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**[[August 15]] - [[August 17]]: The [[Woodstock]] Music and Art Festival was held at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in [[Bethel, New York]], near Woodstock. Although 10,000 or 20,000 people were expected, over 400,000 attended. Among the many artists who performed were [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Joan Baez]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[The Who]], [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] and the [[Grateful Dead]]. The weekend was rainy, the facilities were overcrowded, and attendees shared food, alcohol, and drugs, although no violence was reported. The Woodstock Festival represented the culmination of the counterculture of the [[1960s]] and the high point of the "hippie era."
**The #1 Song was "Aquarius (Let the Sunshine In)"
**[[Graffiti art]] had fully developed into an art form, with distinctive styles, trends and schools, by 1969; graffiti art is one of the four elements of [[hip hop]], the musical form of which is influenced by the success of the [[Last Poets]] and similar artists, beginning in 1969
* [[1969 in sports]]
**[[January 12]] - The [[New York Jets]] upset the heavily favored [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] in [[Super Bowl]] III by a score of 16-7, after quarterback [[Joe Namath]] "guaranteed" a victory. It was the first Super Bowl victory by an [[American Football League]] team.
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