Hippies By mischke__ Jan 13, 1960 Civil Rights Demonstrations in Atlants Mar 15, 1960 Lunch-counter sit-ins spread to 15 cities in 5 southern states Jul 18, 1961 Ban The Bomb Demonstrations start worldwide Aug 9, 1961 Timothy Leary, 39, tries psilocybin mushrooms in Cuernavaca Sep 15, 1961 U.S. starts underground nuclear testing Jan 11, 1964 U.S. Surgeon General declares cigarettes cause lung disease May 13, 1964 Bob Dylan's first visit to England, meets The Beatles & Rolling Stones; turns The Beatles on to marijuana. Nov 17, 1965 Time Mag calls young people "generation of conformists" Jan 6, 1966 The Psychedelic Shop head shop opens on Haight Street, S.F. Nov 5, 1966 Walk for Love and Peace and Freedom: 10,000 + in New York City Jan 14, 1967 Gathering of the Tribes, First Human Be-In, 20,000, S.F.
