Dec 1 -- The first draft lottery since 1942 was held. I felt it's painful touch a few months later.
Dec 15 -- Nixon announces the third round of Vietnam troop withdrawals. (Just between you and me... how did this jive with the Dec. 1st entry??)
Dec 19 -- U.S. calls for cubes on trade with China.
Dec 20 -- Egyptian president Nasser names Anwar Sedat vice president.
Dec 21 -- Montreal: U.S. draft evaders gather for a holiday dinner.
Dec 22 -- Belfast: Bernadette Devlin sentenced to 6 months in jail for her part in the August riots.
Dec 31 -- Congo-Brazzaville declares itself a people's republic.
1969 Literature -- "Portnoy's Compaint" by Philip Roth, "The French Lieutenant's Woman" by John Fowles, "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo, and "Slaughterhouse Five", by Kurt Vonnegut.
1969 Music -- Musicals 1776 and Hair, "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells, "Everyday People", by Sly and the Family Stone, "Leaving on a Jet Plane", by Peter, Paul and Mary, and "Come Together" by the Beatles.
1969 Movies -- "Easy Rider" with Dennis Hopper, "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, "They Shoot Horses Don't They" with Jane Fonda and "Midnight Cowboy" with Dustin Hoffman and John Voight
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