1969, Music: Eurovision Song Contest

The 14th Eurovision Song Contest was held on Saturday 29 March 1969 at the "Teatro Real", Madrid, Spain. Laurita Valenzuela presented the festival and the musical director was Augusto Algueró. Sixteen countries took part in the contest with Austria deciding not to participate that year.

Salomé with "Vivo cantando" for Spain

Lenny Kuhr with "De troubadour" for the Netherlands

At the close of voting, four countries were controversially declared joint-winners: the United Kingdom with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" by Lulu, Spain with "Vivo cantando" by Salomé, the Netherlands with "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr, and France with "Un jour, un enfant" by Frida Boccara. It was the first time in the history of the contest that a tie had occurred, and as there was no tiebreaker rule in place at the time, all four countries were declared joint winners. 

Frida Boccara with "Un jour, un enfant" for France

Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" for the United Kingdom

No	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Points	Place
1	Yugoslavia	Ivan and 4M	"Pozdrav svijetu"	Serbo-Croatian	5	13
2	Luxembourg	Romuald	"Catherine"	French	7	11
3	Spain	Salomé	"Vivo cantando"	Spanish	18	1
4	Monaco	Jean Jacques	"Maman, maman"	French	11	6
5	Ireland	Muriel Day and the Lindsays	"The Wages of Love"	English	10	7
6	Italy	Iva Zanicchi	"Due grosse lacrime bianche"	Italian	5	13
7	United Kingdom	Lulu	"Boom Bang-a-Bang"	English	18	1
8	Netherlands	Lenny Kuhr	"De troubadour"	Dutch	18	1
9	Sweden	Tommy Körberg	"Judy, min vän"	Swedish	8	9
10	Belgium	Louis Neefs	"Jennifer Jennings"	Dutch	10	7
11	Switzerland	Paola del Medico	"Bonjour, Bonjour"	German	13	5
12	Norway	Kirsti Sparboe	"Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli"	Norwegian	1	16
13	Germany	Siw Malmkvist	"Primaballerina"	German	8	9
14	France	Frida Boccara	"Un jour, un enfant"	French	18	1
15	Portugal	Simone de Oliveira	"Desfolhada portuguesa"	Portuguese	4	15
16	Finland	Jarkko and Laura	"Kuin silloin ennen"	Finnish	6	12

Frida Boccara with "Un jour, un enfant" for France

Salomé with "Vivo cantando" for Spain

Lenny Kuhr with "De troubadour" for the Netherlands

Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" for the United Kingdom

1968, Designs: cars, furniture, electronics, clothes II

Bizzarrini Manta
- Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A (now ItalDesign), Turin, Italy, 1968
- Produced by Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A (now ItalDesign), Turin, Italy, 1968
- Based on the Bizzarrini with a mid mounted Chevrolet V8 engine
- Unveiled at the 1968 “Salone dell'Automobile di Torino”, Turin, Italy

Bizzarrini Manta

Bizzarrini Manta

Bizzarrini Manta

Fiat 850 City Taxi
- Designed by Pio Manzoni at Fiat’s Centro Stile, Turin, Italy, 1968
- Produced by Fiat’s Centro Stile, Turin, Italy, 1968
- Based on the Fiat 850 Special ‘Idroconvert’
- Unveiled at the 1968 “Salone dell'Automobile di Torino”, Turin, Italy

Fiat 850 City Taxi

Fiat 850 City Taxi

Fiat 850 City Taxi

Soriana Lounge Chair
- Designed by Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Italy, 1968
- Manufactured by Cassina, Meda, Italy, 1968

Soriana Lounge Chair

Soriana Lounge Chair

Spazio Vivo (Living Space) Mobile Kitchen Unit
- Designed by Virgilio Forchiassin, Italy, 1968
- Manufactured by Snaidero, Rino, Italy., 1968
- Modular kitchen system

Spazio Vivo

Spazio Vivo

Poster dress
- Designed by Harry Gordon, UK, 1967-1968
- Manufactured by Cat, UK, 1968
- Paper dress

Poster dress

Poster dress

Tadanori Yokoo designed Mazda Cosmo brochure (Japan, 1968)

 

 

 

 

1967, Cars: Citroën Dyane

In 1967 Citroën introduced the Citroën Dyane as an upgraded version for the ageing 2CV. The new car, originally designed by Louis Bionier at Panhard design department and updated by Jacques Charreton at Citroën, was initially available as a five-door hatchback with the 425 cc B2 air-cooled engine from the 2CV and an identical chassis of the 2CV. The Dyane was intended as an answer to the increasingly popular Renault 4. The Dyane's Panhard associations are reflected in its name, Panhard having registered a copyright on the name Dyane along with Dyna, Dynavia and Dynamic.

Citroën Dyane 1967-1970

Citroën Dyane 1970-1984

In 1968 the "Dyane 6" was announced with the Citroën Ami 6 602cc B2 air-cooled engine. This came with a power of 21 kW, supporting a top speed of 115 km/h. In March 1968, the 425cc engine was replaced, by an improved 435 cc unit, the car was called the "Dyane 4". In 1970 the car was restyled with a third side-window. In 1977 the Citroën Acadiane, a small commercial vehicle derived from the Dyane was introduced.

Citroën Dyane Dashboard

Total Dyane production (1967-1984) reached 1,443,493 cars. The Acadiane production (1977-1987) reached 253,393 units.

Citroën_Acadiane

Brochures
Citroën Dyane 6 French (France, 1968)
Citroën Dyane 6 French (France, 1968)
Citroën Dyane English (UK, 1969)
Citroën Dyane French (France, 1970)
Citroën Dyane Dutch (Netherlands, 1973)
Citroën Dyane Spanish (Spain, 1975)

Citroën Dyane 6 Commercial France 1968

Citroën Dyane 6 Commercials Spain 1968