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Gathering of Tribes
Gathering of the Tribes, First Human Be-In occurs in San Francisco, 20,000 attend. -
Treaty Signing
US, USSR, UK sign treaty banning nuclear weapons in space. -
US troops sent
25,000 US troops sent to the Cambodian border -
LSD
March - A Scientist reports LSD causes chromosome damage however, it is never proven. -
Be-In
March 26 - Be-In at Central Park in NY. which 10,000 attend -
Grayline
April 5 - Grayline starts tours of the hippie neighbourhood of Haight/Ashbury -
MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. begins to speak out against the war in Vietnam. -
US Air Strike
May 19 - First U.S. air strike on Hanoi -
$5
First five dollar not goes into circulation -
448,400 us troops
June 30 - The number of US troops in Vietnam reaches 448,400. -
Postcode
Postcode is officially introduced -
Rioting
July - Rioting throughout the summer in the US. Blacks begin protesting in Chicago, Brooklyn, Cleveland and Baltimore. -
Color TV
Color TV is introduced in Australia in 1967 and the first program aired was a horse race. -
KKK
Oct 20 - Seven KKK members are convicted of conspiracy in the 1964 murders of three civil rights worker.