Hippies
Timeline
| Sep 1962 | Timothy Leary founds the International Foundation for Internal Freedom (IFIF) which publishes The Psychedelic Review. | |
| 1963 | LSD first appears on the streets (liquid on sugar cubes). Articles about LSD first appear in mainstream media (Look, Saturday Evening Post). 1 | |
| Mar-Apr, 1965 | Protests begin against the Vietnam war. | |
| Feb 1965 | Owsley "Bear" Stanley first succeeded in synthesizing crystalline LSD. Earliest distribution was March 1965. 2 | |
| Feb 1965 | The United States begins bombing Vietnam. | |
| Aug 31, 1965 | Burning draft cards becomes illegal in the U.S. | |
| Sep 5, 1965 | Michael Fallon, a writer from San Francisco, uses the term "hippie" for the first time, to refer to the SF counterculture. It was published in an article about the Blue Unicorn coffeehouse where LEMAR (Legalize Marijuana) & the Sexual Freedom League met. | |
| Dec 4, 1965 | The Grateful Dead perform their first show in San Jose | |
| 1966 | Leary founds the League of Spiritual Development, with LSD as the sacrement. 3 | |
| Nov 5, 1966 | 10,000 people join the Walk for Love and Peace and Freedom in New York City. | |
| 1967 | Summer of Love in San Francisco. First human be-in. | |
| Jan 14, 1967 | Human Be-In in San Francisco is attended by 20,000. 5,000 doses of DOM (STP) were distributed for free, unfortunately, they were distributed in approximately 10-15 mg doses, 5-10 times higher than Shulgin had recommended. 4, 5 Details | |
| Mar 26, 1967 | 10,000 people attend a be-in in New York's central park. | |
| Jun 1967 | Summer of Love in San Francisco. | |
| Jan 16, 1968 | Youth International Party (Yippies) founded by Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Paul Krassner and others. | |
| Aug 1968 | Anti-war demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention lead to arrests and the Chicago Seven trial. | |
| Summer 1969 | Orange sunshine acid first appears. 1 | |
| Jul 1969 | The Farm commune in Tennessee is founded by Stephen Gaskin. | |
| Jul 27, 1969 | Stonewall uprising in Greenwich Village, NYC after police raid a gay bar. Seen as the beginning of the gay rights movement. | |
| Aug 15, 1969 | Woodstock Music and Art Festival begins. | |
| Apr 22, 1970 | First Earth Day, participated in by millions. | |
| May 4, 1970 | Four College Students Killed by National Guard at Kent State University in Ohio. | |
| Jun 15, 1970 | Supreme Court approves conscientious objector status on moral grounds. | |
| Sep 18, 1970 | Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, a musician important to the hippy and psychedelic scene, dies. | |
| Dec 1971 | Greenpeace is founded. | |
| Jul 1972 | First rainbow gathering is held in Colorado. | |
| Mar 29, 1973 | Last U.S. troops officially withdrawn from Vietnam. |
References
- Lee MA, Shlain B. Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion. Grove, 1985.
- Eisner B. Interview with an Alchemist: Bear: Owsley, LSD Chemist Extraordinaire. BruceEisner.com
- Ray O, Ksir C. Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior. Mosby, 1996.
- Bureau of Drug Abuse Control. Micro-Gram. Nov 1967;1(1):1-2.
- Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Microgram. May 1968;1(8):2.