The 60’s

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I thought about writing an old 60s. I started doing research and you know what? A lot happened in that time span! Like the notable assassinations: (Jan.17,1961, Patrica Lumumba, the Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, assassinated by a Belgian and Congolese firing squad outside Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.)( June12,1963, Medgar Evers, A NAACP field secretary, assassinated by a Ku Klux Klan in Jackson, Mississippi.) (Nov.22,1963, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.) ( Feb.21,1965, Malcolm X, assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam in New York City.)( Aug.25,1967, George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party, assassinated by John Patler in Arlington, Virginia.)(April 4,1968,Martin Luther King, civil rights leader, assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.)(June 5,1968, Robert F.Kennedy,United States Senator,assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles, California.)(Dec.4,1969, Fred Hampton, Deputy Chairman for the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, assassinated by police in Chicago, Illinois.

Then there was the Anti-War Movement. The protest of the War in Vietnam. Over a half million American troops were sent to fight in that war. The rise of Feminism, more freedom for women in all areas of life including the work place and have equal pay. Free love was formed by people known as Hippies and they created a movement toward liberation in society including questioning authorities, demanding more freedom and rights for women, and minorities. They were heavily into drugs like marijuana and LSD and psychedelic music.

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Technology in the 60s included, Apollo11 landed on the moon July 20,1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. It was the first time man set foot on the moon. “Automobiles” One of the decades greatest successes was the Ford Mustang in 1964. “Muscle Cars”. Other technological developments where, 1960-Birth control- The pill, 1962-First computer video game “Space war” was invented, 1963- Touch Tone Telephones were introduced, 1965- Sony markets the CV-2000 the first home video tape recorder, 1966- Construction of the World Trade Center begins, 1967- First heart tranplantation operation. That just names some of the technology from that era.

Music in the 60s consist of

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a lot of different sounds like rock,soul and blues. The Grateful Dead introduced Acid Rock in 1965. Singers and band in the 60s were, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Four Seasons, The Supremes, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Cilla Black, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and the list goes on.

Films shown at the cinema, just to name a few..Psycho, Spartacus, Lawrence of Arabia, The Birds, The Sound of Music, Planet of the Apes and The Wild Bunch. I could keep writing about the 60s era but that could take a long long time.