequent generations haven't had something on that scale to rally around. I really thought I might get a shot at walking on Mars if I played my cards right. Then we stopped. The second big event that year was the release of Abbey Road by the Beatles. I was aware of their stuff but I hadn't listened to music seriously until I heard that album. It blew my mind. I put away the telescope and picked up a pair of drum sticks. I was going to be Ringo until the old man ended my drumming career. After that I moved to guitar and stayed at it for the next 40 years or so, playing local clubs and other venues for a while. But like my Mars walk, my life of gold records and sold out concerts fell by the wayside. Se la vie. Here's a hat tip to 69 all the same, a great time to be a kid and dream big dreams.
Abbey Road is my all-time favorite album. Still listen to it every week. When I'm feeling down I sing "step on the gas and wipe your tears away, one sweet dream, be true today."
@@mikefannon6994 I still love Abbey Road but somewhere along the way Rubber Soul replaced it as my favorite. But it will always be special because it was the record that made me fall in love with music.
Again, I wish I had the patent on rose colored glasses. Ten years old and lived half the year in a foster home. Best thing to happen to me. 4:58 Mary Jo drove that car off the bridge.
I have been subscribing to this channel for about a year....I appreciate the smooth narration, pace and the choices of history/content matter. Thank you Recollection Road!!
What an amazing year. We moved so my dad could start his first real post-college job. My sister was born in October that year; we were on our way to being a Midwestern middle class nuclear family.
I bought that Jackson 5 album and played it over and over again. There was another big musical festival that year, the Harlem Cultural Festival, which featured many R&B and Blues artists. It started on June 29 and ended August 24. Sly And The Family Stone played at both this event and at Woodstock. It took place at Mount Morris Park in the Manhattan, New York neighborhood of Harlem.
at Kurt Kauffman. i remember that show being on our black and white television. my late brother mickey and i living with our Grandma and Grandpa. me 8 him 7.11/11/2021 7.47 am cst USA Happy Vetrains day. thank you to all who had and still are serving.
Smoked my first joint on May 10th, 1969. I was 14 years old. Quit forever when I was 19. Made me feel cold and unsure of myself. My friends felt differently.
Also in 1969, H.R. Pufnstuf starring Jack Wild and Billie Hayes premiered on NBC. Dastardly and Muttley with their Flying Machines and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop both premiered on CBS.
Ya Woodstock 3 days of fun music freedom, love. 11 year old and learn alot . Swimming in the pond on Max's farm was an eye opener. The music we all love. The TV shows we all watch today. And man on the moon 🌙. So many memorys of the last of the 60's .I think I'll go swimming bare and remember those times.
Never did any drugs when they say NO to drugs they mean it. Saw alot of people I think 🤔 were on bad trips. The pond was the best. Sex Ed 101,102,103 wow. But the music lives on even today 🙈🙉🙊🌍🌈
The only thing comparable to Woodstock was the Oregon Country Fair in Veneta (15 miles west of Eugene, population @1,500) when The Grateful Dead started playing there from the early 1970's - 1981.
Two things about Woodstock : 1. It could happen back then with no trouble, and no one was surprised by that. That's how we were. 2. Look at the movie to see how thin we all were.
I found a sweater box full of my old K-8 class photos (ending spring 68, by 69 I was in high school) and every kid was skinny. Nothing low fat about our mashed potato and meatloaf diets but it was all made from scratch (all dads took train downtown and all moms were homemakers in my little town) and we rarely snacked. Moreover when not in school we lived outdoors racing around on our bikes and playing ball games which didn't need grownups coaching or refereeing.
My little brother also arrived in 1969 ... on February 24. Did I say "little" brother? He is younger than me but I'm only chest-high to him lol. He's close to 5' 10". We have no idea how that happened. Our Mom was only 5' 1" and Dad was only 5' 5" or 6" 🤷♀️ 😂. So anyway, we've always called him my "big little brother".
I graduated from HS in June, 1969. The next week I was the head lifeguard at a private psychiatric hospital. This was a really hospital, but many folks from nationally known families spent their summers there to get their heads screwed back on. I watched the lunar landing with a mother and her two daughters in rural Virginia. On December 1, my draft number was 254. Though in college I went to the Selective Service Office and volunteered for 1-A status. The lady at the draft office ( a former Marine) looked up at me and said "smart boy" with no hint of sarcasm.
I was 19 , dad died in March at 61 , blew the engine in my '61 Chevy (427) at the lions drag strip , the love of my life was no longer in my life , and I got my letter from Uncle Sam , thankfully my bad eyesight got me rejected at the induction center in l.a. !!!!! What a summer !
In 1969, actor & singer Frank Sinatra released his hit song which was entitled " I Did it My Way." Four years later, Elvis Presley re-recorded it from his "Aloha from Hawaii" TV special on NBC-TV.
Don't forget Hurricane Camille, Aug 14, 1969 - Aug 22, 1969! I was 6 years old, we survived it in Algiers LA, but a lot of folks in Mississippi were battered severely! :(
I remember it, though I lived far away from the danger. I used to confuse Hurricane Camille with Hurricane Betsy (a few years earlier). Camille was the far worse.
I changed schools in August, leaving my elementary school for a school treating dyslexia.My oldest niece was born June 1.I passed out bubble gum to all my friends to celebrate.My parents remarried at the start of the year.
I love these flashback vids! I was born in 67 but I like to see what was going on around that time and before. I’d really like to see more vids about the 70s- when I was growing up. 1978 would be a good one. I was 11. That Jan (25th) was my sister’s 9th bday and that was the start of the big midwest blizzard of 78. We were mad that her bday party got canceled, but it was cool to be snowed in and off school for about a week. There were many more good times later in that year. It was a cool time to be a kid.
@@tonyfriend7413 Actually it’s “brotha.” 😁 And yeah- there hasn’t been another winter like that year. I was glad to have all the milder winters for years- I was a truck driver- but now that I’m retired, I wouldn’t mind having another bad one like that- minus the deaths and injuries….
What a year! The Moon landing - I did not see it live, but CBS Evening News replay. The Mets! Woodstock, I was a bit too young to go, but I have found the event to be fascinating over the years. A friend made me a CD-R copy of the 38 CD 50th-anniversary set that was released in 2019. The Brady Bunch - my introduction to "blended" family - great show. A great video showing some of the highlights of that amazing year. Thank you very much!
Watched it live. I was 12 yrs old. Remember where I was. Wilmington, California. Dad was in the Navy and was being transferred to San Diego and we had to vacate our Carrillo Navy housing in Long Beach BUT our Bayview Naval housing wasn't ready yet. The Navy rented one half of a duplex for the summer. We watched the moon landing live coverage on TV at our next door neighbors'.....will never forget.
I watched the lunar landing on beautiful Catalina Island (as the song said, 26 miles across the sea from Los Angeles). On a black and white television, probably less than 20 inch screen. Still, so exciting.
We watched on our B&W tv in San Gabriel. A family in my town was murdered, but by their father/husband/s-i-law but my classmate survived. My mom worked at the LA Times and came home with the story on the front page of the Herald-Examiner.
In Canada, the first mass credit card, Chargex (now part of VISA) was introduced. I was a 17 year old issued and trained to use a Smith and Wesson revolver in the basement of the TD Centre. My staff asked me to change the brand of pipe tobacco because they didn't like the smell.
When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon I was at Boy Scout camp and watched outside on a little TV they placed on a ladder so around 100 of us scouts could watch.
I remember 1969 as the year I went to Israel. I left a few days before the moon landing and returned in Jan., 1970. I went over there by myself, stayed on a kibbutz for most of the time, learned how to speak Hebrew, and had the experience of my life.
I spent the summer of 1969 traveling around Europe with friends. The night of the moon landing we were in a youth hostel at Zell am See Austria. It was one of the few with a TV, but doors were locked and lights out at 10 pm and the moon landing happened in the middle of the night. Another guy and I stayed out in our VW bus and listened to the landing on Armed Forces Radio. We did get to see the replay in the morning, Really, experiencing it that way was pretty special.
Major professional sports championships in North America during 1969: MLB (66th World Series) - New York Mets defeated Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1. NBA - Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 (last title for Boston until the 1973-74 season). NFL (Super Bowl III) - New York Jets (AFL) defeated Baltimore Colts (NFL), 16-7 (January 12 - Jets become first AFL team to win Super Bowl). CFL (57th Grey Cup) - Ottawa Rough Riders defeated Saskatchewan Roughriders, 29-11. NHL - Montreal Canadiens defeated St. Louis Blues, 4 games to 0.
@@elwin38 He was the very same Earl Foreman that would go on to create the original Major Indoor Soccer League, and serve as its Commissioner from 1978 to 1985 and again from 1989 until its demise in 1992.
I was at Woodstock, part of the Woodstock Nation. Who else was there in 1969 and still looks for themselves in the Woodstock pics? More than 50 years after the fact!
I was also there....for 5 days. Arrived early. My car was on the hill in all those pics. Amazing, but also...well....lots to endure. Will never forget how everyone helped everyone.
@@EICHOLZtheEXPERT Sorry, I wasn't checking out any music. The stage seemed a mile away from my vantage point and the real show was in the mass of humanity who made up the actual event. The spirit and camaraderie of the Woodstock kids is something I'll never forget.
Would definitely take the music playing on the radio in 1969 than 2019 and I was not even born yet in 69. I just listened to the music from back then and was like oh this is a lot better. Like taking off the condom if you are a guy. Lol.
A great year.. I had a very good job working on a govt. contract, a super hot girlfriend, bought a new Grand Prix and lived on a beach.. . I really want to go back LOL..
In 1969, the Ideal Toy Company released the Beautiful Crissy Growing-Hair doll with her beautiful long hair that grows right down to her toes like it said so in a TV commercial.
NO you don't. Getting caught with ONE JOINT of Weed would get you 7 YEARS in a TEXASS PRISON!!!!! And ALL other states had SEVERE Jail time for just WEED!!!! Or you would be DRAFTED into the ARMY at 18 & sent to die in Vietnam for NO REASON!!!
@@ccryder6605 Boomers changed the world for the better in the 60s, but what happened during the 70s and 80s? Boomers took a different approach to life. They became predominantly conservative and decided that after they changed the world, no future generation would be allowed to do the same. That won't last much longer. Things are changing anyway.
Just happened upon this channel, brings back some very fond and amazing memories , still seems like only yesterday even though I was just 12-13 during 1969 . I was probably influenced most by tbe music , what a great time for FM and even AM radio. Woodstock was a game changer for me, plus with a older sister I was officially now a music connoisseur. Lol. Along with being consider a young , hippy. Peace love, can ya dig it ? Right on man. Lol
I was 5 in spring 1969, finishing pre-school at St. Christopher's church. The morning of the last day, I was geared up to go to a picnic with my neighbors across the street. And I thought school was out. I was informed that day was actually the last day. I didn't take the news well. I threw a fit and ran to my room bawling. Dad came in immediately, whooped me good, and told me to straighten up! 😂😂😂 I got through the 3 hours of the last pre-school day just fine. Then I had fun at the picnic. I remember the lunar landing that summer.
On the NASCAR scene: 1969 Daytona 500, 1969 World 600, 1969 Southern 500 winner: LeeRoy Yarborough (first to complete the NASCAR Triple Crown (this would later become the grand slam, which wasn’t truly in affect until the Winston Million was introduced in 1985 (the slam was originally formed when Talladega got a 2nd 500 mile date for the spring of 1970. It wouldn’t be until the race got the Winston 500 name that it would become a grand slam race) 1969 Talladega 500: Richard Brickhouse wins the first ever race at the Biggest Baddest Fastest Oval Track in America, after a massive driver boycott led by Richard Petty and David Pearson, as a result from tire failures during the week. Brickhouse, Bobby Issac, and Jim Vandiver were the only three Cup regulars (on the 1969 roster) that raced. Brickhouse only raced because Dodge was Debuting the Dodge Daytona, which would play a major story for the next full season (until the end of the 1970 season), along with its counterpart The Plymouth Superbird. One of the teams running a Daytona that weekend said that his car would be in the race, and offered the Ride to Brickhouse, who accepted the offer. There is a whole video made by S1ap Sh0es (Slap Shoes) Entited “The Worst NASCAR Race Ever” based on the events of the 1969 Talladega 500. 1969 NASCAR Grand National Champion: David Pearson of Spartanburg, South Carolina. It would be his 3rd and last title, capping an impressive 3 title run in a four year span. Second place was Richard Petty from Level Cross (Randleman) NC. 6th place points Finisher Bobby Isaac would win the most races that season at 17. USAC Open Wheel: 1969 Indianapolis 500: Mario Andretti takes one of the most popular victories at Indy of all time in the 500. It’s the only time the Andretti Name has won at Indianapolis as A driver, which has led to the family curse at the track (said curse applies mainly to the family as drivers on the track. The Race Team run by the Family (named Andretti Global as of 2024), however, has won on 6 occasions since: 1995 Jacques Villenuve 2005 Dan Weldon, (won again with Bryan Herta Motorsport team in 2011, only months before his untimely fatal wreck at Vegas that October.) 2007 Dario Franchitti (would later win twice more (2010, 2012) at Chip Ganassi) 2014 Ryan Hunter-Reay 2016 Alexander Rossi, 2017 Takuma Sato (won again with Rahal in 2020 (thanks to a late caution damaging the pit lane wall, and Indycar electing not to restart the race after a brief red flag when the wall was inspected). For those wondering, 2nd place (1985 (Mario (Spin and win), and 2006 (Marco (As a rookie, passed on the last lap in the home stretch by Sam Hornish Jr)) is the closest the family has gotten since 1969. To add insult onto injury Marco’s 2nd place in 2006 was also the same race that Michael Andretti, would finish in 3rd place. In addition, Mario would win the 1969 USAC open Wheel Championship. Formula 1 WDC: Sir Jackie Stewart (British, first title) Constructors: Marta-Cosworth (France, first constructors championship for France, as was the only time a car entirely built in France won the constructors title) The big 3 European races Monaco: Graham Hill British: Jackie Stewart Italian: Jackie Stewart Germany: Jacky Ickx France: Jackie Stewart Belgium (Spa Francorchamps) was not run due to safety concerns. North American races Canadian: Jacky Ickx United States: Jochen Rindt Mexican: Denny Hulme Baseball: The MLB adds teams in Kansas City (AL) Montreal (NL, moved to Washington DC in 2005), San Diego, and Seattle (AL, moved to Milwaukee (AL, now NL) for the next season. City got MLB back in 1977). The teams would go by the names: Royals: In honor of former Negro League team named “Monarchs” Expos: in honor of Expo 67 being in Montreal. Pilots: Ties into the Aviation industry that’s based in the area Padres: historical tie to the Spanish Missions in the San Diego area in the colonial days MLB playoff format change: teams a In the American and National Leagues are now placed into two Divisions (East and west). the two division winners would play a 5 game series to determine the Pennant winner. The World Series stays as is at a best of 7. The New York Mets go on and stun the Baseball world with a 100-62 regular season record, before going on to beat Atlanta Braves (93-69) for the Pennant in 4 games Meanwhile, Baltimore dominates the American League,(108-54), and taking out the Minnesota Twins (97-65) in 3 games. The Mets would win the World Series in 5 games (4-1).
1969 I was eight years old, I think we were more wise about what was going on back then. I remember everything like it was yesterday, kids today can't remember what happened ten minutes ago.
I had Dawn and the whole set of her friends! Tons of clothes, shoes and other accessories. I've never met anyone else who has even heard of them much less owned them. Sadly, when I was about 12, my Mom threw away all of dolls because, in her words, "I was too old to play with dolls." Ii was so mad because I wanted to save my dolls for my future daughters.
I can’t say, that, I remember but, very little since, I just turned 2 in mid summer. I do remember my favorite series of all time came out that year, which was The Brady Bunch.
You want to know the best thing that happened in 1969 to me? I was born in September that year. BIG Bird and the gang are the same age as I am, now how bout that!
AS NEW YORK YANKEES FAN IT HURTS ME TO SAY IT THE NEW YORK METS WON THE WORLD SERIES THEY WERE GOOD &LUCKY MY OTHER BROTHER WAS 18 YEARS OLD THAT YEAR HE WAS A JETS &METS FAN AND HE GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL THAT YEAR KENNET O
@Joni Angels R Real How nice. My sister was in the 8th, I was in the 5th, Mary Help of Christians, nuns as well. What a beautiful time to have been there. My sisters friend went like this: ✌️In a photograph.
In 1969 in Idaho several Thousand boys meet up at the Idaho State park for the National Jamboree, we heard from Jesse Owens, former Olympic track star, Richard Nixon and Lady Badin Powel, the wife of the founder of Boy scouts. We saw live broadcasts of the Apollo 11 landing, walk, and takeoff on the moon. I was 12 and to me that was and still is the most memorial part of 1969, I don't recall being aware of any of the events you listed at the time yet now as a fan of American History I am aware of the events listed.
Even though I was little (I had just gotten out of Kindergarten), I remember watching the moon landing, and all the other related stuff, on TV. "Raindrops keep falling on my head" was from that movie?? I had no idea. I didn't remember that The Brady Bunch actually started in 1969, if I knew that at all. That's interesting. We watched it in the 70s, I guess I had simply assumed it had started then.
In 1969, there was a TV special entitled "Dick Van Dyke & the Other Woman" with Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" on CBS. Good times, baby, good times.
One of my earliest memories is the moon landing. I don't remember the landing itself, but I remember we were in the T.V. room at my grandparents house, and my mother telling me over and over to pay attention, because we were watching history. Another early memory was sitting in pile of leaves in my Halloween costume with my mother taking a picture. That's about all I remember about 1969.
I was born August 21, 1969. Such a crazy roller coaster of a year. My parents were relatively young (18 & 19) and hippies. They used to talk about how it was both exciting and frightening to be bringing a child into the world. Now I can see why. 🥰
Dad and I watched each Apollo mission launch together as soon as I was old enough to basically grasp what was going on. He did his best to explain the science in a way I could understand. We also talked about all kinds of current events of the day, like war, Woodstock, drugs, racism and more. He never talked down to me or brushed off my questions. I'll never forget those times. RIP Dad, I miss you so much! 🤗🤗💜💜
@Shiboline M'Ress.
Willing to spend time with you ✔
Did not talk down to you ✔
Encouraged a diversity of interest for you ✔
Helped to shape you into the person you now ✔
Congratulations dad!
@@williamlynnroden So true! I don't think I told him that nearly enough. 😢💜
Thanks again for taking me back to my carefree days as a teenager. I graduated high school in June 1969 & had a fantastic summer before I moved off to my college years. So many happy, exciting adventures that summer….OK, on to the 70’s.
The 69' 396 Chevelles, RoadRunners, GTOs, Camaros, Mustang Mach1s and a sh!tload of other bad ass cars were being sold in 69'!
Man you are absolutely right about that!! Only trouble was you’d be at an age that you’d have to spend a year in Vietnam before you could drive the damn thing!!
Wasn't the Chevelle a great car? The SS is still my favorite muscle car from that era.
@@tracymesser296 I had a 69 Road Runner in the mid 70s to late 80s.
@@matrox yes me also. 70 Roadrunner bought it in 1976 my senior year! It was a great time to say the least!! I just ment to get one brand new those circumstances may occur! 68,69,70,71,72. It was a rough time for guys 18 & up if you know where I’m coming from!!
@@tracymesser296 My neighbor back then 3 doors up had a 70 RR 383 with a pistol grip shifter. Yellow with a black vinyl top and a flat black hood stripe. He bought his brand new. He was a family man in his 40s at the time.
In 1969 I was living in South Korea and my dad who was military had purchased a tiny tv ti watch the moon landing. You could only see just a few inches of the take off and landing. But we all knew how historic it was. We came back to the states in 1970 and then my dad went to Vietnam for a year. Thankfully he came home. What a time.
One of the best years for rock n roll!!!!! ☮️💟
1969 turned out to be a really eventful year for me. I’m enjoying these looks back in time. Thank you.
Yea.This town had many creeks & ponds & tumbleweeds........that was eventful enough for us kiddos.
Me too!
Also in 1969, Hee Haw starring Buck Owens and Roy Clark premiered on CBS, before moving into syndication.
On a personal note I got married in Dec. A marriage that lasted almost 50 years until my wife's passing in Feb 2019. Our first date was May 16th of that year.
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I was also married in that year and it lasted over 30 years until my husband’s death.
I also got married in April 1969, but my husband passed away in 1991.😂
@@irmadiesner7014 So you were married for 22 years. I hope they were good years for you.
@@georgehenderson7783 yes they were.
Junior in high school. Thanks for the memories! Great video!!!
I was a Junior also! That means we are old now!! 😅
@@dewdrop3302 I was only 12 years old and in junior high school. I know that I am getting old. I even remember Woodstock.
And, remember the Hippie Years. Peace and Groovy!
@@davidsquires154 Those were the good old days wish life could be like that now!!
Having graduated high school in 1967, I joined the Air Force in 1968 (didn't want to get drafted into the Army) and was sent to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippine Islands in 1969 where I turned 21. Was introduced to a lot of things I'd never experienced before (and would rather forget about). Crazy times!
Went to the Philipines many years later(1987&1989 when i was in the Navy) and i experienced those same things(and a little more).😉
Thank you sir for joining and serving. 🇺🇸
Did you try San Miguel beer ?
@@russelljohnson7067 I'm not sure "try" would be an accurate description in my case!
I also graduated from high school in 1967 , enlisted in US Army in 1969 , stationed in Naha ,Okinawa for 18 months.
Dad was in Vietnam. Came home with shrapnel in his spine. We visited him in Walter Reed in D.C. It was depressing as hell, seeing all those soldiers with missing limbs.
And the public was fixated on Woodstock
I can imagine how horrible it was to see.
Two events make 1969 special for me. The first was the moon landing. I remember me and my brother sitting on the floor with our Lunar Module models next to us. We were space kids big time. It saddens me that we stopped taking on really big initiatives after that and that subsequent generations haven't had something on that scale to rally around. I really thought I might get a shot at walking on Mars if I played my cards right. Then we stopped. The second big event that year was the release of Abbey Road by the Beatles. I was aware of their stuff but I hadn't listened to music seriously until I heard that album. It blew my mind. I put away the telescope and picked up a pair of drum sticks. I was going to be Ringo until the old man ended my drumming career. After that I moved to guitar and stayed at it for the next 40 years or so, playing local clubs and other venues for a while. But like my Mars walk, my life of gold records and sold out concerts fell by the wayside. Se la vie. Here's a hat tip to 69 all the same, a great time to be a kid and dream big dreams.
I was 11 in 69, played with my johnny apollo ( a ballon and small fan ) while watching the moon landing on our 12" black and white tv !!
Abbey Road is my all-time favorite album. Still listen to it every week.
When I'm feeling down I sing "step on the gas and wipe your tears away, one sweet dream, be true today."
@@mikefannon6994 I still love Abbey Road but somewhere along the way Rubber Soul replaced it as my favorite. But it will always be special because it was the record that made me fall in love with music.
This narrator could give a lesson to other narrators on how to narrate. Great orator. 🤝👍👏👏👏
Again, I wish I had the patent on rose colored glasses.
Ten years old and lived half the year in a foster home. Best thing to happen to me.
4:58 Mary Jo drove that car off the bridge.
Great memories. Oh to be young and in love again.
at speckled hen. and to have my 1st. gay experience as a teen instead of a 46 year old man in 2007. yes indeed.
One of the best years of my life. My son was born in 1969.
Aww😍
Stay safe buddy 👍
"Nice"
So was I, January.
damn..
I have been subscribing to this channel for about a year....I appreciate the smooth narration, pace and the choices of history/content matter. Thank you Recollection Road!!
I remember 1969 like it was yesterday. I was 15 years old and was following current events.
1969 was so incredible - good and bad. It seemed like 20 years worth of newsworthy events happened all in this 1 year.
My oldest brother and sibling was in our mom's womb and was born on New Year's Day 1970. ❤
Although it was a challenging time - it was a hopeful time. ☮️💟
What an amazing year. We moved so my dad could start his first real post-college job. My sister was born in October that year; we were on our way to being a Midwestern middle class nuclear family.
nice memory!
Yep.
I turned 15 that year. My daddy passed away in October. Thank you for this video! It was calming for me to see what it was like during that year!
Groovy, man, groovy!
Oh Groovy Baby..
I bought that Jackson 5 album and played it over and over again.
There was another big musical festival that year, the Harlem Cultural Festival, which featured many R&B and Blues artists. It started on June 29 and ended August 24. Sly And The Family Stone played at both this event and at Woodstock. It took place at Mount Morris Park in the Manhattan, New York neighborhood of Harlem.
Nice memory
On 1/29 of that year "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" made its debut on CBS Primetime at 7:30 p.m.(6:30 Central).
I love "Glenn Campbell's Goodtime Hour"!
at Kurt Kauffman. i remember that show being on our black and white television. my late brother mickey and i living with our Grandma and Grandpa. me 8 him 7.11/11/2021 7.47 am cst USA Happy Vetrains day. thank you to all who had and still are serving.
Remember it all.😔👍
These are done really well.
Smoked my first joint on May 10th, 1969. I was 14 years old. Quit forever when I was 19.
Made me feel cold and unsure of myself. My friends felt differently.
On my birthday
Also in 1969, H.R. Pufnstuf starring Jack Wild and Billie Hayes premiered on NBC. Dastardly and Muttley with their Flying Machines and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop both premiered on CBS.
And don't forget "The Adventures of Gary Gulliver" and "The Cattanooga Cats" both premiered on ABC-TV!!!
as well as "The Smokey Bear Show", "Hot Wheels", "The Hardy Boys" and "Skyhawks".
Oh, how I love "The Hardy Boys' Animated Musical Cartoon Show" on ABC-TV!!! Wowsers!!!
I get paid to smoke weed on my TH-cam channel 😂
Don't forget "The Pink Panther" & "Here comes the Grump" both premiered on NBC-TV.
Another great timeline video from Recollection Road remembring the good old days. Gets my 👍👍
You forgot about Altamont. The final nail in the coffin ⚰️ thus ending the ideals of the 60’s hippy utopia. What goes up must eventually come down
The courtship of eddies father starring with bill bixby premiere on September in abc
Was on Friday evenings?
@@robertvillarreal7055 Wrong!,Was on Wednesday evenings.
Really, really well done.
Bravo!
Ya Woodstock 3 days of fun music freedom, love. 11 year old and learn alot . Swimming in the pond on Max's farm was an eye opener. The music we all love. The TV shows we all watch today. And man on the moon 🌙. So many memorys of the last of the 60's .I think I'll go swimming bare and remember those times.
Never did any drugs when they say NO to drugs they mean it. Saw alot of people I think 🤔 were on bad trips. The pond was the best. Sex Ed 101,102,103 wow. But the music lives on even today 🙈🙉🙊🌍🌈
I envy you, I was born in the early 1970s, so I missed Woodstock. Must have been so good to see it in person!
Brown acid was brown because of the strychnine in it. Stay away!
The only thing comparable to Woodstock was the Oregon Country Fair in Veneta (15 miles west of Eugene, population @1,500) when The Grateful Dead started playing there from the early 1970's - 1981.
Two things about Woodstock :
1. It could happen back then with no trouble, and no one was surprised by that. That's how we were.
2. Look at the movie to see how thin we all were.
There was no trouble as we were too busy getting stoned 😂😂
I found a sweater box full of my old K-8 class photos (ending spring 68, by 69 I was in high school) and every kid was skinny. Nothing low fat about our mashed potato and meatloaf diets but it was all made from scratch (all dads took train downtown and all moms were homemakers in my little town) and we rarely snacked. Moreover when not in school we lived outdoors racing around on our bikes and playing ball games which didn't need grownups coaching or refereeing.
Great year. I arrived on December 16, 1969.
My little brother also arrived in 1969 ... on February 24.
Did I say "little" brother? He is younger than me but I'm only chest-high to him lol. He's close to 5' 10". We have no idea how that happened. Our Mom was only 5' 1" and Dad was only 5' 5" or 6" 🤷♀️ 😂. So anyway, we've always called him my "big little brother".
6 days after my friend Vanessa was born.
I love this! Thanks for the memories!
Wow - what a year!
I graduated from HS in June, 1969. The next week I was the head lifeguard at a private psychiatric hospital. This was a really hospital, but many folks from nationally known families spent their summers there to get their heads screwed back on. I watched the lunar landing with a mother and her two daughters in rural Virginia. On December 1, my draft number was 254. Though in college I went to the Selective Service Office and volunteered for 1-A status. The lady at the draft office ( a former Marine) looked up at me and said "smart boy" with no hint of sarcasm.
Turned 10 that fall. I remember that year vividly
I was 19 , dad died in March at 61 , blew the engine in my '61 Chevy (427) at the lions drag strip , the love of my life was no longer in my life , and I got my letter from Uncle Sam , thankfully my bad eyesight got me rejected at the induction center in l.a. !!!!! What a summer !
Pls make these "flashback to" videos longer with more content. Thanks! Im subbing.
In 1969, actor & singer Frank Sinatra released his hit song which was entitled " I Did it My Way." Four years later, Elvis Presley re-recorded it from his "Aloha from Hawaii" TV special on NBC-TV.
It was written by Paul Anka. I understand that Sinatra didn’t actually like the song but he probably liked the money he made singing it. 😅
In the summertime of 1969, "The Liberace Show" premiered on CBS. And this time, it was in glorious living color!!! Leaping lizards!!!
Glenn Campbell & Liberace on CBS
Don't forget Hurricane Camille, Aug 14, 1969 - Aug 22, 1969! I was 6 years old, we survived it in Algiers LA, but a lot of folks in Mississippi were battered severely! :(
I remember it, though I lived far away from the danger. I used to confuse Hurricane Camille with Hurricane Betsy (a few years earlier). Camille was the far worse.
Just turning 14.. Damm, I'm old.. An still kicking...! 😊
I love your videos and all the trivia! It has shown me, I was born at the right time!
I changed schools in August, leaving my elementary school for a school treating dyslexia.My oldest niece was born June 1.I passed out bubble gum to all my friends to celebrate.My parents remarried at the start of the year.
I love these flashback vids! I was born in 67 but I like to see what was going on around that time and before. I’d really like to see more vids about the 70s- when I was growing up. 1978 would be a good one. I was 11. That Jan (25th) was my sister’s 9th bday and that was the start of the big midwest blizzard of 78. We were mad that her bday party got canceled, but it was cool to be snowed in and off school for about a week. There were many more good times later in that year. It was a cool time to be a kid.
at dk woodsy. amen sista.. northern Indiana..class of 1980...i remember that well.. have never seen another snow storm like that,
@@tonyfriend7413 Actually it’s “brotha.” 😁 And yeah- there hasn’t been another winter like that year. I was glad to have all the milder winters for years- I was a truck driver- but now that I’m retired, I wouldn’t mind having another bad one like that- minus the deaths and injuries….
This is good for everyone to learn about the history of the pass.
What a year! The Moon landing - I did not see it live, but CBS Evening News replay. The Mets! Woodstock, I was a bit too young to go, but I have found the event to be fascinating over the years. A friend made me a CD-R copy of the 38 CD 50th-anniversary set that was released in 2019. The Brady Bunch - my introduction to "blended" family - great show.
A great video showing some of the highlights of that amazing year. Thank you very much!
Watched it live. I was 12 yrs old. Remember where I was. Wilmington, California. Dad was in the Navy and was being transferred to San Diego and we had to vacate our Carrillo Navy housing in Long Beach BUT our Bayview Naval housing wasn't ready yet. The Navy rented one half of a duplex for the summer. We watched the moon landing live coverage on TV at our next door neighbors'.....will never forget.
Sic, Cabrillo
I watched the lunar landing on beautiful Catalina Island (as the song said, 26 miles across the sea from Los Angeles). On a black and white television, probably less than 20 inch screen. Still, so exciting.
We watched on our B&W tv in San Gabriel.
A family in my town was murdered, but by their father/husband/s-i-law but my classmate survived. My mom worked at the LA Times and came home with the story on the front page of the Herald-Examiner.
"26 miles across the sea!
Santa Catalina is the place for me!
Santa Catalina, the island of: Romance! Romance! Romance! Romance!"
In Canada, the first mass credit card, Chargex (now part of VISA) was introduced. I was a 17 year old issued and trained to use a Smith and Wesson revolver in the basement of the TD Centre. My staff asked me to change the brand of pipe tobacco because they didn't like the smell.
Great video as always. What a time it was. I was seven. The world was in tumult but in my quiet suburb things seemed changeless.
Living in the suburbs was like living in a cocoon. Just kids at play
50’s-70’s is when I wish I could have lived
The highest grossing film of 1969?
Herbie the Love Bug😎👍
I was born this year and I'm surprised how long ago it was. 53 years man time flies.
When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon I was at Boy Scout camp and watched outside on a little TV they placed on a ladder so around 100 of us scouts could watch.
I was 15 and at camp too in which we gathered around inside a room where a small tv was.
I remember watching him on our little black and white TV. What a thrill.
I remember 1969 as the year I went to Israel. I left a few days before the moon landing and returned in Jan., 1970. I went over there by myself, stayed on a kibbutz for most of the time, learned how to speak Hebrew, and had the experience of my life.
and under palestinian people apartheid !
Don’t forget Sesame Street and Woodstock!!
I can name every player of the Miracle Mets! I was 6 years old.
I spent the summer of 1969 traveling around Europe with friends. The night of the moon landing we were in a youth hostel at Zell am See Austria. It was one of the few with a TV, but doors were locked and lights out at 10 pm and the moon landing happened in the middle of the night. Another guy and I stayed out in our VW bus and listened to the landing on Armed Forces Radio. We did get to see the replay in the morning, Really, experiencing it that way was pretty special.
Major professional sports championships in North America during 1969:
MLB (66th World Series) - New York Mets defeated Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1.
NBA - Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3
(last title for Boston until the 1973-74 season).
NFL (Super Bowl III) - New York Jets (AFL) defeated Baltimore Colts (NFL), 16-7
(January 12 - Jets become first AFL team to win Super Bowl).
CFL (57th Grey Cup) - Ottawa Rough Riders defeated Saskatchewan Roughriders, 29-11.
NHL - Montreal Canadiens defeated St. Louis Blues, 4 games to 0.
American Basketball Association-Oakland Oaks defeated Indiana Pacers 4 games to 1.
@@elwin38 Oakland Oaks relocated to D.C. and became the Washington Caps on August 21, 1969
@@1985OldSkool So true. Pat Boone(Oaks owner) couldn't pay the bills and sold the team to a guy named Earl Foreman.
@@elwin38 He was the very same Earl Foreman that would go on to create the
original Major Indoor Soccer League, and serve as its Commissioner from 1978 to 1985 and again from 1989 until its demise in 1992.
8 years old and I remember it like if it was yesterday, WOW, lol. There was still a black and white TV in the house.
Yes if you had a second TV it was
B&W
I was at Woodstock, part of the Woodstock Nation. Who else was there in 1969 and still looks for themselves in the Woodstock pics? More than 50 years after the fact!
Did you see The Who play?
I was also there....for 5 days. Arrived early. My car was on the hill in all those pics. Amazing, but also...well....lots to endure. Will never forget how everyone helped everyone.
@@EICHOLZtheEXPERT Sorry, I wasn't checking out any music. The stage seemed a mile away from my vantage point and the real show was in the mass of humanity who made up the actual event. The spirit and camaraderie of the Woodstock kids is something I'll never forget.
Me!
0:44 the amazing mets!
Would definitely take the music playing on the radio in 1969 than 2019 and I was not even born yet in 69. I just listened to the music from back then and was like oh this is a lot better. Like taking off the condom if you are a guy. Lol.
I was seven. My parents would often have the pop station on in the car.
A great year.. I had a very good job working on a govt. contract, a super hot girlfriend, bought a new Grand Prix and lived on a beach.. . I really want to go back LOL..
In 1969, the Ideal Toy Company released the Beautiful Crissy Growing-Hair doll with her beautiful long hair that grows right down to her toes like it said so in a TV commercial.
On 3/28,We say so long to President Eisenhower.
I would love to have been alive at this time , like high school or college age. You guys changed the world
Thank you - yes, we Boomers did (or tried like hell to do so) Best time EVER to have been young and alive!
NO you don't. Getting caught with ONE JOINT of Weed would get you 7 YEARS in a TEXASS PRISON!!!!! And ALL other states had SEVERE Jail time for just WEED!!!! Or you would be DRAFTED into the ARMY at 18 & sent to die in Vietnam for NO REASON!!!
@@ccryder6605 Boomers changed the world for the better in the 60s, but what happened during the 70s and 80s? Boomers took a different approach to life. They became predominantly conservative and decided that after they changed the world, no future generation would be allowed to do the same. That won't last much longer. Things are changing anyway.
Do you believe in Magic? Groovy kind of Love ‘65 & ‘67
I graduated HS ‘69, we called ourselves the 69ers. Great era of music.
Just happened upon this channel, brings back some very fond and amazing memories , still seems like only yesterday even though I was just 12-13 during 1969 . I was probably influenced most by tbe music , what a great time for FM and even AM radio. Woodstock was a game changer for me, plus with a older sister I was officially now a music connoisseur. Lol. Along with being consider a young , hippy. Peace love, can ya dig it ? Right on man. Lol
I was three years old. I can remember watching the men walk on the moon with my parents.
The year that I graduated high school good days !
I was 5 in spring 1969, finishing pre-school at St. Christopher's church. The morning of the last day, I was geared up to go to a picnic with my neighbors across the street. And I thought school was out. I was informed that day was actually the last day. I didn't take the news well. I threw a fit and ran to my room bawling. Dad came in immediately, whooped me good, and told me to straighten up! 😂😂😂 I got through the 3 hours of the last pre-school day just fine. Then I had fun at the picnic. I remember the lunar landing that summer.
Most exciting year EVER
1969 Indianapolis 500 winner: Mario Andretti
1969 Le Mans winner: Jacky Ickx/Jackie Oliver
1969 F1 WDC: Jackie Stewart
On the NASCAR scene:
1969 Daytona 500, 1969 World 600, 1969 Southern 500 winner: LeeRoy Yarborough (first to complete the NASCAR Triple Crown (this would later become the grand slam, which wasn’t truly in affect until the Winston Million was introduced in 1985 (the slam was originally formed when Talladega got a 2nd 500 mile date for the spring of 1970. It wouldn’t be until the race got the Winston 500 name that it would become a grand slam race)
1969 Talladega 500: Richard Brickhouse wins the first ever race at the Biggest Baddest Fastest Oval Track in America, after a massive driver boycott led by Richard Petty and David Pearson, as a result from tire failures during the week. Brickhouse, Bobby Issac, and Jim Vandiver were the only three Cup regulars (on the 1969 roster) that raced. Brickhouse only raced because Dodge was Debuting the Dodge Daytona, which would play a major story for the next full season (until the end of the 1970 season), along with its counterpart The Plymouth Superbird. One of the teams running a Daytona that weekend said that his car would be in the race, and offered the Ride to Brickhouse, who accepted the offer. There is a whole video made by S1ap Sh0es (Slap Shoes) Entited “The Worst NASCAR Race Ever” based on the events of the 1969 Talladega 500.
1969 NASCAR Grand National Champion: David Pearson of Spartanburg, South Carolina. It would be his 3rd and last title, capping an impressive 3 title run in a four year span. Second place was Richard Petty from Level Cross (Randleman) NC. 6th place points Finisher Bobby Isaac would win the most races that season at 17.
USAC Open Wheel:
1969 Indianapolis 500: Mario Andretti takes one of the most popular victories at Indy of all time in the 500. It’s the only time the Andretti Name has won at Indianapolis as A driver, which has led to the family curse at the track (said curse applies mainly to the family as drivers on the track. The Race Team run by the Family (named Andretti Global as of 2024), however, has won on 6 occasions since:
1995 Jacques Villenuve
2005 Dan Weldon, (won again with Bryan Herta Motorsport team in 2011, only months before his untimely fatal wreck at Vegas that October.)
2007 Dario Franchitti (would later win twice more (2010, 2012) at Chip Ganassi) 2014 Ryan Hunter-Reay
2016 Alexander Rossi,
2017 Takuma Sato (won again with Rahal in 2020 (thanks to a late caution damaging the pit lane wall, and Indycar electing not to restart the race after a brief red flag when the wall was inspected). For those wondering, 2nd place (1985 (Mario (Spin and win), and 2006 (Marco (As a rookie, passed on the last lap in the home stretch by Sam Hornish Jr)) is the closest the family has gotten since 1969. To add insult onto injury Marco’s 2nd place in 2006 was also the same race that Michael Andretti, would finish in 3rd place.
In addition, Mario would win the 1969 USAC open Wheel Championship.
Formula 1
WDC: Sir Jackie Stewart (British, first title)
Constructors: Marta-Cosworth (France, first constructors championship for France, as was the only time a car entirely built in France won the constructors title)
The big 3 European races
Monaco: Graham Hill
British: Jackie Stewart
Italian: Jackie Stewart
Germany: Jacky Ickx
France: Jackie Stewart
Belgium (Spa Francorchamps) was not run due to safety concerns.
North American races
Canadian: Jacky Ickx
United States: Jochen Rindt
Mexican: Denny Hulme
Baseball:
The MLB adds teams in Kansas City (AL) Montreal (NL, moved to Washington DC in 2005), San Diego, and Seattle (AL, moved to Milwaukee (AL, now NL) for the next season. City got MLB back in 1977). The teams would go by the names:
Royals: In honor of former Negro League team named “Monarchs”
Expos: in honor of Expo 67 being in Montreal.
Pilots: Ties into the Aviation industry that’s based in the area
Padres: historical tie to the Spanish Missions in the San Diego area in the colonial days
MLB playoff format change: teams a
In the American and National Leagues are now placed into two Divisions (East and west). the two division winners would play a 5 game series to determine the Pennant winner. The World Series stays as is at a best of 7.
The New York Mets go on and stun the Baseball world with a 100-62 regular season record, before going on to beat Atlanta Braves (93-69) for the Pennant in 4 games Meanwhile, Baltimore dominates the American League,(108-54), and taking out the Minnesota Twins (97-65) in 3 games. The Mets would win the World Series in 5 games (4-1).
I saw Butch Cassidy and the SD Kid at the theater.
I did too. Great movie. Cost 75 cents to see it and the popcorn was out of this world.
I was 2 years old, my mother passed that year. My future step brother would be starting his 3rd tour of Vietnam.
The biggest event in 1969 was the Apollo 11 moon landing, I remember it well.
The biggest event in 1869 was the completion Continental Railroad.
1969 I was eight years old, I think we were more wise about what was going on back then. I remember everything like it was yesterday, kids today can't remember what happened ten minutes ago.
Year I was born 🎂🎉
On January 12 1969 English rock band Led Zeppelin released their debut album in the United States .
I was born in February 28 th 1969
My brother was born on February 24, 1969.
Dawn & Her Amazing Friends doll collection from Topper Toys made their debut at toy stores everywhere!!!
I had Dawn and the whole set of her friends! Tons of clothes, shoes and other accessories. I've never met anyone else who has even heard of them much less owned them.
Sadly, when I was about 12, my Mom threw away all of dolls because, in her words, "I was too old to play with dolls." Ii was so mad because I wanted to save my dolls for my future daughters.
I can’t say, that, I remember but, very little since, I just turned 2 in mid summer. I do remember my favorite series of all time came out that year, which was The Brady Bunch.
On 7/3,We say so long to Brian Jones,Band Member of The Rolling Stones.He was 27.
You want to know the best thing that happened in 1969 to me? I was born in September that year. BIG Bird and the gang are the same age as I am, now how bout that!
AS NEW YORK YANKEES FAN IT HURTS ME TO SAY IT THE NEW YORK METS WON THE WORLD SERIES THEY WERE GOOD &LUCKY MY OTHER BROTHER WAS 18 YEARS OLD THAT YEAR HE WAS A JETS &METS FAN AND HE GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL THAT YEAR KENNET O
8th grade in a parochial school
St Joseph nuns…
@Joni Angels R Real
How nice. My sister was in the 8th, I was in the 5th, Mary Help of Christians, nuns as well. What a beautiful time to have been there.
My sisters friend went like this: ✌️In a photograph.
Ten years old in Los Angeles. Scary. Some great things though.
In 1969 in Idaho several Thousand boys meet up at the Idaho State park for the National Jamboree, we heard from Jesse Owens, former Olympic track star, Richard Nixon and Lady Badin Powel, the wife of the founder of Boy scouts. We saw live broadcasts of the Apollo 11 landing, walk, and takeoff on the moon. I was 12 and to me that was and still is the most memorial part of 1969, I don't recall being aware of any of the events you listed at the time yet now as a fan of American History I am aware of the events listed.
Even though I was little (I had just gotten out of Kindergarten), I remember watching the moon landing, and all the other related stuff, on TV. "Raindrops keep falling on my head" was from that movie?? I had no idea. I didn't remember that The Brady Bunch actually started in 1969, if I knew that at all. That's interesting. We watched it in the 70s, I guess I had simply assumed it had started then.
In 1969, there was a TV special entitled "Dick Van Dyke & the Other Woman" with Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" on CBS. Good times, baby, good times.
One of my earliest memories is the moon landing. I don't remember the landing itself, but I remember we were in the T.V. room at my grandparents house, and my mother telling me over and over to pay attention, because we were watching history. Another early memory was sitting in pile of leaves in my Halloween costume with my mother taking a picture. That's about all I remember about 1969.
I wasn’t as tuned in to the moon landings as I was to the Apollo launches. Man, those were dramatic.
Wow I didn't know these facts. Thanks
And on September 26, 1969, the Beatles Abbey Rd was released.✌🏾✊🏾
1969 nice cars motorcycles were cool all this other stuff happening it was some cool times that year
I graduated from high school in 1969, living in San Francisco Bay Area. Need i say more?