Bitesize: Modern ideas - DNA and genetics
c1950-present · Resource
Edexcel revision guide on the discovery of the structure of DNA, the role of X-ray images, and how genetics opened a new frontier in understanding and treating disease.
On these timelines: BBC Bitesize (revision guides), Resources: Combined
Around 1970
- The Beatles (1960)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Construction of Berlin Wall (1961)
- Assassination of JFK (1963)
- March on Washington / 'I Have a Dream' (1963)
- US Civil Rights Act (1964)
- Cultural Revolution (1966)
- Presidency of John F. Kennedy (1961)