| 1955 | North America • USA | The poem Howl by Allen Ginsberg with its exploration of drug-induced realities of the Beat generation was censored but finally published in 1957 to wide acclaim. |
| 1957 | North America • USA | Jack Kerouac publishes On the Road. |
| 1961 | North America • USA | Alan Shepard makes the first American space flight. |
| 1961 | North America • USA | Joseph Heller publishes Catch-22. |
| 1962 | North America • USA | Andy Warhol paints his Campbell's Soup Cans. |
| 1963 | North America • USA | Bob Dylan records Blowin' in the Wind |
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