Right before we hit the Seventies, with its Watergate, disco, and leisure suits, there was 1969. Let’s see what was happening in the world this week in July: Senator Ted Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal auto accident in what now has become known as the Chappaquiddick incident. His Secretary Mary Jo Kopechne was killed when the car Senator Kennedy was driving left the road and plunged into the channel between Chappaquiddick Island and Martha’s Vineyard. While Senator Kennedy made it out alive, Mary Jo did not. As for the war in Vietnam, 53% of the … Continue reading →