Apollo 11

... Also in '69

Ninety-five percent of all homes in America had TV sets; 40 percent were color TVs
Inflation was running at 5.7%, unemployment at 3.5%
The first draft lottery was held
Midnight Cowboy won the Academy Award for Best Picture
Bowie Kuhn was named baseball commissioner
That summer, women were wearing midriff blouses with Dietrich pants or Gable shorts and clogs; men's suits had wide lapels and ties were 3 1/2 to 5 inches wide.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono married
"-wise" (as in "careerwise" or "fashionwise") was one of the buzzwords of the day
Portnoy's Complaint by Phillip Roth; The Godfather by Mario Puzo; The Peter Principle by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull; and The Graham Kerr Cookbook were some of the year's best sellers
The underdog New York Jets led by Joe Namath upset the Baltimore Colts to become the first AFL team to win the Super Bowl
Aqaurius/Let The Sunshine In by the 5th Dimension won the Grammy for best record; Blood, Sweat and Tears' self-titled effort took best album
The first Boeing 747 flew in February 1969
Use of DDT in residential areas was banned
"Good Morning Starshine" from the musical Hair was a hit song
A riot following a police raid at a gay bar in Greenwich village, New York, was the beginning of the gay rights movement
Play It Again, Sam and Butterflies Are Free opened on Broadway