1960s
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The 1960s was a decade marked by major cultural, scientific, and political events, including the Vietnam War, the British Invasion of music led by the Beatles, the Woodstock Festival, the Apollo moon landing, the Stonewall riots that launched the gay liberation movement, and significant upheaval in China under Mao Zedong. This period matters because it fundamentally shaped modern society through advances in space exploration, transformations in popular culture and music, the emergence of social movements for civil rights and liberation, and major geopolitical conflicts that defined the Cold War era.
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- Politics and wars
- Wars
- Internal conflicts
- Coups
- Nuclear threats
- Decolonization and independence
- Prominent political events
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- Europe
- Asia
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan and South Korea
- Africa
- South America
- Economics
- The United States
- Assassinations and attempts
- Disasters
- Social and political movements
- Counterculture and social revolution
- Anti-war movement
- Civil rights movement
- Hispanic and Chicano movement
- Second-wave feminism
- Gay rights movement
- New Left
- Crime
- Science and technology
- Science
- Space exploration
- Other scientific developments
- Technology
- Automobiles and Motorcycles
- Electronics and communications
- Additional notable worldwide events
- Popular culture
- Music
- Significant events in music in the 1960s
- Film
- Significant events in the film industry in the 1960s
- Television
- Fashion
- Literature
- Sports
- Olympics
- Association football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Disc sports (Frisbee)
- Racing
- People
- Activists
- Scientists and engineers
- Actors and entertainers
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- Musicians and singers
- Bands
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- See also
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- Further reading
- Historiography
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The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "60s" or the "Sixties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969.