Entertainment
Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) - Samuel Beckett - Ireland
Best Selling Fiction - Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth Best Selling Non-Fiction - American Heritage Dictionary, William Morris, editor Best Picture - Midnight Cowboy, United Artists Best Director - John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy Best Actress - Maggie Smith, The Prince of Miss Jean Brodie Best Actor - John Wayne, True Grit Best Actress in a supporting role - Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower Best Actor in a supporting role - Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Top TV Show - The Beverly Hillbillies
Sesame Street debuts on TV. Doonsbury comic strip debuts. Midnight Cowboy wins the Best Picture Oscar, the first and only time an X-rated movie received the honor. In August, more than half a million people gather in the small, upstate New York town of Bethel (near Woodstock, N.Y.) for four days of rain, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Performers include Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Jefferson Airplane and Sly and the Family Stone. A Rolling Stones fan is killed at the group's Altamont, California, concert by members of Hell's Angels. Movies
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Midnight Cowboy The Wild Bunch Easy Rider On Her Majesty's Secret Service Where Eagles Dare True Grit The Italian Job Bambi Meets Godzilla Take The Money And Run Z Paint Your Wagon They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Two Mules For Sister Sara Hello, Dolly! Topaz The Love Bug The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Support Your Local Sheriff! Cactus Flower
Anne Of The Thousand Days Alice's Restaurant The Happy Ending The Reivers Goodbye, Columbus The Wild Bunch Women In Love Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Marooned Goodbye, Mr.Chips MacKenna's Gold Bridge At Remagen Sterile Cuckoo The Undefeated The Assassination Bureau Change Of Habit Last Summer Top Music Hits
1. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
2. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies 3. Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones 4. Get Back - The Beatles 5. Crimson And Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells 6. Dizzy - Tommy Roe 7. Jean - Oliver 8. Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations 9. Touch Me - The Doors 10. Hair - The Cowsills 11. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 12. Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & The Shondells 13. Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone 14. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver 15. In The Year 2525 - Zager and Evans 16. I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations 17. Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet - Henry Mancini 18. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival 19. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat and Tears 20. One - Three Dog Night 21. Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy 22. Traces - The Classics IV 23. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat and Tears 24. This Magic Moment - Jay and the Americans 25. Worst That Could Happen - The Brooklyn Bridge SPORTS
Super Bowl - New York Jets d. Baltimore (16-7)
World Series - New York Mets d. Baltimore (4-1) NBA Championship - Boston Celtics d. LA Lakers (4-3) Stanley Cup - Montreal d. St. Louis (4-0) Wimbledon: Women - Ann Jones d. B.J. King (3-6 6-3 6-2) Men - Rod Laver d. J. Newcombe (6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4) Kentucky Derby Champion - Majestic Prince NCAA Basketball Championship - UCLA d. Purdue (92-72) NCAA Football Champions - Texas (11-0-0) 1969 Heisman Trophy Winner - Steve Owens, University of Oklahoma US Open Golf - Orville Moody |
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