Dec 26th, 2008 · Joan Ganz Cooney is co-creater of Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop. When Sesame Street made its TV debut in 1969, it was thanks to Cooney. She had laid out the vision, hustled the money and assembled the creative team including Jim Henson, to create one of the most successful television shows in TV history.
Oct 22nd, 2008 · Since 1969, when Santa Barbara's coast was the site of a devastating oil spill, the county has been staunchly opposed to more offshore drilling. But with the recent removal of a federal ban, some in the area seem to be having a change of heart.
Aug 28th, 2008 · Sixto Diaz Rodriguez sounded like a cross between Bob Dylan and Love's Arthur Lee. But after his recording debut in 1969, both Rodriguez and his record disappeared in the U.S. He enjoyed success in other countries and now the record is being re-released.
Jul 27th, 2008 · If you don't remember being at Woodstock, you now have a second chance. On the site of the original 1969 concert in Bethel, N.Y., a new museum has opened. It may have been almost 40 years since Woodstock, but it still manages to be controversial.
Jun 23rd, 2008 · As the presidential hopefuls debate the pros and cons of offshore drilling, natives of Santa Barbara, California remember the huge spill of 1969. Many say that disaster was the catalyst for the U.S. environmental movement.
Jun 4th, 2008 · Journalist Jack Newfield's close work with Robert F. Kennedy during the last year of his life informs Newfield's 1969 book, RFK: A Memoir, which offers a first-hand account of the assassinated politician and attempts to separate the man from myth.
May 31st, 2008 · John Lennon scribbled the lyrics to his anti-Vietnam War song "Give Peace a Chance" on a piece of cardboard during his bed-in protest in Montreal in 1969. At the protest, the Beatle befriended a doe-eyed teenager named Gail Renard, and eventually gave her the handwritten lyrics. The teenager, now all grown up, is preparing to auction off the lyrics, which are estimated to sell for up to a half-million dollars. She talks with Guy Raz.
May 21st, 2008 · A Death Valley ranch used by Charles Manson and his murderous clan nearly 40 years ago may be a burial site for murder victims. Inyo County investigators suspect Manson, serving a life sentence for the "Helter Skelter" killings of 1969, may have hid more bodies at the ranch.