Events to Define the 60s/70s Generation

I was born in 1960, a time of flowers, change, peace, upheaval, love and lots of good times and great music. I sat down one day to figure out the people, places and things that defined this period...and by default...me. I thought this would be easy for me to answer, in addition to letting me take a mental trip down memory lane. When I got into refining my choices - and the figuring out the why's behind them - I realized some simple items have had some profound effects on my life. Most of the things on this list reflect my sort of fringe hippie kid background. I'm on the young side of it, but I definitely fall to that end in spirit.

Moreover, it occurred to me that the choices wouldn't involve just "generational" items. The items would change dramatically depending upon your geographic area and general socioeconomic groundings. So a person from the Midwest or San Francisco may not have the same things on his list.

I'm hoping people will get a chance to reflect on things from their past that helped form their personality and take on the world in general. Try to figure out a bit of the why or what made you think of it. It could be as simple as something you shared with friends on the corner when you 15.

FYI, I'm a white female from the Northeast USA, born in 1960 to middle class parents. My grandparents came to America on ships. My dad learned to speak English when he went to school at the hands of the local nuns. We lived in suburbia and were one of the first to put aluminum siding on our house. We replaced the black and white TV with a color one just in time for the Partridge Family.