America 1960-1969: World Events Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1960-1969.

America 1960-1969: World Events Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1960-1969.
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Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita premieres.

Alan Sillitoe's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is published.

Harold Pinter's play The Caretaker premieres.

Alain Resnais's film Last Year at Marienbad premieres.

1 Jan.

Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev indicates in a New Year's toast that the Soviet Union might disarm unilaterally if it fails to reach an arms agreement with the West.

3 Jan.

The Moscow State Symphony becomes the first Soviet orchestra to play in the United States.

4 Jan.

Albert Camus dies in an automobile accident near Paris.

8 Jan.

West Berlin students hold mass demonstrations against recent outbreaks of neo- Nazism and anti-Semitism.

12 Jan.

Soviet police expose a black-market rock 'n' roll ring that produces phonograph records on X-ray plates.

19 Jan.

The United States and Japan sign a treaty of mutual cooperation and security.

24 Jan.

Pope John XXIII presides over the first diocesan ecclesiastical council held in Rome.

1 Feb.

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