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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.
June 1, 1969 - John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance" was recorded in a hotel room in Montreal.
{http://history.searchbeat.com/vietnamwar/1969nixon.gif} President Nixon speaks to assembled White House staff on the south lawn after return from Midway Island conference with President Thieu of South Vietnam. Photo taken 06/10/1969. (National Archives)
{http://history.searchbeat.com/vietnamwar/1969break.gif} Members of Companies B and D, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, take a break from jungle fighting east of Tam Ky. Photo taken 06/02/1969. (National Archives)

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.
June 1, 1969 - John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance" was recorded in a hotel room in Montreal.
{http://history.searchbeat.com/vietnamwar/1969nixon.gif} President Nixon speaks to assembled White House staff on the south lawn after return from Midway Island conference with President Thieu of South Vietnam. Photo taken 06/10/1969. (National Archives)
{http://history.searchbeat.com/vietnamwar/1969break.gif} Members of Companies B and D, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, take a break from jungle fighting east of Tam Ky. Photo taken 06/02/1969. (National Archives)

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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.
Major Events:

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.
to October 2010.[179[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automobile_sales_by_model#cite_note-178|]]]2010.179 The first

The song Get Back on the album Let It Be was released May of 1969 and was the #1 single until June 21st.
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

- June 22, 1969 - Judy Garland dies of a drug overdose while in London.
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- June 28, 1969 - The Stonewall riots in New York City begin the gay rights movement in the U.S.
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- 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.

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