Movies & TV
(1969) – This legendary children's show, featuring puppets and lessons for young kids, introduced the character popular yellow bird.
Sesame Street
(1969) – This massive rock festival in New York became one of the most famous music events in history.
Woodstock
This event made history when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon.
Apollo 11
(1975) – Pakistan played in this first-ever global cricket tournament, featuring 60-over matches.
Cricket World Cup
This British prince was invested as the Prince of Wales in a grand ceremony.
Prince Charles
(1975) This Spielberg-directed thriller about a great white shark terrorizing a beach town became the first summer blockbuster.
JAWS
(1975) – This Queen song, known for its operatic sections and guitar solos, became one of their biggest hits.
Bohemian Rhapsody
(1975) – This company was founded in a garage and later became the world's biggest personal computing giant.
Microsoft
This Caribbean team won the first-ever Cricket World Cup.
West Indies
(1969) – This U.S. senator and younger brother of JFK was assassinated while running for president.
Robert F. Kennedy assassination
(1969) – This popular British sci-fi series featured the Third Doctor for the first time.
Doctor Who
(1969) – This Beatles album, featuring "Come Together" and "Here Comes the Sun," was released with an iconic crosswalk cover.
Abbey Road
(1975) – This tech company, founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, would later revolutionize personal computing.
Apple
(1969) – This boxer, often called "The Greatest," won the heavyweight title before being stripped due to his refusal to be drafted.
Muhammad Ali
(1969) – This British TV channel began color broadcasting for the first time.
BBC One
(1975) – This sketch comedy show premiered on NBC, featuring comedians like Chevy Chase and John Belushi.
SNL
(1975) – This iconic musician, known for hits like "Fame" and "Space Oddity," introduced his Thin White Duke persona.
Bowie
This high-level programming language was introduced, later becoming the foundation for UNIX systems.
C
(1975) – This athlete set a world record in the decathlon, later becoming famous in pop culture.
Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner)
(1975) – This African country, formerly ruled by Portugal, gained independence in 1975.
Angola
This children's TV show, featuring puppets and narrated by Ringo Starr, debuted.
(originally The Railway Series)Thomas & Friends?
(1969) – This legendary British rock band performed their final live concert on a rooftop in London.
The Beatles (Rooftop concert, January 1969)
(1969) – This internet precursor, connecting universities for the first time, sent its first message in 1969.
ARPANET
(1969) – This legendary quarterback, known for the "Super Bowl Guarantee," led the New York Jets to their first and only championship.
: Joe Namath
(1969) – This countercultural movement of peace, love, and rebellion peaked in the late 1960s and was known by this two-word phrase.
The Hippie Movement