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As a hippie Ken Westerfield helped to popularize Frisbee as an alternative sport in the 1960s and 1970s. Much of hippie style had been integrated into mainstream American society by the early 1970s. [57] [58] [59] Large rock concerts that originated with the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and the 1968 Isle of Wight Festival became the norm ...
A hippie, also spelled hippy, [1] especially in British English, [2] is someone associated with the counterculture of the mid-1960s to early 1970s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States and spread to different countries around the world. [3]
The Big Us, Cleveland, 1968–1970 (changed name to Burning River News) Columbus Free Press, Columbus, 1969–present; Cuyahoga Current, Cleveland, Ohio, 1972-[23] Great Swamp Erie Da Da Boom, Cleveland, 1970–1972; Hash, Warren, 1970–1972 [1] Independent Eye, Cincinnati; New Age, Athens; Queen City Express, Cincinnati; Razzberry Radicle, Dayton
The Diggers took their name from the original English Diggers led by Gerrard Winstanley [114] and sought to create a mini-society free of money and capitalism. [115] On the other hand, the Yippies employed theatrical gestures, such as advancing a pig ("Pigasus the Immortal") as a candidate for president in 1968, to mock the social status quo. [116]
If you're looking for some retro '60s names for your little one, we've got you covered. Check out our list of the most popular baby names from the 1960s here. 51 Popular Baby Names of the 1960s
A protester dressed as a flower child at the Occupy Wall Street event, September 24, 2011. The term originated in the mid-1960s in the wake of a film version of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine that depicted flower-bestowing, communal people of the future in a story characterized by antiwar themes.
Julie. An icon of the 1960s and onward, actor and singer Julie Andrews reps the 18th most popular girl's name of the decade. Perhaps because of her star roles in movies such as Mary Poppins (1964 ...
Since the dawn of time, rock bands have been giving themselves really stupid names. This was especially true in the 1960s when anyone with 20 hits of acid and a thesaurus could name a band ...