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Pages in category "1960s in Europe" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. 1960s in Bulgaria; E.
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 ...
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1960s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1969. It contains 165 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .
October 13 — Peter the Apostle (Margherita Guarducci, who led the research leading to the rediscovery of Peter's reputed tomb in 1963, concluded that Peter died on that date, shortly after the Great Fire of Rome and during the festivities to mark "dies imperii" of Emperor Nero, and that Peter and other Christians were crucified in honor of ...
Many key movements related to these issues were born or advanced within the counterculture of the 1960s. [ 7 ] As the era unfolded, what emerged were new cultural forms and a dynamic subculture that celebrated experimentation, individuality, [ 8 ] modern incarnations of Bohemianism , and the rise of the hippie and other alternative lifestyles .
About 60% of the civilian casualties were Catholics, 30% of the civilians were Protestants, and the rest were from outside Northern Ireland. [ 300 ] About 257 of those killed were children under the age of seventeen, representing 7.2% of the total, [ 301 ] while 274 children under the age of eighteen were killed during the conflict.
On 23 November 1959 in a speech in Strasbourg, de Gaulle announced his vision for Europe: Oui, c'est l'Europe, depuis l'Atlantique jusqu'à l'Oural, c'est toute l'Europe, qui décidera du destin du monde. ("Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the destiny of the world")
Pages in category "1960 in Europe" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1960 in Northern ...