Watts riots
1965 · Event
Six-day uprising in Los Angeles after a traffic stop; 34 killed; foreshadows the wave of 'long hot summer' riots of the late 60s.
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Around 1965
- The Beatles (1960)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- She Loves You (The Beatles) (1963)