1969
Ann Arbor Huron is finally finished; students move in September, 1969
Ann Arbor Huron wins first state championship in Cross Country
John Norman Collins arrested for several Michigan Murders in Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area 1967-69
First Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival with B.B. King and Muddy Waters
Free Gallup Park outdoor concerts: MC5 and others
Michigan wins NCAA Championship in Trampoline
Bo Schembechler replaces Bump Elliott as Michigan football coach
Michigan Football upsets #1 Ohio State, 24-12, in one of greatest college football upsets in history
Texas beats Arkansas 15-12 as #1 meets #2; Texas is 1969 NCAA Football Champ
Steve Owens of Oklahoma wins Heisman Trophy
New York Jets and Joe Willie Namath defeat Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl after Namath guarantee
New York Mets win 1969 World Series over Baltimore Orioles after 8 seasons of existence
Tom Seaver and Debbie Meyer, swimmer are athletes of the year
Major League Baseball adds 4 teams: Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots
Boston Celtics win 1969 NBA Championship
UCLA beats Purdue for 1969 NCAA Championship in Basketball with Lew Alcindor
Majestic Prince wins Kentucky Derby and Preakness, but falters in Belmont
Rod Laver wins second Grand Slam in Tennis
Mario Andretti wins 1969 Indianapolis 500
Mario Andretti wins ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
Republican William Milliken begins term as Michigan Governor taking over from George Romney
Nixon appeals to the silent majority while over 1 million demonstrators protest Vietnam War
Peak of troops in Vietnam with over 543,000, but ground troops begin withdrawal
Draft Lottery held December 1, 1969 for all men 18-26 for 1970 military induction
Beatles release Abbey Road
August 15-18: Woodstock
August 9/10: Tate/LaBianca Murders by Charles Manson's cult
June 22: Judy Garland dies of a drug overdose at age 47
Oliver, The Lion in Winter, Rosemary's Baby win big at 1969 Academy Awards
July 20: First man on the moon, Neil Armstrong
PBS-Public Broadcasting System established
Wendy's and Wal-Mart begin operations
Former President Eisenhower dies at 78
Chappaquiddick Incident with Ted Kennedy leaving the scene of an accident killing Mary Jo Kopechne
Iggy and The Stooges release first album
Diana Ross introduces the Jackson 5
Don Knotts in The Love God
James Bond's On Her Majesty's Secret Service with George Lazenby
Sesame Street, Marcus Welby, Bill Cosby Show and Penthouse Magazine make their debuts
225 Million telephones operating in the World; U.S. has 114 Million
Boris Spassky wins World Chess Championship
Michigan finishes 9th at NCAA Wrestling Championships with 2 All-Americans
1969 Michigan Football Team pulls the Upset of the Century in College Football by defeating #1 Ohio State, 24-12 on November 22, winning the Big Ten with a 8-2 record, losing to Big 8 Champ Missouri and being upset by Michigan State
Disney releases The Love Bug
ABC introduces made for tv movies
Top movies at the box office are: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, They Shoot Horses, Don't They, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, Hello, Dolly, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Cactus Flower, True Grit and The Wild Bunch. Other top movies include: Anne of a Thousand Days, The Arrangement, The Chairman, Goodbye, Columbus, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Marooned, The Rain People, The Sterile Cuckoo, Take the Money and Run, Topaz, The Undefeated, etc.
1969 in Television (1968-1969 TV Schedule)
New TV Shows include:
TV Shows ending in 1969 include:
| 20-Jan-69 | n/a | Nixon becomes President |
| 25-Feb-69 | Union Ballroom (UofM) | MC5, Red White Blues Band |
| 28-Feb-69 | Bowen Fieldhouse | Bob Seger System/Teegarden & Van Winkle |
| 8-Mar-69 | Union Ballroom (UofM) | Procul Harum/Teegarden & Van Winkle |
| 12-Mar-69 | Grammy's | Jeannie C. Riley (Harper Valley P.T.A.), Simon & Garfunkel (Mrs. Robinson), O.C. Smith (Little Green Apples), Maison Williams (Classical Gas), Jose Feliciano (Light My Fire), Aretha Franklin (Chain of Fools), Otis Redding (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay), The Temptations (Cloud 9)and Dionne Warwick (Do You Know the Way to San Jose) were winners at the Grammy's |
| 1-Apr-69 | n/a | Troop deployment reaches a peak of 543,000 troops in Vietnam |
| 1-Apr-69 | n/a | Pete Cornell becomes the third Michigan wrestler to earn three time All-American status |
| 15-Apr-69 | n/a | Michigan wins NCAA Championship in Trampoline |
| 17-Apr-69 | Hullabaloo | MC5, Scott Richard Case, Soul Remains, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen |
| 26-Apr-69 | Bowen Fieldhouse | MC5/The Pleasure Seekers |
| 1-May-69 | Ann Arbor | Lawrence "Pun" Plamondon makes FBI's 10 most wanted list for CIA bombing on September 29, 1968 |
| 25-May-69 | Ann Arbor Armory | MC5/Sun Ra |
| 16-Jun-69 | Downtown | Riots of Ann Arbor June 16-20 |
| 29-Jun-69 | West Park | MC5, Savage Grace, Tate Blues Band, Karnal Kitchen |
| 1-Jul-69 | n/a | John Sinclair imprisoned for the sale of two marijuana joints |
| 18-Jul-69 | Fifth Forum Theatre | The Stooges |
| 18-Jul-69 | n/a | Chappaquidick Incident with Ted Kennedy |
| 20-Jul-69 | n/a | Neil Armstong steps/broadcast of moon landing on Apollo 11 after landing on July 16 |
| 31-Jul-69 | n/a | John Norman Collins arrested for murder of Karen Sue Beineman |
| 1-Aug-69 | Fuller Road | 1st Annual Ann Arbor Blues Festival |
| 10-Aug-69 | n/a | Manson Murders |
| 11-Aug-69 | Gallup Park Free Concert | MC5, Wilson Mower Pursuit |
| 12-Aug-69 | Crisler Arena | Joan Baez |
| 15-Aug-69 | n/a | Woodstock Festival begins |
| 1-Sep-69 | Hill Auditorium | University of Michigan President Robben Fleming calls the Vietnam War a "colossal mistake" |
| 1-Sep-69 | n/a | Ann Arbor Class of 1970 begins senior year of high school; Huron is completed |
| 20-Sep-69 | Crisler Arena | The Four Tops |
| 23-Sep-69 | University of Michigan | Student March against Vietnam War |
| 1-Oct-69 | n/a | Gallup Poll shows only 32% of Americans agree with Vietnam War |
| 11-Oct-69 | Crisler Arena | The Fifth Dimension |
| 15-Oct-69 | The Big House | 20,000 people protest the Vietnam War inside the Football Stadium |
| 18-Oct-69 | Ann Arbor Armory | Luther Allison |
| 30-Oct-69 | Crisler Arena | Blood, Sweat & Tears |
| 31-Oct-69 | Ypsilanti | Brownsville Station |
| 1-Nov-69 | Crisler Arena | Richie Havens, Laura Nyro, Sweetwater |
| 2-Nov-69 | Canterbury House | Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen |
| 14-Nov-69 | Washington, D.C. | 500,000 March on Washington, DC to protest the Vietnam War |
| 22-Nov-69 | The Big House | Michigan defeats #1 Ohio State 24-12 to win Big Ten title and a trip to the Rose Bowl |
| 30-Nov-69 | Forsythe Jr. HS | The Stooges |
| 1-Dec-69 | n/a | Draft Lottery |
| 7-Dec-69 | n/a | 1st Annual Pig Bowl: Ann Arbor Police vs. Washtenaw County Sheriffs |
| 31-Dec-69 | n/a | Bo Schembechler has first heart attack; Michigan loses Rose Bowl to USC 3-10 the next day |