Historic Footnotes from our Senior year -
June 1, 1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono record " Give Peace A Chance "
July 18 - Senator Edward Kennedy's car leaves bridge on Chappaquiddick
Island, MA, drowning passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
July 20 - Apollo 11 landing - Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes first
Man on the Moon .
August 8 - " Helter Skelter " - Charles Manson's "family members" carry out
their first night of mayhem, killing, among others, actress Sharon Tate
and coffee heiress Abigail Folger. Two days later they strike again,
killing supermarket owners Leno & Rosemary La Bianca
August 15th thru 18th - Woodstock Music Festival takes place on Max
Yazgur's farm in Bethel, NY. "Three days of Fun & Music"
September 2 - Ho Chi Minh, President of North Vietnam, dies.
November 10 - Sesame Street debuts on PBS.
November 15 - 250,000 gather in Washington DC for peaceful protest of
the Vietnam War.
December 13 - Arlo Guthrie's short version of "Alice's Restaurant" debuts
on the Billboard "Hot 100", peaking at #97.
January 3 , 1970 - "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater , New York - 1508 performances.
January 22 - First commercial Boeing 747 flight (Pan Am), NYC - London in 6.5 hours.
January 25 - Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H premieres.
January 26 - In Britain, rock star Mick Jagger is fined £200 for possession of marijuana.
March 12 - US lowers voting age from 21 to 18.
March 16 - Tammi Terrell, singer ( "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "You're All I Need" ),
dies from brain tumor at age 23.
April 1 - US President Richard Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on
TV beginning Jan 1, 1971
April 9 - Paul McCartney announces official split of the Beatles.
April 13 - Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as oxygen tank explodes
en route to Moon.
April 22 - First Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources.
May 4 - US National Guard kills four at Kent State University in Ohio ~
Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandy Scheuer, William Schroeder.
May 14 - Billie Burke, Good Witch Glinda in Wizard of Oz, dies at age 84.
May 31 - C.H.S. Class of 1970 Graduates !
#1 Records of the 1970 School Year - in sequence, June 1969 thru August 1970.
Get Back - The Beatles w/ Billy Preston
Love Theme, Romeo & Juliet - Henry Mancini
In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension
Come Together - The Beatles
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary
Someday We'll Be Together - The Supremes
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
Venus - The Shocking Blue
Thank You - Sly & The Family Stone
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Let It Be - The Beatles ~ ( Letter "B" - Sesame Street )
ABC - The Jackson 5
American Woman - The Guess Who
Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
The Long And Winding Road - The Beatles
The Love You Save - The Jackson 5
Mama Told Me ( Not To Come ) - Three Dog Night
(They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters
At The Oscars -
Best Picture - "Patton" over "Five Easy Pieces" , "Love Story"
Best Actor - George C. Scott - "Patton"
Best Actress - Glenda Jackson for "Women In Love"
Best Original Song - "For All We Know" from "Lovers And Other Strangers"
Send us your suggestion for a 1970 song or movie and we'll add it !
July 18 - Senator Edward Kennedy's car leaves bridge on Chappaquiddick
Island, MA, drowning passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
July 20 - Apollo 11 landing - Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes first
Man on the Moon .
August 8 - " Helter Skelter " - Charles Manson's "family members" carry out
their first night of mayhem, killing, among others, actress Sharon Tate
and coffee heiress Abigail Folger. Two days later they strike again,
killing supermarket owners Leno & Rosemary La Bianca
August 15th thru 18th - Woodstock Music Festival takes place on Max
Yazgur's farm in Bethel, NY. "Three days of Fun & Music"
September 2 - Ho Chi Minh, President of North Vietnam, dies.
November 10 - Sesame Street debuts on PBS.
November 15 - 250,000 gather in Washington DC for peaceful protest of
the Vietnam War.
December 13 - Arlo Guthrie's short version of "Alice's Restaurant" debuts
on the Billboard "Hot 100", peaking at #97.
January 3 , 1970 - "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater , New York - 1508 performances.
January 22 - First commercial Boeing 747 flight (Pan Am), NYC - London in 6.5 hours.
January 25 - Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H premieres.
January 26 - In Britain, rock star Mick Jagger is fined £200 for possession of marijuana.
March 12 - US lowers voting age from 21 to 18.
March 16 - Tammi Terrell, singer ( "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "You're All I Need" ),
dies from brain tumor at age 23.
April 1 - US President Richard Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on
TV beginning Jan 1, 1971
April 9 - Paul McCartney announces official split of the Beatles.
April 13 - Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as oxygen tank explodes
en route to Moon.
April 22 - First Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources.
May 4 - US National Guard kills four at Kent State University in Ohio ~
Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandy Scheuer, William Schroeder.
May 14 - Billie Burke, Good Witch Glinda in Wizard of Oz, dies at age 84.
May 31 - C.H.S. Class of 1970 Graduates !
#1 Records of the 1970 School Year - in sequence, June 1969 thru August 1970.
Get Back - The Beatles w/ Billy Preston
Love Theme, Romeo & Juliet - Henry Mancini
In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension
Come Together - The Beatles
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary
Someday We'll Be Together - The Supremes
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
Venus - The Shocking Blue
Thank You - Sly & The Family Stone
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Let It Be - The Beatles ~ ( Letter "B" - Sesame Street )
ABC - The Jackson 5
American Woman - The Guess Who
Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
The Long And Winding Road - The Beatles
The Love You Save - The Jackson 5
Mama Told Me ( Not To Come ) - Three Dog Night
(They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters
At The Oscars -
Best Picture - "Patton" over "Five Easy Pieces" , "Love Story"
Best Actor - George C. Scott - "Patton"
Best Actress - Glenda Jackson for "Women In Love"
Best Original Song - "For All We Know" from "Lovers And Other Strangers"
Send us your suggestion for a 1970 song or movie and we'll add it !
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