My God, how did we ever get through those four years? Quite a trip to read this. On one hand, it feels like stuff you'd read about in a history book, long over and done with; and on the other, there's the very vivid personal memories of it all happening.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.hippy.com/php/article-15.html > > I find timelines can be interesting -- jogging memories of what we > were doing when these events occurred -- and can help in > reconstrucing other timelines like the TMO (this course had to be near > these dates because I remember the announcement about ... dying." > > A few key years (many more on link) > > > > 1967 > Jan 14 - Gathering of the Tribes, First Human Be-In, 20,000, S.F. > Jan 27 - US, USSR, UK sign treaty banning nuclear weapons in space > Feb - 25,000 US troops sent to Cambodian border > Feb - Beatles release Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, Michelle, > Yesterday > Mar - Scientist report LSD causes chromosome damage (never validated). > Mar - The Berkeley Barb starts the smokable banana rumor (based upon > Donovan's song "Mellow Yellow") > Mar 3 - Alice B. Toklas dies > Mar 18 - First U.S. supertanker wreck. Torrey Canyon spills 90,000 > tons of oil onto English shores > Mar 26 - Be-In at Central Park in NY. 10,000 attend > Apr 5 - Grayline starts hippie tours of Haight/Ashbury > Apr 10 - Vietnam Week starts. Draft card burnings and anti-draft > demonstrations > Apr 15 - Anti-Vietnam War protest. 400,000 march from Central Park to > UN. Speeches by Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael and Dr. > Benjamin Spock > May - Paul McCartney announces that all the Beatles have "dropped acid." > May 19 - First U.S. air strike on Hanoi > May 20 - Flower Power Day in NYC 1967 > Jun 2 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album by the Beatles > released. > Jun 16 - Monterey Pop Festival > Jun 21 - Summer Solstice Party in Golden Gate Park > Jun 25 - Beatles sing "All You Need Is Love" on TV 1967 > Jun 30 - 448,400 US troops now in Vietnam > July - The Summer of Love in San Francisco > July - Summer of Rioting in the US. Blacks take to the streets in > Chicago, Brooklyn, Cleveland and Baltimore > July 1 - Sgt. Pepper hits #1 > July 11 - Newark riots start long hot summer > July 24 - 43 Die in Detroit rioting, worst in U.S. history > July 26 - H. Rap Brown arrested for inciting a riot in Maryland > July 29 - Door's Light My Fire and Procol Harem's Whiter Shade of Pale > vie for #1 > Aug 26 - Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced" hits the charts > Aug 27 - Beatles in India with Maharishi informed of Brian Epstein's death > Sept - Richard Alpert meets Bhagwan Dass at the Blue Tibetan in > Katmandu, stays in India & follows him until he meets his guru. > Sept 15 - Donovan performs at the Hollywood Bowl > Oct 3 - Woody Guthrie dies > Oct 8 - Che Guevarra killed in Bolivia by US-trained troops > Oct 12 - Big Brother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills with > Janis Joplin at top of LP charts. > Oct 20 - Seven KKK members convicted of conspiracy in 1964 murders of > three civil rights worker > Oct 21-22 - Anti-war protesters storm the Pentagon > Oct 21 - "Diggers" exorcise the Pentagon. 35,000 Demonstrate, 647 > arrested > Oct 26 - Draft deferments eliminated for those who violate draft laws > or interfere with recruitment > Nov 14 - Air Quality Act provides $428 million to fight air pollution > Nov 20 - National Commission on Product Safety established > Dec - Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour" > Dec - 486,000 American troops in Vietnam, of the 15,000 killed to > date, 60% died in 1967. > Dec - "Stop the Draft" movement organized by 40 antiwar groups, > nationwide protests ensue. > Dec 5 - 1000 antiwar protesters try to close NYC induction center. > 585 arrested including Allen Ginsberg and Dr. Benjamin Spock > Dec 5 - Beatles open Apple Shop in London > Dec 8 - Otis Redding records "Dock of the Bay" > Dec 10 - Otis Redding dies in plane crash > Dec 22 - Owsley busted, stops making acid > Dec 31 - Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Paul Krassner, Dick Gregory, & > friends pronounce themselves "Yippies" > > > 1968 > Jan 16 - Youth International Party (Yippies) founded > Jan 18 - Eartha Kitt visiting LBJ at White House speaks out against > the war > Jan 22 - B-52 carrying H-bomb crashes in Greenland > Jan 23 - USS Pueblo seized by Korea > Jan 31 - Viet Cong launch Tet Offensive > Feb - Timothy Leary evicted from Millbrook house > Feb - Beatles go to India to visit Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Rishikesh > on the Ganges river. Mia Farrow, Donovan follow. > Feb 8 - George Wallace announce candidacy for President on law and > order platform > Mar 12 - Eugene McCarthy wins 42% of New Hampshire vote in > presidential primary > Mar 16 - My Lai massacre 200 - 500 Vietnamese villagers killed > Mar 16 - Robert F. Kennedy announces candidacy for President > Mar 31 - LBJ announces decision not to run again and offers partial > Vietnam bombing halt > Apr 4 - Martin Luther King shot and killed in Memphis > Apr - The week following Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder sees black > uprisings in 125 cities across the U.S. > Apr 6 - Oakland Police ambush Black Panthers. Eldridge Cleaver > arrested with a bullet-shattered leg. Bobby Hutton shot and killed. > Apr 8 - Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs established (DEA) > Apr 11 - LBJ signs civil rights bill banning housing discrimination > Apr 11 - Major call-up of reserves for duty in Vietnam > Apr 14 - Love-in at Malibu Canyon, Calif. > Apr 15 - Start of Spring Mobilization against the Vietnam war > Apr 23 - SDS lead students take over 5 buildings at Colombia Univ for > a week. 700 arrested > Apr 24 - 300 Black students occupy admin. building at Boston Univ. > demanding black studies and financial aid > Apr 25 - Paul Horn records in the Taj Mahal > Apr 29 - The rock musical HAIR opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theater > May 10 - Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris > Jun 3 - Andy Warhol shot by woman > Jun 5 - Bobby Kennedy assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan moments after > winning California primary. > Jun 14 - Dr. Benjamin Spock convicted of conspiracy to abet draft evasion > July 1 - Nuclear nonproliferation treaty signed by 61 nations > Aug 1 - 541,000 U.S. Troops in Vietnam > August 3, 1968 - The first Newport Pop Festival in Costa Mesa, > California to an audience of over 100,000 people. Performers include > Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane, Sonny & Cher, Tiny Tim, the Byrds, > Iron Butterfly, The Grateful Dead and Eric Burdon & the Animals. > Aug 8 - Nixon and Agnew nominated during Miami riots > Aug 20 - Soviets invade Czechoslovakia > August 25-29 - Democratic Convention in Chicago demonstrations & > police riot 10,000 +/- demonstrators vs. 11,000 Chicago police; 6,000 > National Guard; 7,500 U.S. army troops; and 1,000 FBI, CIA & other > services agents (Humphrey nominated on platform supporting the war) > Aug 28 - Humphrey and Muskie nominated amid violent antiwar protests > in Chicago. Bystanders and press also beaten by police > Oct 18 - John & Yoko Busted > Nov - First "Whole Earth Catalog" published by Stewart Brand. > Nov 5 - Nixon elected President, Spiro T. Agnew, VP > Nov 6 - Student Strike at SF State > > > > > 1969 > Jan 28 - Santa Barbara, Ca. oil well blowout > Feb - Massive strike at U.C. Berkeley for ethnic studies > Feb 11 - 200 students smash computers with axes & set computer center > on fire during sit-in protesting prof's racism at St. George Williams > College, Montreal > Feb 13 - 33 students arrested at admin bldg sit-in at Univ of Mass. > Feb 18 - Students seize building and boycott started at Howard University > Feb 24 - Students occupy Admin bldg at Penn State > Feb 27 - Police charge student picket lines, club and arrest two > Chicano leaders at U.C. Berkeley > Feb 27 - Thousands rampage thru nine buildings at U of Wisconsin, > Madison over black enrollments > Mar 12 - Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman > Mar 20 - John & Yoko fly to Gibraltar, get married then fly to > Amsterdam for one week "lie-in" for peace > Mar 20 - James Earl Ray sentenced to 99 years for murder of Martin > Luther King Jr. > Apr - 543,000 US troops now in Vietnam > Apr 4 - Smothers Brothers tv show canceled because it is too controversial > Apr 9 - 300 Harvard students led by SDS seize Univ Hall and evict > eight deans > Apr 10 - Police called into Harvard, 37 injured, 200 arrested > Apr 11 - Start of 3 day student strike at Harvard > Apr 22 - Harvard faculty votes to create black studies program & > give students vote in selection of its faculty > Apr 22 - City College of NY closed after black & Puerto Rican students > lock selves inside asking higher minority enrollment > Apr 23 - Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for murder of Bobby Kennedy > Apr 24 - U.S. B-52s launch biggest attack on North Vietnam. Protests > in 40 cities > May 15 - Hippies in People's Park in Berkeley attacked by police and > Nat'l Guard > July - Stephen Gaskin starts The Farm commune in Tennessee. > July 3 - Brian Jones of Rolling Stones dies > July 14 - Easy Rider premieres > July 20 - Men walk on the Moon > July 27 - Police raid on gay bar in Greenwich Village, NYC results in > Stonewall Uprising. 2000 protesters battle 400 police, start of Gay > Liberation Movement > Aug - Blind Faith forms, with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker from Cream > and Steve Winwood from Traffic. > Aug 9 - Sharon Tate & LaBiancas found murdered by Charles Manson & Crew > August 15 - 17 WOODSTOCK Festival 500,000 people gathered for three > days of music and peace that changed the world > Aug 24 - Movie 'Alice's Restaurant released with Arlo Guthrie > Aug 26 - FBI reports 98% increase in marijuana arrests from 1966 - 1968 > Sept 3 - Ho Chi Min, leader of North Vietnam, dies > Sept 24 - Chicago Eight trial begins. Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry > Rubin et. al charged with conspiracy to incite riots > Oct - Is Paul dead? Beatles controversy > Oct 8-11 - The Weatherman "Days of Rage" > Oct 15 - Peace Day. 500,000 protesters nationwide. First Vietnam > Moratorium > Oct 21 - Jack Kerouac, beat author of "On the Road" dies. > Oct 30 - Supreme Court orders desegregation nationwide > Nov 15 - 500,000 + march in Wash. DC for peace. Largest antiwar rally > in U.S. history. Speakers: McCarthy, McGovern, Coretta King, Dick > Gregory, Leonard Bernstein. Singers: Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, > Paul, & Mary, John Denver, Mitch Miller, touring cast of Hair > 1969 > Nov 17 - First round of SALT talks in Helsinki > Nov 20 - 78 American Indians seize Alcatraz Island and demand its return > Nov 20 - DDT use banned in residential areas > Nov 24 - Lt. William Calley charged with murdering 102 So. Vietnamese > civilians at My Lai > Nov 25 - President Nixon orders all US germ warfare stockpiles destroyed > Dec - Over 100,000 US troops dead or injured in Vietnam. > Dec 1 - First draft lottery since W.W.II held in NYC > Dec 8 - Raid on Black Panther headquarters in LA - four hour shoot- out > Dec 24 - Rolling Stones "Altamont" concert erupts in violence, one > spectator killed > > > > 1970 > January 1 - Nixon signs National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) > Feb - Timothy Leary sentenced to 10 years for Texas/Mex marijuana bust > Feb 4 - Riot in Isla Vista, Calif. protesting Chicago verdicts > Feb 4 - President Nixon proposes environmental cleanup - EPA > Feb 18 - Chicago Seven acquitted of conspiracy charges > Feb 19 - Chicago Seven Trial verdict: Dellinger, Davis, Hayden, > Hoffman, & Rubin found guilty of crossing state lines to incite riot > Feb 19 - Explosions in 3 office buildings in NY; and in Calif; Wash; > Maryland; Mich, possibly done by the Weathermen > Feb 25 - Isla Vista Riots, Santa Barbara Bank of America bombed > Feb 26 - U.S. Army discontinues surveillance of civilian > demonstrations and files of demonstrators > Mar 6 - Three Weathermen blow themselves up in Greenwich Village, NY > Apr 1 - Cigarette advertising banned on radio and TV > Apr 7 - Referring to student unrest, Ronald Reagan, Gov. of Calif: "If > it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with." > Apr 10 - Paul McCartney announces breakup of Beatles > Apr 22 - First Earth Day. Millions participate > Apr 30 - Nixon sends troops into Cambodia > May 4 - Four College Students Killed by National Guard at Kent State > University, Ohio > May 5 - Nuclear nonproliferation treaty takes effect > May 8 - Construction workers attack antiwar demonstrators, Wall St., NY > May 9 - 100,000 attend antiwar rally, Wash. D.C. > May 14 - Police kill two at Jackson State during violent student > demonstrations > Jun 15 - Supreme Court OKs conscientious objector status on moral grounds > Jun 18 - U.S. voting age lowered to 18, now old enough to kill and > vote. (see Mar 23, 1971?) > June 11 - Daniel Berrigan arrested by FBI for kidnapping/bombing > conspiracy > Sept 12 - Timothy Leary escapes prison (San Luis Obispo) with help > from the Weather Underground, joins Eldridge Cleaver in Algiers. > Sept 18 - Jimi Hendrix dead at age 27 > Oct 4 - Janis Joplin dies > Oct 13 - Angela Davis arrested on kidnapping, murder and conspiracy > charges > Dec - Paul McCartney sues to dissolve Beatles. > Dec 2 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activated > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! 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