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"Youth culture became the matrix of the cultural revolution in the wider sense of a revolution in manners and customs, in ways of spending leisure and in the commercial arts, which increasingly formed the atmosphere that urban men and women breathed. . . . Everyone was to 'do their own thing'; with minimal outside restraint, although in practice peer pressure and fashion actually imposed as much uniformity as before, at least within peer-groups and subcultures." [Hobsbawm: Extremes, p. 329-30] " . . . the United States had more than 1,000,000 soldiers in 30 countries, was a member of four regional defense alliances and an active participant in a fifth, had mutual defense treaties with 42 nations, was a member of 53 international organizations, and was furnishing military or economic aid to nearly 100 nations across the face of the globe." [Kennedy: Great Powers, p. 389] See "Cold War (Global)."
Potsdam Conference
Peace
1945
U.S. announces Marshall Plan for recovery of Europe
Peace
1947
Senator McCarthy launches crusade to rid United States of communists
Government
1950
CIA-engineered coup in Iran--Mossadeq ejected & oil company returned to Britain
War
1953
French lose to communists in Vietnam and United States is drawn into the conflict
War
1954
McCarthy is condemned by U.S. Senate as vicious bully and liar
Government
1954
The first Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California
Culture
1955
Rosa Parks sits in the front of the bus--the end of bus segregation in the U.S.
Human Rights
1955
Mickey Mouse Club airs on TV from 1955 through 1996
Culture
1955
American Bandstand on TV hosted by Dick Clark from 1956-1989
Culture
1956
Peace Corp established by executive order of President John F. Kennedy
Peace
1961
On November 22, John F. Kennedy assassinated
Government
1963
Ruby shoots Oswald in Dallas in front of a television audience of millions
Government
1963
President Johnson sets course toward Great Society in State of the Union address
Government
1965
Malcolm X is assassinated after embracing Sunni Islam and renouncing racism
Religion
1965
In June, Senator Robert Kennedy is assassinated by a Palestinian-born immigrant
Government
1968
Woodstock rock festival is attended by 450,000 youth celebrating peace & love
Music
1969
Nixon meets Mao in China to ease Cold War tensions
Peace
1972
Arrests follow Watergate break-in--Liddy, Hunt and others are involved in spying
Government
1972
George Wallace continues his political career after bullet left him paralyzed
Government
1972
Supreme Court legalizes abortion in Roe versus Wade
Human Rights
1973
Nixon forced to resign over Watergate and Gerald Ford succeeds him
Government
1974
Begin & Sadat sign Camp David Accords hosted by President Carter
Peace
1978
Jim Jones leads followers to mass suicide at Jonestown, Guyana
Religion
1978
Breakdown at Three Mile Island raises doubts about nuclear power plants
Earth
1979
U.S. hostage crisis in Iran after Ayatollah Khomeini takes power
War
1979
Challenger Space shuttle explodes after takeoff killing 7 astronauts
Transportation
1986
Reagan's retaliation--U.S. bombs Libya
War
1986
Movie title
Genre
Released
Rebel Without a Cause
Historical
1955
The Miracle Worker
Historical
1962
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Sci-Fi
1964
The Graduate
Historical
1967
Easy Rider
Historical
1969
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music
Documentary
1970
The Godfather
Historical
1972
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Historical
1973
The Godfather Part II
Historical
1974
Taxi Driver
Historical
1976
All the President's Men
Historical
1976
Oppenheimer
Miniseries
1980
On Golden Pond
Historical
1981
Sophie's Choice
Historical
1982
The Right Stuff
Historical
1983
The Mosquito Coast
Historical
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Historical
1986
Broadcast News
Historical
1987
Running on Empty
Historical
1988
The Accidental Tourist
Historical
1988
The Ryan White Story
Historical
1989
The War of the Roses
Historical
1989
Reversal of Fortune
Historical
1990
The Doors
Historical
1991
JFK: Special Edition
Historical
1991
Malcolm X
Historical
1992
Leap of Faith
Historical
1992
This Boy's Life
Historical
1993
The Joy Luck Club
Historical
1993
Philadelphia
Historical
1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Historical
1993
Breathing Lessons
Historical
1994
Apollo 13
Historical
1995
Ghosts of Mississippi
Historical
1996
Citizen Ruth
Historical
1996
Marvin's Room
Historical
1996
George Wallace
Historical
1997
Saint Maybe
Historical
1998
October Sky
Historical
1999
The Cider House Rules
Historical
1999
Thirteen Days
Historical
2000
A Beautiful Mind
Historical
2001
Modern Marvels: The Manhattan Project
Documentary
2002
Path to War
Historical
2002
The Rosa Parks Story
Historical
2002
Catch Me If You Can
Historical
2002
About Schmidt
Historical
2002
The Snow Walker
Historical
2003
The Aviator
Historical
2004
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Historical
2004
Walk the Line
Historical
2005
Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II
Documentary
2005
The Good German
Historical
2006
Charlie Wilson's War
Historical
2007
Into the Wild
Historical
2007
The Good Shepherd
Historical
2008
Revolutionary Road
Historical
2008
A Serious Man
Historical
2009
Gifted Hands: the Ben Carson Story
Historical
2009
Mao's Last Dancer
Historical
2010
The Tree of Life
Historical
2011
We Were Here
Historical
2011
Higher Ground
Historical
2011
Inside Llewyn Davis
Historical
2013
Behind the Candelabra
Historical
2013
Philomena
Historical
2013
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Historical
2013
Northern Borders
Historical
2013
Life of a King
Historical
2013
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Documentary
2013
Outlander
Miniseries
2014
Bridge of Spies
Historical
2015
The Founder
Historical
2016
Captain Fantastic
Historical
2016
All the Way
Historical
2016
Chappaquiddick
Historical
2017
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
Documentary
2018
The Irishman
Historical
2019
The Queen's Gambit
Miniseries
2020
One Night in Miami
Historical
2020
Sylvie's Love
Historical
2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Historical
2020
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Historical
2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Historical
2021