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| 1957 |
| | | Spanish-born Paris designer Cristóbal Balenciaga produces an ostensibly shapeless garment, the 'sack', that greatly excites the world of fashion | |
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| 1957 |
| | | US paratroops enforce desegregation in Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Christian Dior dies and is followed by Yves St Laurent as head designer at the famous fashion house | |
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| 1959 |
| | | The Mini is launched, designed by Alec Issigonis, and becomes the best-selling British car of all time | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The birth control pill wins FDA approval in the US and goes on sale | |
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| 1960 |
| | | Anti-European riots in the Congo cause some 25,000 Belgians to flee the country | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The pamphlet Control or Colour Bar? demands reform of White Australia policy | |
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| 1961 |
| | | President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps, enabling US volunteers to work abroad | |
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| 1962 |
| | | In The Gutenberg Galaxy Canadian author Marshall McLuhan develops the concept of the 'global village' | |
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| 1963 |
| | | A scandal involving the minister of war, John Profumo, damages the Macmillan government in Britain | |
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