Why was 1969 such a great year?

Question

i just don't know why everybody says 1969 was soooo cool, like the bryan adams song made a song for that year

Answer 1

Woodstock.... three days of peace and music with no rioting or anything - and there were like 500 000 odd people or something. pretty awesome. oh yeah, and the moon thing, but who really cares about that. :)

Answer 2

Man landed on mooooooon!

Answer 3

Nixon authorized bombing in Cambodia / three students shot at Kent State by the National guard

Answer 4

Man on the moon

Answer 5

man landed on the moon.

but i dont know from my perspective.  i wasnt alive yet :P