The Woodstock music festival
The rise of reggae and a Desmond Dekker tour of the UK
Events in Europe of the late 1980s, particularly Perestroika in Russia
1960s LSD icon Timothy Leary
Urban sprawl and environmental concerns
The decline of the American manufacturing industry and the emergence of the rust belt in the latter part of the 20th century
U.S. president Ronald Reagan's visit to a German cemetery where World War II casualties, including Waffen-SS soldiers, were buried
Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry, who were killed in an IRA bombing in Warrington
The negative effects of the Vietnam War on Americans and the treatment of Vietnam veterans on their arrival back home
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
The resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II
Paintings and the life of Van Gogh
The murder of John Lennon
The song is about Derek Bentley, a British teenager who was involved in the murder of a police officer in 1952
Napoleon II of France
The first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic
Automaker Preston Tucker and the Tucker Automobile
The life of musician Syd Barrett
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