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| 1963 |
| | | In The Feminine Mystique US feminist Betty Friedan challenges the stereotypical view of woman's role | |
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| 1965 |
| | | Ralph Nader begins a long career in consumer protection with Unsafe at Any Speed, attacking the US automobile industry | |
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| 1965 |
| | | President Johnson introduces affirmative action as a legislative policy to redress social inequalities | |
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| 1965 |
| | | Riots break out in the Watts area of Los Angeles | |
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| 1966 |
| | | British fashion designer Mary Quant launches the miniskirt | |
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| 1967 |
| | | Canada mounts the world exhibition Expo 67 as the centrepiece of its centennial celebrations | |
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| 1967 |
| | | Congress passes a Freedom of Information Act, giving the public an important new right in the USA | |
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| 1968 |
| | | New Czech leader Alexander Dubcek facilitates the Prague Spring, aiming in his words to provide 'socialism with a human face' | |
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| 1968 |
| | | The first civil rights march in northern Ireland, in Derry, is halted by the police with batons and water cannon | |
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| 1968 |
| | | Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis marries Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of the assassinated president | |
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