US President Richard M. Nixon announced his new policy on biological warfare at a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on November 25, 1969.

The last new Buddy Holly album was Giant ( featuring the single " Love Is Strange "), issued in 1969.

Although not released until 1984, the filming sessions in January 1969 led to unexpected success when Bowie told the producers, " That film of yours — I've got a new song for it.

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

At that time, numerous influences-including a growing awareness of the unity and fragility of the biosphere following mankind's first steps into outer space ( see, for example, the Blue Marble ), increased public concern over the impact of industrial activity on natural resources and human health ( see, for example, the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire, the increasing strength of the regulatory state, and more broadly the advent and success of environmentalism as a political movement-coalesced to produce a huge new body of law in a relatively short period of time.

Finally, in 1969, Humble Oil opened a new refinery in Benicia, California.

In 1969, facing more experienced prototypes and the new yet still unreliable 4. 5 L flat-12 powered Porsche 917s, the winners Jacky Ickx / Jackie Oliver managed to beat the remaining 3. 0 litre Porsche 908 by just a few seconds with the already outdated GT40 ( in the very car that had won in 1968-the legendary GT40P / 1075 ).

By this time, Parsons's own use of drugs had increased to the extent that new songs were rare and much of his time was diverted to partying with the Stones, who briefly relocated to America in the summer of 1969 to finish their forthcoming Let It Bleed album and prepare for an autumn cross-country tour, their first series of regular live engagements since 1967.

This new radicalism is often attributed to the Stonewall riots of 1969, when a group of transsexual, butch / femme lesbians, drag queens and gay male patrons at a bar in New York resisted a police raid.

Holden offered the LC, a Torana with new styling, in 1969 with the availability of Holden's six-cylinder engine.

In December 1969, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement dividing the Neutral Zone ( now called the Divided Zone ) and demarcating a new international boundary.

Constitutionally guaranteed Christian control of the government had come under increasing fire from Muslims and leftists, leading them to join forces as the National Movement in 1969, which called for the taking of a new census and the subsequent drafting of a new governmental structure that would reflect the census results.

After originally rising to power through a military coup d ' etat in 1969, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's governance of Libya became increasingly centric on the teachings of his Green Book, which he published in the mid-1970s chapter by chapter as a foundation for a new form of government.

The ( green painted ) country buses and Green Line Coaches had been passed in 1969 to a new company, London Country Bus Services, which in 1970 became part of the National Bus Company.

The Spanish enclave of Ifni in the south became part of the new Morocco in 1969, but other Spanish possessions in the north ( Ceuta, Melilla and some small islands ) remain under Madrid's control, with Morocco viewing them as occupied territory.

Between 1968 and 1969, enrolment at Macquarie increased dramatically with an extra 1200 EFTS, with 100 new academic staff employed.

In 1969, the new manager of the Twins, Billy Martin, pushed aggressive base running all-around, and Rod Carew set the all-time Major League record by stealing home seven times.

By the end of the 1969 season, the Pilots were almost out of money, and it was obvious they would not survive long enough to move into their new stadium without new ownership.

As the team moved to Shea under new ownership, they were, in most years, required to open the season with several road games, a problem made worse in 1969 and 1973 when the Mets had long playoff runs.

Seaver helped the 1969 " Miracle Mets " win the new National League East division title, and then defeat the heavily-favored Baltimore Orioles to win the 1969 World Series.

It reached a peak in between 1967 and 1969 with the Summer of Love and Woodstock Rock Festival, becoming an international musical movement and associated with a widespread counter-culture, before beginning a decline as changing attitudes, the loss of some key individuals and a back-to-basics movement, led surviving performers to move into new musical areas.

Owing to this and the desire to introduce a new model, 1969 was the last year of 912 production.

* For the Record: Paul Raymond ( 1969 ), the British stripclub owner Paul Raymond told his own story, on LWT.

Nos 1-9 Colville Gardens, now known as Pinehurst Court, had become so run down by 1969 that its owner, Robert Gubay of Cledro Developments, described conditions in the buildings as " truly terrible ".

Serrano, owner of long arms, began his career on October 29, 1969 with a four round decision win over Ramon Laureano.

Savoonga was incorporated in 1969, and in 1971 became the joint owner with Gambell of the entire island.

Production was cancelled by ITC owner Lew Grade before the pilot episode aired ; the 13 completed episodes aired sporadically on ATV and other British broadcasters beginning in 1969.

Garner was an owner of the " American International Racers " ( AIR ) auto racing team from 1967 through 1969.

Factor " includes examples of a bright red 1969 AMX that according to its owner " is just a fast Rambler ", but draws more people at events than the more prestigiousFerraris and Lamborghinis, as well as a " million-dollar moment " when a Rambler owner was serenaded with the " Beep Beep " song by The Playmates while fueling at a travel plaza.

In 1969, Union Oil began trying to market their interest in Great Northern by telling potential buyers that Koch's controlling interest could be thwarted by currying favor with another owner, J. Howard Marshall II.

In 1969, Augstein bought out Gruner + Jahr for DM 42 million and became the sole owner of Der Spiegel.

Between 1969 and 1970, Australian media owner Rupert Murdoch purchased a controlling interest in LWT, following an altercation on a live LWT show presented by David Frost ( coincidentally the first live colour programme shown on ITV ).

During the 1969 season, Faubus was hired by new owner Jess Odom to be general manager of his Li ' l Abner theme park in the Ozark Mountains, Dogpatch USA.

However, Gibson himself had no immediate contract worries, as the $ 125, 000 salary Gibson requested for 1969 was agreed to by team owner Gussie Busch and the Cardinals, setting a new franchise record for the highest single-season salary.

George Preston Marshall ( October 11, 1896 – August 9, 1969 ) was the owner and president of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League ( NFL ) from 1932 until his death in 1969.

Wally Heider Studios was a recording studio in San Francisco, California between 1969 and 1980, started by recording engineer and studio owner Wally Heider.

The derivation of the name " Affirmed " has been the subject of speculation, in part because the conviction of his owner and breeder, Louis E. Wolfson, for securities law violations had been affirmed on appeal in 1969 resulting in his imprisonment.

* Sam Berger – builder, 1993 ( Ottawa Rough Riders as director, president, a part owner 1930s – 1969 ; Montreal Alouettes as owner and president 1969 – 81 ; Canadian Football League president 1964, 1971 ).

The DC-8 involved in the accident had been constructed in 1969, and had been leased to Arrow Air by its owner, International Air Leases.

He is the owner of a number of rare automobiles including a Type 57 Bugatti, a 1932 Phantom II Thrupp & Maberly, a 1934 Hispano-Suiza J12 Van Vooren Cabriolet, a 1969 P400 S Miura Lamborghini and a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.

Clifton Todd Britt ( born November 28, 1969 ), better known as Lexington Steele, is an American award-winning pornographic actor, director and owner of Mercenary Motion Pictures and Black Viking Pictures Inc.

After the 1969 season, Joe Robbie, owner of the Miami Dolphins, signed Shula to a contract to become Miami's second head coach.