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1969
1. NEIL ARMSTRONG
became the first man to walk on the moon. (On the flight he was
accompanied by 'Buzz' Aldrin - second man to walk on the moon, and
Michael Collins).
2. SESAME STREET
began on US television.
3. American actor
ROBERT TAYLOR died aged 58.
4. PRINCE CHARLES
was invested as the Prince of Wales.
5. South African
golfer GARY PLAYER won his fifth Australian Open.
6. JOHN WAYNE won
the Academy Award for Best Actor in True Grit.
7. LAUNCESTON
experienced its worst floods for 40 years.
8. PAUL McCARTNEY
married LINDA EASTMAN.9. JETHRO TULL released their debut
album.
10. Australia's
JOHN NEWCOMBE and TONY ROCHE won their third men’s doubles title at
Wimbledon.
11. FIFTH DIMENSION
won the Grammy for Record of the Year with Aquarius/Let The Sunshine
In.
12. American boxer
ROCKY MARCIANO died in a plane crash aged 45.
13. TINY TIM
married Miss Vicki on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show on US
television.
14. CROSBY, STILLS
& NASH added NEIL YOUNG to their line-up.
15. JOHNNY FARNHAM
won his first King of Pop award.
16. Geelong’s DOUG
WADE topped the VFL goalkicking list with 127 goals.
17. The 12-sided
cupro-nickel 50 CENT COIN replaced the silver 50 cent
pieces.
18. BRUCE DEVLIN
won his first Australian PGA championship.
19. THE ARCHIES had
the biggest selling single in the UK with Sugar Sugar.
20. WEIGHT WATCHERS
INTERNATIONAL held its first Australian meeting in
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