The crew left on November 20th and got to Earth on November 24th, after having spent about 31 hours on the surface of the moon. A free concert organized by the Rolling Stones is held at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif with problems caused by the use of Hells Angels as Bouncers resulting in a number of deaths. The Groundbreaking TV programme Monty Python's Flying Circus is shown for the first time and the catch phrase "And now for something completely different," becomes their trade mark.
The Beatles release their album Abbey Road. The Beatles release Abbey Road on September 26th. Abbey Road was not the group's final album to be released to the public but it was their final album to be recorded together. The classic album's cover art featured the iconic photograph of John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison walking across a zebra crossing near the entrance to the famous Abbey Road recording studio.
It also topped the charts around the world once released, staying in the UK and US charts for over 80 weeks. While there were initially mixed reviews about the album, many fans believe it to be the best the band had ever produced and it remains one of the top selling Beatles albums of all time. Mariner 6 was part of a duel-mission with the Mariner 7 space probe.
The Mariner 7 spacecraft was launched about a month later. The mission of the two Mariner probes was to study the atmosphere and surface of Mars by conducting close flybys.
Mariner 6 was primarily used to gather data relevant to programming the Mariner 7 follow-up mission. Both probes were successful in gathering the intended information which was used by NASA to plan future missions to Mars.
In October, the second point was installed at a computer in the Stanford Research Institute. The first communication between the two is sent and received across the new network on October 29th,. The U. The investigations began in when government officials started to collect information related to UFO sightings. Chief Justice Earl Warren administers the oath of office to Richard Nixon, who became the 37th president of the United States, on the east portico of the U.
Capitol on January 20, Original caption: "A hippie demonstrator is restrained by police during a 'Counter Inaugural' parade staged along Pennsylvania Avenue this afternoon. Several demonstrators were arrested by police. Cobra helicopter gunship pulls out of a rocket and strafing attack on a Vietcong position near Cao Lanh in the Mekong Delta on January 22, , during the Vietnam War.
A modern portable house called "Futuro," manufactured by Oy Polykem AB of Helsinki, made of glass-filled polyester resin, photographed on January 14, A view of an unidentified dancer on the short-lived television show Turn-On , in Los Angeles, California, in February of The show, canceled after one episode, featured comedy sketches, animation, surrealism, and computerized music from a recently invented Moog synthesizer.
Here the dancer appears to be involved in a primitive form of motion capture to render the stick figure on the monitor. Students attending the last day of the U.
Sesame Street premiered on November 10, Original caption from April 9, "Off the ground for the very first time is the British-built prototype of the Anglo-French supersonic airliner 'Concorde ' The liner, piloted by test pilot Brian Trubshaw, made her maiden flight to the nearby Fairford, spending some 21 minutes in the air. Queen Elizabeth travels on the London Underground after officially opening the Victoria Line service.
The Apollo 9 astronaut Dave Scott opens the hatch of the command module and moves toward the lunar module while in Earth orbit on March 6, The Apollo 9 mission tested the readiness of the Lunar Module and EVA procedures, ahead of the scheduled Apollo 11 mission to the moon. FBI agents carry the Vietnam War draft resister Robert Whittington Eaton, 25, from a dwelling in Philadelphia on April 17, , where Eaton had chained himself to 13 young men and women.
The agent leading the way pushed one of the group who tried to block the path to the sidewalk. At least six young persons were taken away with Eaton. Original caption: "Special Delivery. Some 5, U. A South Vietnamese woman mourns over the body of her husband, found with 47 others in a mass grave near Hue, in April of Boyd, and Anna Chennault talk on a roof deck of the Watergate East co-op apartment building after having tea, in Washington, D.
The American Falls at Niagara Falls, New York, dried up to little more than a trickle, giving visitors an unusual chance to see the rocks normally hidden from view by the water, in June What was YOUR life like in ? Remarkable Events The Space Race continued with several remarkable achievements. On January 16, two cosmonauts transfer from the Soyuz 5 spacecraft to Soyuz 4 via spacewalk while the two craft are docked together, the first time people ever changed spacecraft in such a way.
Venera 5 and Venera 6, two Soviet spacecraft, launched in January to explore Venus. An estimated million people worldwide watched the live broadcast. Photo: HQ. Richard Nixon is inaugurated as the 37 th president of the United States. In what must be the most ghoulish commemoration of a event, Dearly Departed Tours will mark the 50th anniversary of the Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by the Manson Family with a weekend of special activities, including a tour of the Spahn Ranch grounds the primary residence of the Family and a memorial service for the victims.
Dearly Departed Tours also runs weekly Helter Skelter tours that visit the sites of the tragedy and reconstruct the lives of all involved. See dearlydepartedtours. See qantas. Home Destinations. Search Site. Previous slide Next slide. Why Australians can't live like the French or Italians Contains:. How can you get tested on holiday to be allowed back into Australia?
Flight attendant reveals top tips for surviving the return of long-haul Contains:. How to chose the right trip for Our expert guide Contains:.
0コメント