a timeline Flashcards
1
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1960
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- an american spy plane was shot down over the USSR
- SA becomes a republic
- Sharpeville massacre occurs
- first television debate for a presidential election
2
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1961
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- John F Kennedy takes up residency in the white house
- the berlin wall was constructed
- soviet’s sent a man into space
3
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1962
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- cuban missile crisis
- peter fetcher, 18 years old east german was killed trying to escape over the berlin wall
- an american John glenn was the first man to orbit the earth 3 times
4
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1963
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- betty friedan publishes her book “ the feminine mystique”
- Martin luther King jr makes hisbIbhage a dream speech
- John F Kennedy assassinated
5
Q
1964
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the beatles took the world by storm
6
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1965
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Malcom X assassinated
- LA riots
- Operation rolling thunder
- beatles perform the first stadium concert in the history of music
7
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1967
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Che Guevara killed
fist heart transplant performed in cape town SA
Black panther part formed
Stalins daughter defects to the west
8
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1968
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Martin luther king Assassinated
The TET offensive and My Lai massacre
Massive students protest all over the world
9
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1969
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- Neil Armstrong lands on the moon
- Woodstock music festival
- Steve Biko founded black consciousness movement and south african students originisation
