17 FEB 1958
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
The peace symbol is introduced by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at their inaugural meeting in London. It is designed by Gerald Holtom and is based on the semaphore signals for N and D.
JUNE 1964
MERRY PRANKSTERS
author Ken Kesey makes his first Magic Bus Trip to New York with a band of entertainers known as the Merry Pranksters to attend the 1964 World’s Fair. The trip is immortalised in by Tom Wolfe.
