Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely

coincidental.

And here is your 30-second summary.

She was a dancer, a singer, a writer, a poet, a memoirist, a civil rights activist, a

director, a teacher, a producer, a mom, a friend, but she was most masterful at sharing her

life and wisdom with the most perfect collection of words.

The End

Let's talk about Maya Angelo.

But first let's drop her into history.

In 1969, in addition to the first moon landing and Woodstock, that year, Goldemeyer became

the first and as yet only Prime Minister of Israel.

The ship, the Queen Elizabeth II, had her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New

York.

Both the 747 jumbo jet and the Concord Supersonic Jet began test flights.

Richard Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th US President.

The naked musical O'Kell-Cutta opened and the fully-costumed Hello Dolly movie with

Barbara Strysand premiered.

Both Wendy's hamburgers and the gap opened their first doors.

Sesame Street, the Brady Bunch, a Scooby-Doo, Hihah and Monty Python's Flying Circus all premiered.

Star Trek aired its last episode.

Jason Bateman, Patton Oswald, Mo'Raka, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, Cape Lenshet,

Sean Cooms and Jay-Z were all born.

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