1960

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- Ruby Bridges goes to school

- Battle for Algiers

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1961

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- Construction of Berlin Wall begins

- Bay of Pigs Invasion

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1962

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- Cuban Missile Crisis

- Military revolt in Venezuela

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1963

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- Civil Rights Movement

- JFK assassinated

- The Burning Monk

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1964

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- Intercommunal violence in Cyprus

- Beatlemania

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1965

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- America enters Vietnam War

- Muhammad Ali: "I Am The  Greatest"

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1966

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- Escalation in Vietnam 

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1967

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- Summer of Love

- Anti-war Demonstrations

- Race Riots across America

- Che Guevara killed

- 6 Day War

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1968

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- Prague Spring

- Tet Offensive

- Martin Luther King assassinated 

- Black Power Salute at Olympics

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1969

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- Moon Landing

- Woodstock Festival

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