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The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1]While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western countries.
Events of the year 1960 in Japan.It corresponds to Shōwa 35 (昭和35年) in the Japanese calendar.. 1960 was a year of prolonged and intense political struggles in Japan. The massive and often quite violent Miike Coal Mine Strike at the Miike Coal Mine in Kyushu lasted nearly the entire year, and the massive nationwide Anpo Protests against renewal of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty carried ...
History of Japan. The Shōwa era (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, [ɕoːwadʑidai] ⓘ) is a historical period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (commonly known in English as Emperor Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989. [1] It was preceded by the Taishō era and succeeded by the Heisei ...
The treaty opens up two Japanese ports, Shimoda and Hakodate, for trade to American ships. [8] 1856: July: Pierce names Townsend Harris as the first American diplomat to serve as Consul General to Japan. [10] August 21: Harris opens a temporary consulate general in the Gyokusen-ji temple in Kakizaki, Shimoda.
History of the United States (1964–1980) The history of the United States from 1964 to 1980 includes the climax and end of the Civil Rights Movement; the escalation and ending of the Vietnam War; the drama of a generational revolt with its sexual freedoms and use of drugs; and the continuation of the Cold War, with its Space Race to put a man ...
The Anpo protests, also known as the Anpo struggle (安保闘争, Anpo tōsō) in Japanese, were a series of massive protests throughout Japan from 1959 to 1960, and again in 1970, against the United States–Japan Security Treaty, which allows the United States to maintain military bases on Japanese soil. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The name of the protests ...
November 15: Moratorium redux: over 500,000 march in Washington, D.C. It is the largest anti-war demonstration in American history. [536] November 20: Native American protesters begin the Occupation of Alcatraz, which continues for 19 months. [537] December: Total U.S. casualties (dead and seriously wounded) in Vietnam total some 100,000.
Outcome. British influence to the music of the United States. The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom [2] and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States with significant influence on the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic ...