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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, perform spacewalk and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western ...
Memories of the mid-late 1960s and early 1970s shaped the political landscape for the next half-century. As President Bill Clinton explained in 2004, "If you look back on the Sixties and think there was more good than bad, you're probably a Democrat. If you think there was more harm than good, you're probably a Republican." [4]
The 60s decade ran from January 1, AD 60, to December 31, AD 69.. In the Roman Empire, the early part of the decade saw the beginning of the Boudican Revolt in Britannia, where several tribes (chiefly the Iceni), led by Boudica, rebelled against the Roman occupation.
A History of Religion in Britain: Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present (1994) 608pp; Gregg, Pauline. A Social and Economic History of Britain: 1760–1950 (1950) online; Harrison, Brian (2009). Seeking a Role: The United Kingdom 1951—1970. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-160678-6. major survey with emphasis social history
The 1960s became synonymous with the new, radical, and subversive events and trends of the period. In Africa the 1960s was a period of radical political change as 32 countries gained independence from their European colonial rulers .
Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's studio Playtone, the 10-part series chronicled events and popular culture of the United States during the 1960s. [ 1 ] The premiere of The Sixties was a ratings success for CNN; it was seen by 1.39 million total viewers, [ citation needed ] finishing in between Fox News Channel and MSNBC in total ...
Reconstruction gave male, Black farmers, businessmen and soldiers the right to vote for the first time in 1867, as celebrated by Harper's Weekly on its front cover, Nov. 16, 1867. [ 3 ] Reconstruction was the period from 1863 to 1877, in which the federal government temporarily took control—one by one—of the Southern states of the Confederacy .
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