1967 ⟶ Summer of Love in Haight-Ashbury
Mid-year: Summer of Love, in which as many as 100,000 people...
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🏕️ Boy Scouts of America Established
🎵 United States Adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as National Anthem
March 3: "The Star-Spangled Banner" is adopted as the United States's national anthem.⟶
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United States🎸 Rock Around the Clock Launches Rock and Roll into Mainstream
April 12: The song Rock Around the Clock, by Bill Haley and His Comets, brings rock and roll to the American mainstream.⟶
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United States☮️ Summer of Love in Haight-Ashbury
Mid-year: Summer of Love, in which as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury.⟶
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United States🏳️🌈 Stonewall Riots Spark Gay Rights Movement
June 28 – July 3: The Stonewall riots in New York City instigate the gay rights movement.⟶
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United States🎸 Woodstock Music Festival Draws Over 400,000 Attendees
August: The Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, attracts an audience of more than 400,000.⟶
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