January 2: Lorraine Hansberry’s play “To Be Young, Gifted & Black,” (1930-1965) premieres in NYC. Headlines at the time from 1969 newspapers all detailed the tumultuous year still fresh in our minds. A chain of famous events in 1969 would change the world for the good and bad, leaving its mark in history as one of the most culturally defining years to date. Some of the year’s most notorious events: The first-ever Concorde test flight is conducted in France 350,000 music fans attend Woodstock the members of Charles Manson’s cult murder five people and the first man lands on the moon… The swinging sixties quivered with change.
