1969 ⟶ Woodstock Music Festival Draws Over 400,000 Attendees
August: The Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, attracts...
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🎵 United States Adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as National Anthem
March 3: "The Star-Spangled Banner" is adopted as the United States's national anthem.⟶
National AnthemMusicIdentity
United States⚾ Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball's Color Barrier
April 15: Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American baseball player to play modern Major League Baseball.⟶
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansIntegrationSportsSocial ChangeDiscrimination
United States☮️ Summer of Love in Haight-Ashbury
Mid-year: Summer of Love, in which as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury.⟶
CountercultureSocial MovementsYouth CultureMusicSan FranciscoCultural Revolution
United States🎸 Woodstock Music Festival Draws Over 400,000 Attendees
August: The Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, attracts an audience of more than 400,000.⟶
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United States💔 John Lennon Assassinated in New York City
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United States👑 Vanessa Williams Wins Miss America
September 17: Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first African-American to be crowned Miss America, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.⟶
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