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Notting Hill Carnival first set - West Indian Culture celebration
Space Age clothing introduced.
Labour come to power - PM Harold Wilson (until 1970)
The 1960s - 1980s saw dramatic shifts in attitudes and values led by youth. There was a great disregard for the establishment, with a boom led by people who were willing to attack their elders. Pop music became a dominant form of expression for the young, and bands like The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were seen as leaders of youth culture. Youth-based subcultures such as the mods, rockers, hippies and skinheads became more visible.
Reforms in education led to the effective elimination of the grammar school. The rise of the comprehensive school was aimed at producing a more egalitarian educational system, and there were ever-increasing numbers of people going into higher education.
Immigration of people to the United Kingdom, mainly from former British colonies in the Caribbean, India and Pakistan, began to escalate, leading to racism. Dire predictions were made about the effect of these new arrivals on British society and tension led to a few race riots. In the longer term, many people with differing cultures have successfully integrated into the country, and some have risen to high positions
First space walk
Death penalty for murder abolished
Mini skirt introduced
Andy Warhol cow wallpaper on sale
Martin Luther King leads Civil Rights march
Assassination of J. F. Kennedy
Beatlemania is born
Alec Douglas-Home is PM - Conservative (63-64)
Sindy rivals the US Barbie doll - links to feminism fashion
Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino
Nelson Mandela freed from prison - having been jailed for 27 years by African government because he actively was anti-apartheid - His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation.
Employment vouchers introduced
Legalisation of homosexuality: sexual offences act
First full length CGI film produced
First instamatic camera created by Kodak
Martin Luther King assassinated
Berlin wall falls - East Berlin (Germany) was under Soviet control (communist) and West Berlin (Germany) was under NATO (north atlantic treaty organisation) (capitalist) control. The Soviets didn't want the East Germans crossing into the West territory, so they built a wall to keep them in.
Metamorphosis - Berkoff
Berlin wall erected
Launch of the e-type Jaguar
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - live/animated film
Equal Pay Act
Sex discrimination Act
First test tube baby born in Britain
The Pill goes on sale
Doc Martens are sold for the first time
Harold Pinter; 'The Caretaker'
First space shuttle flight
Brixton race riots - The 'sus (stop and search) laws' were a type of law which allowed police to arrest members of the public when it was believed that they were acting suspiciously and not necessarily committing a crime. The African-Caribbean community stated that the police were arresting black people without a specific reason
Discovery of DNA launches genetic science.
First stereo record were introduced
Top Girls - Caryl Churchill
Development of Punk Rock
Margaret Thatcher came to power
Conservative Harold Macmillan is PM - until 1963