In 1959 endangered planet was happened. There would be a price to pay for post-war prosperity. Torrey Canyon, Exxon Valdez, Bhopal and the destructive effects of acid rain on Eropean forests galvanised a fear for the environment. In 1963, the Kennedy assassination, the moon landing, the Vietnam War II all were beamed into the homes of everyday people affecting lives and attitudes, and 1968, the youth culture emerged as students in Europe and the US rioted and marched for greater freedom and against the values of their parent's generation.