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In 1970 amid escalating protests against the Vienam War

six students of the Kent State University lost there lives when they

were fired upon by national guardsmen.

The Woodstock Festival took place in 1969 in New York and marked

the high point of U.S youth countercouture in the 1960's and featured Jimi Hendrix,The Who ,

Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and many others

In 1969 Apollo 11 took Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins

to the moon. Niel Armstrong was the first to walk on the moons surface

and uttered the immortal words "It's one small step for man but one giant leap for

mankind"

In 1968 Manchester United won the European Cup
beating Benfica 4-1 in the final.
George Best later that year picked up the European Player of
the Year Award.

In 1968 Robert Kennedy the younger brother of JFK was assassinated
after a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel.

In 1967 The Beatles released Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

which exemplified their musical range and was largely influenced by the Psychedelic Art Movement of the time .

Che Ernesto Guevara was a Cuban revolutionary and
political leader originally from Argentina. He was killed
whilst directing an innefective guerilla movement in
Bolivia by government troops in 1967.

In 1966 England beat West Germany 4-2
in the final of the World Cup to become World champions.
Geoff Hurst scored a hattrick with the third and last goal of the game
being echoed with the famous words of the commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme
"Theres people on the pitch,they think its all over....it is now"

In 1965 the Vietnam War escalated when the U.S
sent 100,000 troops to Vietnam in support of the South Vietnamese
against the communist North.

In 1964 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was sentenced
to life imprisonment for his part in the ANC's
guerilla tactics in sabotage on the white led government
of South Africa.

The Civil Rights Act signed in 1964 was to eliminate
the persuasive discrimination against racial minorities
which had long existed in American society.

In 1964 Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston
to become world heavyweight champion of the world.
After the fight he declared himself to be a member of
the Nation of Islam and now wanted to be known as
Muhammad Ali.

In 1963 Martin Luther King led a quarter of a million people

to Washington D.C in what is known as the Million Man March
in a protest about civil rights.

In 1963 President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas,Texas
by gunman Lee Harvey Oswald.

In JFK's famous speech in 1963 he said 'Ich bin ein Berliner'

which translated means 'I'am a Berliner'

This was intended to show America's unwavering support

of West Germany during the Cold War.

In 1962 Telstar was launched by the U.S.
It was the first active communications satellite
and contained a microwave radio reciever , amplifier
and transmitter for relaying telephone and television signals.

Marilyn Monroe was a Hollywood sex symbol
and after her death a Hollywood legend.
She was found dead of an drugs overdose in 1962
at the age of 36.

The Cuban Missile Crisis took place in

1962 after the Bay of Pigs invasion

urged the USSR to increase its support of fellow communist Cuba.

The USSR's leader Nikita Khrushchev had placed

ballistic missiles on Cuba facing America

forcing President Kennedy to

declare all out war if they were to be used against the states.

In 1961 Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

became the first man to leave the

earths atmosphere.

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 by the East German government along the border of East and West Berlin in order to stop large numbers of defectors moving from east to west

The Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 was an unsucessful

invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles backed by

U.S government forces in an attempt to overthrow the communist regime.

Mary Quant was a British fashion

designer credited with inventing

the mini-skirt in 1960. She was one of the originators

of the 'Mod' look making London the fashion center

of the world.