Articles related to "1969"

Stewart capitalised on the reliability of his Matra-Ford to take an early lead in the Formula 1 World Championship.

Stewart won a thrilling Italian Grand Prix and also claimed his first F1 title.

Stewart won four out of five Grand Prix races at the beginning of the 1969 Formula 1 season.

The Formula 1 season ended with a victory in the Mexican Grand Prix for McLaren driver Denny Hulme.

Gerhard Mitter had great success driving Porsche sports cars, only to lose his life driving for BMW at his home Grand Prix.

Nearly 40 years after the oil spill, residual oil under the sediment is still damaging the health of a salt marsh, impacting crabs and sea grass beds.

From man walking on the moon for the first time, to unexpected death and improbable sports victories, life changed forever after circumstances that shaped the future.

Bergman's Passion of Anna is an intriguing film: a mixture of avant-garde experimentation and human drama.

Jim Clark dominated the race in the sixties as the British GP visited yet another new venue.

Jim Clark wins four Dutch GPs, including a debut win for the Ford DFV.

Producers Broccoli and Saltzman had arguably the hardest job in the film industry in 1967: finding a replacement for Connery as the new James Bond. Lazenby was the choice

Directed by two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Freddie Francis and starring Vanessa Howard, this rare comedy/horror cult classic is still waiting for its due.

Camille took a sudden turn and battered the U.S. Gulf Coast as a Category 5 hurricane and caused widespread damage as far north as the Appalachian Mountains.

Jennifer Davidson, Senior Vice President of Programming and Scheduling for the Cartoon Network, died after a sudden illness. She was 38.

As New York City teetered near bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, Gotham movie plots and characters suggested the populace was headed for a nervous breakdown.

New York movies in the 1970s largely reflected the decade as a whole: messy and grimy, and that doesn't even include the ubiquitous orange shag carpeting.

As the song New York, New York goes: "If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere." If "it" refers to a movie, then that's not quite true.

It was 40 seasons ago that a star-studded football team led by coaching mastermind Hank Stram produced the lone Super Bowl championship in Kansas City Chiefs history.

To say that the New York Mets were mediocre would have been kind. They had, after all, been pretty darned lousy during their brief history. That all changed in 1969.

Fearless Latin American aviators, flying aircraft that had been retired from front line service for twenty years fought it out over the jungles of Central America.

The poorly equipped- even by third world standards-Honduran army had its hands full against the modern El Salvadoran invasion force in 1969.

On February 16, the New York Times presented its 1969 American League projections. The consensus was that the Yankees' chances of contending were not good.

As a political party the CDU of Germany was established after the end of the Second World War, and was committed to West Germany's reconstruction.

Sparked by one countries effort to curb illegal immigrants from the other, the brief four day war was an interesting footnote in military history.

The new Tyrrell Grand Prix team won the Formula 1 World Championship in only its second season, with Jackie Stewart driving.

Taking Woodstock (2009) falls short in a few categories.

Forty years have passed since the first moon landing and man has seemed to retreat from the solar system.

Theremins to the fore on this British Rock album from 1969

A lost Psychedelic classic of British Rock

The conclusion of Ingmar Bergman's island trilogy is mysterious and difficult. It presents intellectual and emotional challenges the scale of which is difficult to match.

France's WWII hero Charles DeGaulle became the French President in 1958 and held the office until his resignation in 1969. DeGaulle moved France into the post WWII era.

A legendary album from one of the forebears of British Prog Rock

For as long as men have played the National Pastime, there have been baseball superstitions. Here are some of the best.

Critical darling Ang Lee returns to vintage America with the mellow tale of Elliot Tiber and his seemingly destined involvement in the original 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Senator Ted Kennedy's memoirs of his tumultuous life will be published posthumously this year. The book will focus on all aspects of Kennedy's life, including scandals.

Five Leaves Left is Nick Drake's first album. He released three in total before his death in 1974.

The most obvious reason the San Francisco Giants aren't leading the National League West is that their bats don't have much pop. But actually, it's much more than that.

The single 'My Cherie Amour' proved a surprise hit, and as a result Motown rushed out an album, which featured little of the progression seen on For Once In My Life.

In the past 50 years, Major League Baseball has added 14 new teams and drastically revised it's structure and standings.

Woodstock fans rejoice as producers plan the festival's 40th anniversary celebration to be held in Bethel, NY.

Beatlemania may have grown too fast for a group of highly individualistic and creative young musicians who burst onto the global pop music scene.

Many people still believe that mankind has never made it to the moon. However 12 men have walked on the moon and disputing Moon Hoax theories is easy to do.

The era of Clark and Chapman, Brabham does it himself, Stewart wins first title and the tobacco companies arrive.

Tommie Aaron hit only 13 career home runs in seven seasons, but they surely count in the record books in giving the Aarons the mark for most career home runs by brothers.

The Phillies, the Red Sox, the Angels and the Cubs have all choked miserably in historic playoff races. Here are their stories. And one bonus tale about the 2004 ALCS.

CSKA Moscow extended their Euroleague record with their seventh consecutive appearance in the Final Four and now go looking for their third title in four seasons.

Earl Weaver was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1996. His teams have been excellent during the season but have won the World Series only once.

Every August Elvis Presley fans from around the world descend on Memphis Tennessee to take part in the annual Elvis Week Celebrations.

Kansas even surpassed the feats it accomplished under legendary running back Gayle Sayers, as the Jayhawks used a stingy defense to win the most games in school history

On that glorious date 38 years ago, Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. made one giant leap for mankind.