Nov 24 Apollo 12 returns to Earth

Nov 21 The first ARPANET link was put into service on this day in 1969. The network connected a computer at the University of California at Los Angeles with one at the Stanford Research Institute.

Nov 10 The children's TV show Sesame Street debuts on PBS.

Nov 01 Beatles'""Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks

Nov 24 U.S. Army officials announce 1st Lt. William Calley will be court-martialed for the premeditated murder of 109 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai.

Dec 11 The secretary of the Moscow writer's union declares that nudity as displayed in the popular play "Oh! Calcutta!" is a sign of decadence in Western culture

Dec 22 Myriam Bédard biathlon athlete and Olympic medalist, was born at Loretteville, Quebec, she took up biathlon while an army cadet at age 15

Dec 06 300,000 attend the Altamont CA, rock concert feature Rolling Stones

Dec 17 USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings

Dec 18 Britain abolishes death penalty

Dec 04 Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago

Dec 15 San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones

Dec 22 John Lennon and Yoko Ono spend an hour with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and meet the Minister of Health, John Munro to discuss drug abuse.

Dec 03 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar

Dec 22 Anglican Church of Canada ordains first woman deacon.

Dec 17 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show

Dec 22 Montreal Quebec FLQ terrorists explode bomb in a post office truck.

Dec 22 Supreme Court rules 1968 Montreal lottery illegal; Quebec sets up provincial lottery corporation; first draw to take place March 14, 1970.

Dec 16 "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" posters begin appearing

Dec 02 Boeing gives members of the press a historic first passenger flight from Seattle to New York City aboard the 747 jumbo jet.

Dec 01 US government holds its first draft lottery since WW II

Dec 19 Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released

May 05 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)

May 25 "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating

May 01 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC

May 31 "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8

May 16 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

May 30 Gibraltar adopts constitution

May 31 Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amour"

May 28 AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid

May 21 Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death

May 10 Turtles play the White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times

May 20 US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam

May 16 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute

May 29 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes first crossing of Arctic Sea ice

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