Welcome to the Class of 1969
Did You Know?
January 20 The first pulsar is discovered, in the Crab Nebula.
February 3 Yasser Arafat becomes leader of the PLO
March 17 Golda Meir becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
March 20 John Lennon and Yoko Ono get married.
April 4 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
April 7 The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.
May 23 Rock band The Who release Tommy, the first rock opera.
June 3 Television series Star Trek airs its final episode
July 8 U.S. troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
July 16 Apollo 11 takes off. It will become the first manned space mission to land on the moon.
July 20 Apollo II is the first manned mission to land on the Moon.
July 21 Lance Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon.
July 24 Apollo 11, the first space mission to put a man on the moon, splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
September 2 The first ATM (automatic teller machine) is installed
September 26 The Brady Bunch airs its first episode on TV.
November 15 Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy's restaurant
November 19 Astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
November 20 Pele scores his 1,000th career soccer goal
December 4 Surfer Greg Noll rides a 65-foot wave, the largest on record.
Famous Birthdays
January 2 Christy Turlington (Model)
January 3 Michael Schumacher (Autoracer)
January 14 Jason Bateman (Actor)
February 11 Jennifer Aniston (Actress)
March 4 Chastity Bono (Singer)
April 25 Rene Zellweger (Actress)
May 12 Kim Fields (Actress)
May 14 Cate Blanchett (Actress)
May 15 Emmitt Smith (Football Player)
May 25 Anne Heche (Actress)
June 14 Steffi Graf (Tennis Player)
June 15 Ice Cube (Rapper)
June 28 Danielle Brisebois (Actress)
July 24 Jennifer Lopez (Singer / Actress)
July 24 Rick Fox (Basketball Player)
August 13 Midori Ito (Figure Skater)
August 17 Donnie Wahlberg (Actor)
August 18 Edward Norton (Actor)
August 19 Matthew Perry (Actor)
August 28 Jason Priestley (Actor)
September 3 John Fugelsang (TV Host)
September 9 Rachel Hunter (Model)
October 10 Bret Favre (NFL Quarterback)
October 13 Nancy Kerrigan (Olympic Figure Skater)
October 15 Vanessa Marcil (Actress)
October 17 Ernie Els (Golfer)
November 4 "Sean ""Diddy"" Combs (Rapper)"
November 4 Matthew McConaughey (Actor)
November 21 Ken Griffey Jr. (Baseball Player)
November 26 Shawn Kemp (Basketball Player)
December 4 Jay -Z (Rapper)
Spencer High School Alumni
| Diana Ballard (Wright) | ajayb283@bellsouth.net |
| Roger Batten | battenr@gdls.com |
| Bob Boling | rsboling@yahoo.com |
| Lois Cashdollar (Starcher) | lcashdollar@maih.com |
| Carolyn Christian (Haynes) | cchris6099@aol.com |
| Jody Cottrill (Dodd) | jodycottrill@aol.com |
| Nancy Cottrell (Vineyard) | ncottrelliam@frontiernet.net |
| Jean Guerette (Ingram) | guerette@gwi.net |
| Jimmy Jett | zipjwjett@yahoo.com |
| Monica Matheny (Shreve) | danniem@kih.net |
| Ray Moore | lennie.moore@mail.wvu.edu |
| Liz Mullen (Haverty) | emullen51@gmail.com |
| Debbie Pickens (Johnson) | Jeepsforever@st-tel.net |
| Angela Reed (Burch) | abcoligny@gmail.com |
| Doris Sayers (Schwender) | dorissayers@bellsouth.net |
| Mary Ann Stinespring (Sears) | bearcreek59911@yahoo.com |
| Terry Williams | tawilliams2@suddenlinkmail.com |
