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• Apr 23 - Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for murder of Bobby Kennedy
• Apr 24 - U.S. B-52s launch biggest attack on North Vietnam. Protests in 40 cities
• May 15 - Hippies in People’s
Park in Berkeley attacked by
police and National Guard
• July 5 - Gary Hinman is killed
by Manson follower Bobby
Beausoleil, accompanied by
Manson Family members Mary
Brunner and Susan Atkins.
• July - Stephen Gaskin starts The
Farm commune in Tennessee.
• July 3 - Brian Jones of Rolling
Stones dies
• July 14 - Easy Rider premieres
• July 20 - Men walk on the
Moon (allegedly)
• July 27 - Police raid on gay bar
in Greenwich Village, NYC
results in Stonewall Uprising.
2000 protesters battle 400
police, start of Gay Liberation
Movement
• Aug 8- 9 - Sharon Tate & LaBiancas found murdered…
• August 15 - 17 WOODSTOCK
Festival 500,000 people gathered for three days of music and
peace that changed the world
• Aug 24 - Movie Alice’s Restaurant released with Arlo Guthrie
• Aug 26 - FBI reports 98%
increase in marijuana arrests
from 1966 - 1968
• Sept 3 - Ho Chi Min, leader of
North Vietnam, dies
• Sept 24 - Chicago Eight trial
begins. Tom Hayden, Abbie
Hoffman, Jerry Rubin et. al
charged with conspiracy to
incite riots
• Oct - Is Paul dead? Beatles controversy
• October 5 - Manson and his followers are arrested at another remote location, called Barker Ranch, on suspicion of auto theft.
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