Nostalgic for 1969

Richard Nixon is sworn in as the president. The Beatles perform in public for the last time. Mario Puzo’s novel The Godfather is published. The first American troops withdraw from Vietnam. Woodstock takes place in Bethel, N.Y.

Travel back in time for a retrospective 1969 slide show from The New York Times (be sure to click along the top of the page to go through the slides). For a true fix of nostalgia, view actual pages from many Wisconsin newspapers from 1969 at www.NewspaperArchives.com.

Wisconsin boomers, what stands out in your mind from 1969? Please post a comment here.

(Jimi Hendrix photo from Answer.com)

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