EVENTS/TRIVIA OF 1969

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS

Literature: Samuel Beckett, Ireland
Peace: International Labor Organization

MISS AMERICA WINNER

Judith Anne Ford - Illinois

TONY AWARDS

Play: The Great White Hope
Musical: 1776

EMMY AWARDS

Comedy: Get Smart, NBC
Drama: NET Playhouse, NET

GRAMMY AWARDS

Record of the Year: 5th Dimension, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
Album of the Year: Blood, Sweat and Tears, "Blood Sweat and Tears"

ACADEMY AWARDS

Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy
Actor: John Wayne, True Grit
Actress: Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Supporting Actor: Gig Young, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Supporting Actress: Goldie Hawn, Cactus Flower
Director: John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy

TELEVISION

Top-rated TV program - Rowan-Martin Laugh-In

WORLD SERIES

New York Mets over Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1

SUPERBOWL III

New York Jets, 16; Baltimore Colts, 7

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Boston Celtics

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

National Champions: Texas
Heisman Trophy: Steve Owens, Oklahoma RB
Arkansas beats Georgia 16 - 2 in the Sugar Bowl

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

National Champions: Who else???? UCLA

INDIANAPOLIS 500

Mario Andretti

HORSE RACING

Kentucky Derby - Majestic Prince
Preakness Stakes - Majestic Prince
Belmont Stakes - Arts and Letters

GOLF

Masters - George Archer
Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship - Betsy Rawls

HOCKEY

Stanley Cup - Montreal Canadians

BEST SELLING BOOKS

Fiction

1. Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth
2. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
3. The Love Machine, Jacqueline Susann
4. The Inheritors, Harold Robbins
5. The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton

Nonfiction

1. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, William Morris, editor
2. In Someone's Shadow, Rod McKuen
3. The Peter Principle, Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull
4. Between Parent and Teenager, Dr. Haim G. Ginott
5. The Graham Kerr Cookbook, the Galloping Gourmet