Let’s take a stroll down memory lane!

The date is September 5th, 1969, and it’s a Friday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Virgo. Most people have “that Friday feeling” and are looking forward to the weekend.

Schools and colleges are starting again, and fall has officially arrived. As a result, temperatures are beginning to cool, and trees are starting to shed their leaves. In the United States, Labor Day of 1969 has recently come and passed. To many, this means that the summer is officially over. In America, the song Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones is at the top of the singles charts.

Over in the UK, In The Year 2525 by Zager & Evans is the number-one hit song. Richard Nixon is the President of the United States, and the movie Goodbye, Columbus is at the top of the box office. Harold Wilson is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

On television, people are watching popular shows such as “What’s My Line?”, “Gunsmoke”, “Steptoe and Son”, and “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”. In fashion, a new “hippie subculture” has emerged, bringing with it laid-back Bohemian styles. Frayed bell-bottom jeans, Jesus sandals, crushed velvet suits, and bright tie-dye t-shirts are all popular items of clothing at the moment. It’s 1969, so radio stations are playing hit songs from artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Zager & Evans, The Archies, The 5th Dimension and Elvis Presley.

If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Tammi Terrell, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Charles de Gaulle would all still be alive. Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as “JOT the Dot”, “The King Kong Show”, “Spider-Man”, and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”. Children are playing with toys such as Tonka trucks, G.I. Joe: America’s Movable Fighting Man, Scalextric, and Clackers.