//The Hippie Dates
//Discovered and Prepared on 10-26-02
//Source: http://www.hippy.com/php/modules.php?op=modload&name=Calendar&file=index
//HippyLand Website
//Prepared from the web page. 
//By Ahror R.
//CSE 143 JE TA: Sam Kim
//Project 2 Participation
1818
Karl Heinrich Marx, writer, communist, born.
1869
Mahatma Gandhi born.
1904
Salvador Dali, artist, born.
1913
Richard Nixon, former U.S. president during Vietnam war, born.
1918
Nelson Mandela born.
1927
César Chávez, hispanic activist born.
1929
Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader, born.
1936
Abbie Hoffman, activist, founder of the Yippies, born.
1940
John Lennon, Beatle, musician, born.
1941
Bob Dylan born.
1942
Aretha Franklin, singer, born.
1943
Janis Joplin, psychedelic blues rock singer born.
1944
Roger Daltry born.
1945
Eric Clapton, musician, founding member of Cream, born.
1947
Carlos Santana born.
1949
Billy Joel born.
1958
Prince, composer, musician, born. Michael Jackson, singer, recording artist, born.
1959
Weird Al Yankovic, comedian, musician, born.
1960
Lunch-counter sit-ins spread to 15 cities in 5 southern states.
1961
Freedom Riders leave DC for a southern tour to test integration in bus stations. 
1962
Cuban Missle Crisis - Soviet missle bases in Cuba, Kennedy orders naval blockade.
1963
Beatles on TV at London Palladium. MLK's I Have a Dream speech, Wash DC Civil Rights March, 200,000 attend.
1964
President Johnson declares War on Poverty. Beatles arrive in New York to 10,000 screaming fans.
1965
Malcolm X, black power activist, shot and killed.
1966
First light show, Grateful Dead, 10,000 people in S.F for an LSD fueled, psychedelic experience.
1967
"Diggers" exorcise the Pentagon. 35,000 Demonstrate, 647 arrested. Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Paul Krassner, Dick Gregory, & friends pronounce themselves "Yippies". Seven KKK members convicted of conspiracy in 1964 murders of three civil rights worker.
1968
Two US runners expelled from Olympics for giving the black power salute after winning gold & silver medals. Student Strike at SF State.
1969
Supreme Court orders desegragation nationwide.
1970
Paul McCartney announces breakup of Beatles.
1971
Supreme Court makes first decision against sexual descrimination in hiring.
1972
Shirley Chisholm first black woman to run for President.
1973
McCord and Liddy found guilty of Watergate burglary & wiretap attempt. 250 American Indians (AIM) occupy Wounded Knee.
1974
Two articles of impeachment voted against President Nixon.
1979
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Station radiation released in accident.
1986
Chernobyl Nuclear accident.