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  • alyson820
    alyson820 Posts: 448 Member
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    1959 Fidel Castro becomes the premier of Cuba
  • alyson820
    alyson820 Posts: 448 Member
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    1960 Cameroon gains independence
  • foxbat2828
    foxbat2828 Posts: 391 Member
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    1961 ... January 20 ... Kennedy inauguration
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
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    1961

    Barbie got a boyfriend with the introduction of Ken
  • Mawskittykat
    Mawskittykat Posts: 241 Member
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    1961 The supreme court ruled that cities and states have the right to censor films
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    1962 - The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
  • lafager
    lafager Posts: 48
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    1963 Nov 22 the assassination of JFK
  • reneeileen
    reneeileen Posts: 455 Member
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    The Civil Rights Act was passed into law on July 2, 1964 in the United States by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
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    1965

    2nd March - "The Sound of Music" premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in NYC
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    1966 - "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premiered.
  • LindsayHowlett
    LindsayHowlett Posts: 44
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    1966 - England won the football world cup!
  • celeste_xo
    celeste_xo Posts: 88
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    1967: July 23 – 12th Street Riot/Detroit Race Riots: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city: 43 are killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned.

    and this started the downward spiral of my beloved city, for shaaame
  • couponfun
    couponfun Posts: 714 Member
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    1968 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey is released
    Hawaii 5-0 premiers
    Robert Kennedy gets shot
  • dogacreek
    dogacreek Posts: 289 Member
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    1969 Woodstock :flowerforyou:
  • snrose
    snrose Posts: 233 Member
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    in 1970 america celebrated its first earth day :)
  • PBmaria
    PBmaria Posts: 854 Member
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    1971 Cigarette Advertising Ended on Television in USA
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
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    1971

    1st October - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida
  • Werglum
    Werglum Posts: 378 Member
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    1972 - James K Baxter died (notable New Zealand Poet)
  • PBmaria
    PBmaria Posts: 854 Member
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    1972- A South American soccer team's plane crashes in the Andes! (the movie Alive, in case you're wondering)
  • Thechiplover
    Thechiplover Posts: 118
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    1972

    16 survivors from plane crash survive and are rescued after practicing cannibalism

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