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Forty years later, Woodstock remains the iconic event of the youth counterculture movement of the 1960s: rebellion against authority, protest against the war, and, well, groovin' to far-out tunes. The concert in Bethel, N.Y., was originally scheduled for three days but ran over to a fourth, ending on Aug. 18, and it's become one of the defining events of the summer of '69. But believe it or not, there were other things happening in the world apart from Woodstock that August--here's a sampling of events, some serious, some trivial, that tend to be glossed over when we look back at the Summer of Love.

 
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  • Posted By: JuniperD @ 08/15/2009 8:39:31 PM


    Gabon's 30 August election under threat. After embezzling dictator of 41 yrs Bongo dies, the ruling party tries to force dynastic successor, his son Ali. http://tiny.cc/01Ddg. Candidate Moubamba calls for democracy and end to brutal poverty in oil rich Gabon. Support change in Africa

  • Posted By: JuniperD @ 08/15/2009 8:37:37 PM


    Gabon's 30 August election under threat. After embezzling dictator of 41 yrs Bongo dies, the ruling party tries to force dynastic successor, his son Ali. http://tiny.cc/01Ddg. Candidate Moubamba calls for democracy and end to brutal poverty in oil rich Gabon. Support change in Africa

  • Posted By: truzz333 @ 08/15/2009 3:38:46 PM

    I think the reason it was so great was because there were a million people in one area and no crime. It would NEVER happen today. Let it go for what it was. A nice few days of peace and a music.

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