1959 – The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7apk8IZq1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo4kGii6vks
1997 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1904) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5XIfM9B-Jo
1861 – Serfdom is abolished in Russia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom_in_Russia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCn0tPBA4MM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAhLQc129QM
1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feminine_Mystique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfgxHKli9CU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aX_xjuBhbA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO304aoUAWE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amZD8XxTsjQ