Neil Armstrong becomes the first man on the moon in 1969. While Michael Collins pilots Apollo 11 in orbit around the Moon, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin fly the Lunar Module to the surface where they remain for more than 21 hours. Armstrong utters the first words from the Moon, “It’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Also that year:

• Woodstock Music and Art Fair, a three-day rock concert, is held near Bethel, N.Y. An estimated 400,000 people attended.
• The United States – North Vietnamese peace talks in Paris are expanded to include the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese government. President Nixon announces a withdrawal of troops from Vietnam.
• The Department of Agriculture halts the use of DDT in residential areas. It was banned completely in 1971.
• President De Gaulle of France resigns and Georges Pompidou is elected president of France.
• Yasir Arafat, leader of Al Fatah, becomes head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
• Robert Guccione, publisher, founds Penthouse magazine.
• Pants suits become acceptable for everyday wear by women.
• The Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic aircraft, makes its first test flight.