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In two hours - or for the fussy, four and a half hours - I turn 45.
(Yes, my Mum was up at 3am birthing me. Poor Mum. Apparently I took three days from the start of labour until I finally condescended to leave.)
I was born in the summer (southern hemisphere) of 1969.
January:
Led Zeppelin launched their first album.
Richard Nixon took office.
**** I was born! ME! Most important thing of the year! It's all about me!!! ****
Elvis Presley recorded 'In the Ghetto'....
... and the Beatles gave their last public performance.
February
Two cosmonauts spacewalked from Soyuz 4 to Soyuz 5; the first walk between two docked craft in space.
Yassar Arafat became the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.
The first Boing 747 flew....
March
.... and so did the first Concorde.
NASA tested the lunar module in space (Apollo 9 mission).
"The Godfather" was published.
April
The first artificial heart was implanted.
Brisbane (my home city) stopped using trams. (light rail)
May
A precursor of the Woodstock concert ends in an eviction by the National Guard.
The "Hamburger Hill" battle began in the Vietnam War.
A teenager died of a mysterious medical condition in the States: much later (1984) his condition was diagnosed as HIV/AIDS.
Apollo 10, the full 'dress rehearsal' for the moon landing, was launched.
Civil unrest and riots in Argentina and Curacao.
June
Collision between the HMAS Melbourne and the USS Frank E. Evans kills American soldiers, and destroys the Evans.
Presidents Nixon (USA) and Nguyen Van Thieu (Sth Vietnam) meet to discuss the withdrawal of US soldiers.
Stonewall occured, and triggered the current form of the gay rights movement.
(I've seen conflicting descriptions of what happened. I think it's one of those situations where a dry recitation of events means little: it's the emotional content and the background that makes it so important.)
July
Canada recognised French as an equal national language with English.
The first US troop withdrawals of the Vietnam War.
***** APOLLO 11 LANDED ON THE MOON! Niel Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Micheal Collins made a very special kind of human history. ******
President Nixon invoked the 'Nixon Doctrine': I'm not entirely clear on it, but it basically seems to mean that the US was going to pull out of the war. And did.
August
More Vietnam War politics, attempted peace agreements, and so on. It's all murky.
The Beatles' famous Abbey Road photograph was taken.
The Charles Manson murders.
Northern Ireland violence started to get really bad.
The Soviet Union and China started to have serious border clashes.
The Woodstock festival (finally, something nice in August! Well, ok, the Beatles photo is nice too.)
Category 5 Hurricane Camille did a tonne of damage in Mississippi (is that how it's spelled?) (and oh ick, not nice).
September
Gadaffi took power in Libya.
The first ATM.
The first Scooby Doo episode.
The last Looney Tunes (well, of that era's Looney Tunes).
The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album.
October
Nuclear Testing in Alaska.
Chicago 'Weatherman' riots.
Monty Python's Flying Circus airs
Vietnam War demonstrations.
The first message sent over ARPANET, a precursor for the Internet.
November
Sesame Street airs for the first time.
... a whole bunch of Vietnam War politics and mess, while people are dying. The deaths include the My Lai massacre.
Apollo 12 was launched, and two more humans walked on the moon.
ARPANET was expanded.
December
A draft lottery was held for the Vietnam War.
Violence at 'Altamont Free Concert', aka 'Woodstock West'.
Sometime during summer
Unix was invented.
(Yes, my Mum was up at 3am birthing me. Poor Mum. Apparently I took three days from the start of labour until I finally condescended to leave.)
I was born in the summer (southern hemisphere) of 1969.
January:
Led Zeppelin launched their first album.
Richard Nixon took office.
**** I was born! ME! Most important thing of the year! It's all about me!!! ****
Elvis Presley recorded 'In the Ghetto'....
... and the Beatles gave their last public performance.
February
Two cosmonauts spacewalked from Soyuz 4 to Soyuz 5; the first walk between two docked craft in space.
Yassar Arafat became the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.
The first Boing 747 flew....
March
.... and so did the first Concorde.
NASA tested the lunar module in space (Apollo 9 mission).
"The Godfather" was published.
April
The first artificial heart was implanted.
Brisbane (my home city) stopped using trams. (light rail)
May
A precursor of the Woodstock concert ends in an eviction by the National Guard.
The "Hamburger Hill" battle began in the Vietnam War.
A teenager died of a mysterious medical condition in the States: much later (1984) his condition was diagnosed as HIV/AIDS.
Apollo 10, the full 'dress rehearsal' for the moon landing, was launched.
Civil unrest and riots in Argentina and Curacao.
June
Collision between the HMAS Melbourne and the USS Frank E. Evans kills American soldiers, and destroys the Evans.
Presidents Nixon (USA) and Nguyen Van Thieu (Sth Vietnam) meet to discuss the withdrawal of US soldiers.
Stonewall occured, and triggered the current form of the gay rights movement.
(I've seen conflicting descriptions of what happened. I think it's one of those situations where a dry recitation of events means little: it's the emotional content and the background that makes it so important.)
July
Canada recognised French as an equal national language with English.
The first US troop withdrawals of the Vietnam War.
***** APOLLO 11 LANDED ON THE MOON! Niel Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Micheal Collins made a very special kind of human history. ******
President Nixon invoked the 'Nixon Doctrine': I'm not entirely clear on it, but it basically seems to mean that the US was going to pull out of the war. And did.
August
More Vietnam War politics, attempted peace agreements, and so on. It's all murky.
The Beatles' famous Abbey Road photograph was taken.
The Charles Manson murders.
Northern Ireland violence started to get really bad.
The Soviet Union and China started to have serious border clashes.
The Woodstock festival (finally, something nice in August! Well, ok, the Beatles photo is nice too.)
Category 5 Hurricane Camille did a tonne of damage in Mississippi (is that how it's spelled?) (and oh ick, not nice).
September
Gadaffi took power in Libya.
The first ATM.
The first Scooby Doo episode.
The last Looney Tunes (well, of that era's Looney Tunes).
The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album.
October
Nuclear Testing in Alaska.
Chicago 'Weatherman' riots.
Monty Python's Flying Circus airs
Vietnam War demonstrations.
The first message sent over ARPANET, a precursor for the Internet.
November
Sesame Street airs for the first time.
... a whole bunch of Vietnam War politics and mess, while people are dying. The deaths include the My Lai massacre.
Apollo 12 was launched, and two more humans walked on the moon.
ARPANET was expanded.
December
A draft lottery was held for the Vietnam War.
Violence at 'Altamont Free Concert', aka 'Woodstock West'.
Sometime during summer
Unix was invented.
Hope you have an amazing day and year 
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