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People in the US were under conflict with themselves becuase of American policies governing Civil Rights and G.I. policies during the time. Due to these policies in a resulting revult riots and conflicts occured all over America. They began challenging the way things have always been done and wanted to create a new life for themselves. media type="youtube" key="usRo7KPQLYo" width="425" height="350" align="center"

Major Events:

- June 3, 1969 - HMAS Melbourne, an Australian aircraft carrier, sliced the American destroyer USS Frank E. Evans during a collision, killing 74 American seamen.

- June 5, 1969 - An international communist conference begins in Moscow.



- June 22, 1969 - A fire in the Cuyahoga River leads to the Clean Water Act, Green Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

- June 22, 1969 - Judy Garland dies of a drug overdose while in London.



- June 28, 1969 - The Stonewall riots in New York City begin the gay rights movement in the U.S.

Movies: In 1969, many western style movies were released. Some of the top grossing movies of June 1969 were "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", "Midnight Cowboy", "Easy Rider", and "True Grit". Six of the Academy Awards recipients were from western movies in 1969. Western movies mostly follow the same general story-line, of an outcast who makes his own life out on his own and finds true happiness there in his new way of life.




 * **Rank** || **Title** || **Studio** || **Actors** || **Gross** ||
 * 1. || [|//Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid//] || 20th Century Fox || [|Paul Newman], [|Robert Redford] || **$45,953,000** ||
 * 2. || [|//They Shoot Horses, Don't They?//] || Cinerama || [|Jane Fonda], [|Michael Sarrazin], [|Gig Young] || **$23,150,000** ||
 * 3. || [|//On Her Majesty's Secret Service//] || United Artists || [|George Lazenby], [|Diana Rigg], [|Telly Savalas] || **$22,800,000** ||
 * 4. || [|//Midnight Cowboy//] || United Artists || [|Jon Voight], [|Dustin Hoffman] || **$20,499,000** ||
 * 5. || [|//Easy Rider//] || Columbia || [|Peter Fonda], [|Dennis Hopper] || **$19,100,000** ||
 * 6. || [|//Hello, Dolly!//] || 20th Century Fox || [|Barbra Streisand], [|Walter Matthau] || **$15,200,000** ||
 * 7. || [|//Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice//] || Columbia || [|Natalie Wood], [|Robert Culp], [|Dyan Cannon], [|Elliott Gould] || **$14,600,000** ||
 * 8. || [|//Cactus Flower//] || Columbia || [|Walter Matthau], [|Ingrid Bergman], [|Goldie Hawn] || **$14,500,000** ||
 * 9. || [|//True Grit//] || Paramount || [|John Wayne], [|Glen Campbell], [|Kim Darby] || **$14,250,000** ||
 * 10. || [|//The Wild Bunch//] || Warner Bros. || [|William Holden], [|Ernest Borgnine], [|Robert Ryan] || **$11,850,000** ||

Many of the top grossing movies in June of 1969 were westerns, showing Americans' changing ideas to support thinking for themselves and creating a new way of life.

Environment: On June 22, 1969, the Cuyahoga River was so filled with pollution that it caught fire. This caused the public to quickly respond and create a series of laws to keep the environment free of pollution. These laws include the Clean Water Act, Green Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.



Sports: Steve Prefontaine first began being recognized for breaking records in distance running. It was very against the norm for a schoolboy to set and break state records, but that just contributed to the desire for Americans to create a new way of life in 1969.



The Stonewall Riots:

media type="custom" key="10579940" On June 28, 1969, ununiformed police officers raided the Stonewall Inn, a private homosexual gathering place, claiming to be shutting it down due to lack of licensing. The police brutally attack the people in the bar and even innocent bistandards on the street. This led to the modern day gay rights movement, which fights for homosexuals to have the same rights as all other Americans, something that was unheard-of before that time.

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Vietnam War:

June 1, 1969 - John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance" was recorded in a hotel room in Montreal. June 8, 1969 - President Nixon meets South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu at Midway Island and informs him U.S. troop levels are going to be sharply reduced. During a press briefing with Thieu, Nixon announces "Vietnamization" of the war and a U.S. troop withdrawal of 25,000 men. June 27, 1969 - //Life// magazine displays portrait photos of all 242 Americans killed in Vietnam during the previous week, including the 46 killed at 'Hamburger Hill.' The photos have a stunning impact on Americans nationwide as they view the once smiling young faces of the dead.



Science:

During this time science was still proggressing despite social pressures around the world.



Scientists during 1969 continued making advances, especially in the field of forces and evironmental sciences. A new method of constructing a wave function was created, based on projection operators instead of boosting or auxiliary fields.

Music:

Was revolutionary in thinking because it promoted peace and cooperation among all humans, however it may have not had positive effects in every case. Beatles: media type="youtube" key="-6G7MkBMVxE" width="425" height="350" The song Get Back on the album Let It Be was released May of 1969 and was the #1 single until June 21st.
 * ~ Day ||~ Album ||~ Artist ||
 * 3 || //[|Empty Sky]// || [|Elton John] ||
 * 4 || //[|At San Quentin]// || [|Johnny Cash] ||
 * 16 || //[|Trout Mask Replica]// || [|Captain Beefheart] ||
 * 17 || //[|From Elvis in Memphis]// || [|Elvis Presley] ||
 * 20 || //[|Aoxomoxoa]// || [|The Grateful Dead] ||
 * ^  || //[|Chastity]// || [|Cher] ||   ||
 * ^  || //[|Love Man]// || [|Otis Redding] ||   ||
 * ^  || //[|3614 Jackson Highway]// || [|Cher] ||   ||
 * 21 || //[|Deep Purple]// || [|Deep Purple] ||
 * - || //[|Beck-Ola]// || [|The Jeff Beck Group] ||
 * ^  || //[|Johnny Winter]// || [|Johnny Winter] ||   ||
 * ^  || //[|Pongo En Tus Manos Abiertas]// || [|Victor Jara] ||   ||
 * ^  || //[|A Salty Dog]// || [|Procol Harum] ||   ||
 * ^  || //[|The Soft Parade]// || [|The Doors] ||   ||
 * ^  || //[|Suitable for Framing]// || [|Three Dog Night] ||

Automotive: Americans during the 1960's starting making sleek fast cars that looked masculine. This broke away from the traditional 1950's vehicle that is bulky and ,comparitively, slow. In June of 1969 The AMC AMX came out with a paint color called "Big Bad" to satisfy rise in popularity of muscle cars that looked manly.

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 * Car Company and Name || Sticker Price ||
 * Pontiac Firebird Transam 1969 || $4,366.00 ||
 * Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 1969 || $4,380.00 ||
 * BMW 2002 1969 || $4,200.00 ||
 * Buick Le Sabre 1969 || $3,356.00 ||
 * Pontiac Bonneville 1969 || $4,733.00 ||
 * Toyota Corolla || $3,060.00 ||

The Nissan Z car series start in 1969 **1,535,000** in five generations up to 2005; Bestselling sports car series in automotive history.

The Pontiac Firebird sold Approximately **2,500,000** in four generations.

The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray sold **1,302,401** of the first five generations sold to 2003.

The Buick Le Sabre between 1959 and 2005 sold Over **6,000,000**.

The VW Beetle between 1938 and 2003 sold **21,529,464**; the bestselling single design in history, and the first car to reach twenty million sales.

The Toyota Corolla is one of the most sold car of all time with selling more than **36,000,000** up to October 2010.[|179] The first car to achieve thirty million sales. The bestselling automobile in the world, with 1.36 million sales in 2005.