You are free to use it for research and reference purposes in order to write your own paper; however, you must cite it accordingly. Jan 1, 1956. 1 The 1960s and early 1970s were notable for the rise and spread of student movements across many parts of the industrialized world. The American Indian Movement still exists today. There were two interconnected facets to student movements in this period. This timeline offers a sample of newsworthy happenings from the 1960s. This research paper on Civil Rights Movement Major Events in 1954-1968 was written and submitted by your fellow student. Although demonstrations also occurred in other cities, the events in Tiananmen Square came to symbolize the entire incident. The Environmental Movement: Major events Timeline created by Martynas Maldeikis. Major protest events were at the center of AIM's activities and were often confrontational and even violent. 1964 May-12 men burnt their drafts to protest the war. Major Events that influenced the Development of the Cognitive Psychology Movement The return to consciousness, and the formal beginning of the cognitive psychology movement, can be traced to the 1950s, although signs were apparent as early as the 1930s. Student protests ebbed after the antiwar movement of the ’60s and ’70s. In Science and Technology. The Sixties: Moments in Time. August-Vietnam Ships attacked the American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, US forces were sent to Vietnam to stop communism of North Vietnam. Major event; Legacy; Bibliography; Major Events. While the fight for racial equality began in the 1950s, the non-violent techniques the movement embraced began to pay off during the following decade. The first was the spread of movements on university and college campuses, protesting at specific regulations, policies and actions by the academic authorities. December-600 people led by Joan Baez performed a anti war demonstration in San Francisco.

Tiananmen Square incident, a series of protests and demonstrations in China in spring 1989 that culminated on June 3–4 with a government crackdown on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Minamata Disease The Minamata Disease was caused by a local factory that polluted the local waters of a small town in Japan and therefore caused many people to suffer from mercury poisoning as fish was one of the main food sources of the town. This civil rights movement timeline chronicles important dates during the struggle's second chapter, the early 1960s.