1969

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| footer = From top to bottom, left to right: The [[Apollo 11]] mission successfully lands on the Moon, as [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] become the first humans to set foot on the lunar surface, marking a defining moment in the [[Space Race]]; the [[Woodstock Festival]] draws over 500,000 people to upstate New York in a celebration of peace, music, and counterculture, becoming a symbol of the 1960s generation; the [[Sino-Soviet border conflict]] escalates into armed clashes on the Ussuri River, deepening the split between the two communist giants during the Cold War; the [[1969 Libyan Revolution]] sees a group of military officers led by [[Muammar Gaddafi]] overthrow King Idris, ending the monarchy and establishing the Libyan Arab Republic; [[Hurricane Camille]] makes landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 5 storm, causing catastrophic damage and over 250 deaths, becoming one of the strongest hurricanes in U.S. history; [[Sesame Street]] debuts on public television in the U.S., changing children's education through innovative programming and multicultural representation.

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