Hans Remembers- News Headlines From Saturday August 16, 1969- to Monday August 18, 1969. Woodstock was the big news event from these days but there were other things going on–
Saturday August 16, 1969-
- A week after the Tate-Labianca murderers- the killers were still at large. There was a big raid at Spahn Ranch where Charles Manson and 25 of his followers were arrested by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. 11 men and 15 women were arrested- a few of them were members of a motorcycle group called Satan’s Slaves- they were all arrested for stealing and dismantling and converting Volkswagens into dune buggies. They were curiously released ten days later because the arrest warrant had the wrong date on it. When the Manson Family members returned to Spahn Ranch- former movie stuntman Donald “Shorty” Shea who worked as a ranch hand at the ranch would be murdered because he was suspected of being a snitch.
Sunday August 17, 1969-
- Hurricane Camille came in from the Gulf of Mexico hitting the Mississippi coast. A number of coastal Mississippi areas were evacuated but a large number of people stayed. When all was said and done 259 people were killed as a direct result of the hurricane and flooding due to the hurricane.
- Singer and actor Donnie Wahlberg was born on this day in Dorchester , Massachusetts. Wahlberg was a founding member of New Kids On The Block before going on to a career in acting.
Monday August 18, 1969
- Jimi Hendrix around 11 am finished up the Woodstock Concert. By the time it had ended most of the 400,000 had left. The massive clean -up would now begin.
- Actor Christian Slater was born in New York City. Slater began his acting career in 1985- his first big movie role was in 1988 with Heathers. He has remained very active in movies and television over the years up to the present day.
- Actor Edward Norton was born on this day in Boston, Massachusetts. Norton over his career has been nominated for three Academy Awards- 1997 for Best Supporting Actor -Primal Fear, 1999 Best Actor for American History X and 2015 Best Supporting Actor for Birdman.
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So many memorable occurrences on this day. I bet the person who put the wrong date on the warrant never forgave themselves, and the attorney/judge who got them released for it should be haunted as well. Quite a death toll for Camille! Wahlberg has had a well-lived life. Loved him in Boogie Nights. Can’t think of a better person to close out Woodstock. I pity the people on cleanup duty for it, they hopefully brought in a fleet of dumptrucks to cart it all off. Christian Slater is in that movie The Public. I absolutely adore Edward Norton. I’ve seen him all all 3 of those movies. Also…. a mini spoiler…. I watched Robert Rodriguez’ new movie, Alita: Battle Angel, this weekend and he is in it as a “cameo” but not really. That’s all I will say.
This new book on the Manson Murders makes one think someone was looking out for Charlie – in high places-
not THAT high of places- but pretty high like CIA… government authorities who believed he was going to take care of the Black Panthers.
Camille- my dad’s best friend lived in Biloxi. We flew to Bham and drove in from there, about 8 days after landfall.
I was just a little girl but you never forget the sight of boats beached blocks inland.
The idea of clean up after something like that- where do you even start. Terrible.
And Hendrix now with little time left.