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1969

June: Jo Harding's father is swept away by a 'F5' tornado. (Twister)

Sunday 8th June: Nixon and Thieu meet at Midway. (Midway Island - Nixon)

Monday 9th June: Gebruder Gumbold writes a letter to Hilary Bray. (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

Wednesday 11th June: A film adaptation of True Grit is released. (United States - I Love You, Beth Cooper)

Thursday 12th June: Hilary Bray writes a letter replying to Gumbold. (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

July: After the Lee Bros' meat-packing plant closes, Thomas "Leatherface" Hewitt commits the first of 33 murders. (Texas - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning)

Friday 4th July: A couple are killed, supposedly by the Zodiac killer. (Zodiac)

Sunday 13th July: Former Alabama Governor George Wallace criticises President Richard Nixon for his handling of the war and says he favors an all-out military victory if the Paris talks fail to produce peace soon. (Nixon)

Sunday 13th July: Blofeld writes a letter to Gumbold. (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

Monday 14th July: Easy Rider is released. (United States - I Love You, Beth Cooper)

Wednesday 16th July: Agent J Travels back in time to assist the Agent K of the time, to deploy the Arc-Net Defense System. (Cape Canaveral - Men in Black)

Wednesday 16th July: Apollo 11 is launched. (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)

Sunday 20th July: Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon. (Apollo 13)

Sunday 20th July: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon in the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle. (Mare Tranquillitatus, The Moon - Apollo 13)

Sunday 20th July: Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstron is the first man to walk on the Moon. (Apollo 18)

Sunday 20th July: Man lands on the Moon. (The Moon - The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard)

Sunday 20th July: The date on a plaque by a Sommerton Junction bell. (Sommerton, Arizona - The Last Stand)

Sunday 20th July: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon. The Ark is discovered. (The Moon - Transformers: Dark of the Moon)

Monday 21st July: Gru and Dru watch the first man on the moon. (Despicable Me 3)

Monday 21st July: Newspaper headline: "WALK ON MOON: 'That's One Small Step for Man... One Giant Leap for Mankind.'" (Los Angeles, California - We Bought a Zoo)

Friday 25th July: Life magazine headline: "LEAVING FOR THE MOON." (New York City, New York - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Wednesday 30th July: U.S. President Nixon visits South Vietnam. (Nixon)

August: James Bond foils Blofeld's plot. He marries Tracy di Vicenzo, who is then shot to death by Blofeld and Bunt. (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

Sunday 3rd August: Gebruder Gumbold writes a letter to Blofeld. (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

Monday 4th August: Deke DaSilva is drafted into the army and volunteers for airborne school. (New York City, New York - Nighthawks)

Wednesday 13th August: As Indiana Jones takes retirement, a parade is held for the astronauts of Apollo 11. (Manhattan, New York - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny)

Monday 18th August: Jimi Hendrix headlines the Woodstock Festival. His rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" earns critical praise. (Bethel, New York - Woodstock)

Thursday 21st August: Jason Bourne is born. (USA - The Bourne Identity)

Wednesday 3rd September: Walt Berkman is born. (Brooklyn, New York - The Squid and the Whale)

Monday 15th September: Terukichi Ichioka, head of the Ichioka family, learns of the Matsumura-Makihara alliance and returns to Hiroshima to stir up trouble and regain the initiative. He is gunned down by Matsumura henchmen after a brief chase and gun battle. (Hiroshima, Japan - The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode)

Tuesday 16th September: Former Tensei Vice Chairman, Katsutoshi Otomo, is arrested when he walks out of his headquarters recklessly brandishing two pistols and heads straight into a mob of police officers; he is sentenced to six years. (Kure, Japan - The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode)

Saturday 27th September: Another couple fall victim to the Zodiac killer. (Zodiac)

Wednesday 1st October: Ethan Tremblay is born. (Due Date)

Thursday 2nd October: With "91 days to the end of the decade," Withnail gets high with Danny and Presuming Ed. Withnail's friend secures a lead role in a play. (London, England - Withnail & I)

Friday 10th October: Aurora Borealis causes Frank Sullivan to talk to his son John in 1999 via a ham radio. (Frequency)

Saturday 11th October: A taxi driver is shot and killed, supposedly by the Zodiac killer. (San Francisco - Zodiac)

Monday 13th October: A blood-stained shirt is sent to The San Francisco Chronicle. (Zodiac)

Friday 31st October: Sally Shine, Caroline Crossin, Gilbert Lundin, Emmaline Partridge, and Duey Todd, the 5 innocent humans on the 8.00pm Elevator travelling to the Hollywood Tower Hotel's TIP TOP CLUB, die after elvator malfunctions and a lightning strike. (Hollywood Tower Hotel - Tower of Terror)

November: The Zodiac Killer vows to never give advance notice when he kills again. (Zodiac)

Monday 3rd November: Richard Nixon goes on television and radio to call for national solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to gather support for his policies. (Nixon)

Thursday 6th November: Noah brings The Bible to the East Great Falls High School library so that other hapless virgins may read it. (East Great Falls, Michigan - American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)

Sunday 23rd November: Todd Howard is born. (Teen Wolf Too)

Thursday 4th December: A man is born. (The Bourne Identity)

Monday 8th December: Richard Nixon says that the Vietnam War is coming to a "conclusion as a result of the plan that we have instituted." (Nixon)

Monday 15th December: Simmon Arroti returns the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan - American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)

Monday 15th December: President Richard Nixon announces that 50,000 additional U.S. troops will be pulled out of South Vietnam by April 15, 1970. (Nixon)

Wednesday 24th December: Carl Hanratty comes to Marseilles to begin extradition of Frank Abangale Jr. (Marseilles, France - Catch Me If You Can)

Wednesday 31st December: Brian Slade steals Oscar Wilde's pin from Jack Fairy at the Sombrero Club; Brian and Mandy meet for the first time. (London, England - Velvet Goldmine)

1970

Howard Hunt ends work for the CIA. (All the President's Men)

Scoop VII returns to Earth after being struck with a mircometeorite, bringing the Andromeda strain with it, which kills all but two people in the town. (Pedmount. Arizona - The Andromeda Strain)

Apollo Missions 18, 19, and 20 were canceled due to budgetary concerns. (Apollo 18)

Dr Malcolm Sayer comes to Bainbridge Hospital and begins prescribing L-Dopa therapy, causing brief "awakenings" for post-encephalitic patients. (New York - Awakenings)

An agent of Michael X gets compromising (and embarrassing) photos of Princess Margeret. (The Caribbean - The Bank Job)

Billy Edward Lenz is born with a rare medical condition that gives him yellow skin. (Black Christmas)

Dahlia is sent to Geneva. (Geneva, Switzerland - Black Sunday)

Farrokh Bulsara (later to be called Freddie Mercury), a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport, sees then joins the band Smile. (London, England - Bohemian Rhapsody)

Ronny Valentine is born. (Chicago, Illinois - The Dilemma)

Jim Morrison goes to court with the charges of simulated masturbation, public drunkedness, profanity, and public exposure. (Dade County Courthouse - The Doors)

Deena Jones and The Dreams have another No 1 hit record. (Dreamgirls)

F.F.Fox is Whack Bat Most Valuable Player of the Fox-Years '70 and '70 1/2. (Fantastic Mr. Fox)

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