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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! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
