Timeline August 1969

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• 1965 – 1969 Butch Vig -- the producer who made Nevermind Bryan David 'Butch' Vig is born on 2 August 1955 in Viroqua, Wisconsin. He studies drums and percussion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he meets Steve Marker and Duke Erikson. Through the 1980s Vig produces records at his Smart Studios in Madison, building a reputation for bringing out the best in alternative rock bands. In 1990 Nirvana travels to Madison to record demos with Vig that impress Geffen Records enough to sign them. Vig then produces 'Nevermind' (1991) -- the album that breaks alternative rock into the mainstream and changes popular music. He and Brendan O'Brien split the production credit.
• 1969 Earth become Black Sabbath Horror film Renamed after a Boris Karloff horror film.
• 1969 US Open 1969 Men: Rod Laver · Women: Margaret Court Laver completed his second calendar Grand Slam.
• 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival release Green River Bad Moon Rising Their first number-one album.
• 1969 – 2003 Elliott Smith (1969-2003) Died 21 October 2003, aged 34 Elliott Smith was a singer-songwriter known for hushed vocals and intricate acoustic arrangements on albums such as 'Either/Or'. His song 'Miss Misery', from the film 'Good Will Hunting', was nominated for an Academy Award. He died of stab wounds to the chest in disputed circumstances.
• 1969 Tate murders Manson Family killings begin Members of Charles Manson's cult murdered actress Sharon Tate and four others at her Hollywood home on August 9, 1969, shocking America.
• 1969 Battle of the Bogside and Deployment of British Troops Rioting in Derry prompts British Army intervention Three days of rioting between residents of the Bogside district of Derry and police broke out on 12 August 1969, spreading unrest across Northern Ireland. The British government deployed troops to restore order, marking the beginning of the three-decade conflict known as the Troubles.
• 1969 Ravi Shankar plays Woodstock First night Plays in the rain on the first night.
• 1969 Woodstock 400,000 attend festival The Woodstock Music Festival in August 1969 drew 400,000 people to upstate New York, the defining cultural event of the 1960s counterculture.
• 1969 Woodstock festival 400,000 attend legendary concert The Woodstock Music & Art Fair took place August 15–18, 1969 in Bethel, New York. An estimated 400,000 people attended performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who and many others.
• 1969 Breakout Performance at Woodstock Santana electrifies the crowd with "Soul Sacrifice" On August 16, 1969, Santana delivered one of the most explosive sets of the Woodstock Festival, highlighted by a blistering extended performance of the instrumental "Soul Sacrifice" featuring drummer Michael Shrieve's celebrated solo. The band had not yet released an album, so most of the estimated 400,000 attendees and the millions who later saw the concert film were hearing them for the first time. The performance instantly established Santana as a major new force in American rock music.
• 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival play Woodstock Saturday night The first major act to sign for the festival.
• 1969 Grateful Dead play Woodstock Rain-soaked set A set plagued by electric shocks from the wet stage.
• 1969 Hurricane Camille Strikes the US Gulf Coast One of the most intense hurricanes on record devastates Mississippi Hurricane Camille made landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast on 17 August 1969 as a Category 5 storm with winds estimated near 175 mph. The hurricane killed about 250 people and caused catastrophic damage across the region.
• 1969 Janis Joplin plays Woodstock Early hours of Sunday Performs in the early hours of the second night.
• 1969 Sly and the Family Stone play Woodstock Night set One of the festival's most celebrated performances.
• 1969 The Band play Woodstock Sunday night set Play the festival close to their own home in the Catskills.
• 1969 The Who play Woodstock Dawn set Play Tommy as the sun rises — Townshend kicks Abbie Hoffman off the stage.
• 1969 Woodstock festival Blood, Sweat & Tears perform at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair on 17 August 1969 — one of the defining cultural events of the 20th century. Their performance, broadcast to the estimated 400,000 people on Max Yasgur's farm, demonstrates their ability to hold a massive outdoor crowd with their nine-piece brass-rock sound. Clayton-Thomas is at the centre of it — commanding, soulful, larger than life. The Woodstock appearance cements BS&T's status as one of the defining bands of their era.
• 1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash play Woodstock with Neil Young Second gig Stills tells the crowd it is only their second time in front of people.
• 1969 Jimi Hendrix plays The Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock Monday morning Closes the festival with a feedback-torn national anthem.
• 1969 Neil Young plays Woodstock with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Joins CSNY Joins Crosby, Stills & Nash and plays their second-ever show at Woodstock.
• 1969 Debut Album "Santana" Released Self-titled debut reaches the Billboard Top 5 Released on August 30, 1969, the self-titled debut album Santana reached number four on the Billboard 200 and eventually went triple platinum. Singles "Evil Ways" and "Jingo" showcased the band's fusion of blues-rock guitar with Afro-Latin percussion. The album's success, amplified by the band's Woodstock appearance just two weeks earlier, launched Santana into national stardom.
• 1969 Rocky Marciano dies Undefeated heavyweight champion killed Rocky Marciano, the only undefeated heavyweight boxing world champion in history, was killed in a small plane crash on August 31, 1969.