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Happenings of '69 January 20- Richard Milhous Nixon succeeds Lyndon Baines Johnson as the 37th President of The United States. February 24- The Mariner 6 Mars probe is launched. March 10- In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. April 22- Robin Knox-Johnston becomes the first person to sail around the world solo without stopping. May 18- Apollo program: Apollo 10 (Tom Stafford, Gene Ceman, John Young) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing. June 3- Melbourne-Evans collision; The Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne collides with the U.S. destroyer Frank E. Evans in the South China Sea; 74 U.S. sailors are killed. July 2- Apollo program: The lunar module Eagle lands on the lunar surface. The world watches in awe as Neil Armstrong takes his historic first steps on the Moon August 5- Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers). September 2- The first automatic teller machine (ATM) in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York. October 16- The "miracle" New York Mets win the World Series, beating the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 1. November 15- Dave Thomas opens his first restaurant in a former steakhouse on a cold, snowy Saturday in downtown Columbus, Ohio. He names the chain Wendy's after his 8-year-old daughter Melinda Lou (nicknamed Wendy by her siblings). December 1- Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
Top 25 Hits of '69 1. Aquarius, Fifth Dimension
Top Movies of '69 1. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah)
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