The first 25 years…a bit of a timeline

YEAR

WORLD EVENTS

LITURGY AND MUSIC

1963

John XXIII dies; Paul VI elected; Nov22, JFK assassinated

Dec 8 Sacrosanctum Consilium issued

1964

Beatles on Ed Sullivan; Tonkin Gulf incident

Biblical Hymns and Psalms Lucien Deiss (WLSM)

1965

Sound of Music wins Best Picture Oscar.

 

1966

 

 

1967

Woodstock, Hair opens on Broadway, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band;  massacre at Son My and My Lai

 

1968

Tet offensive; Civil Rights Act, Chicago Demo. Convention,Martin Luther King and RFK assassinated; Nixon elected

 

1969

 

 

1970

Jesus Christ Superstar is born as  studio rock opera; National Guard kills 4 at Kent State U.

NALR born in Cincinnati; "A Community Mass," by Richard Proulx (GIA)

1971

Godspell opens off Broadway, popularizing “Day by Day;” “Morning Has Broken” by Cat Stevens; Bernstein’s Mass premieres at the Lincoln Center dedication

“I Am the Bread of Life”by Suzanne Toolan, S.M.

1972

Nixon reelected

"Mass of the Bells" Peloquin, GIA;

1973

Watergate; Agnew resigns

Music in Catholic Worship published, Roman Missal promulgated in English

1974

Nixon resigns

 

1975

Fall of Saigon

Earthen Vessels St Louis Jesuits (NALR); Worship II (GIA)

1976

US Bicentennial celebration; riots in Soweto

Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia, “Gift of Finest Wheat”; National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) is founded

1977

Death of Elvis; Star Wars, the movie, not the SDI;

Glory and Praise Volume 1 released (1977)

1978

Paul VI and John Paul 1 die, John Paul II elected; Sadat, Begin, and Carter reach the Camp David accords

First NPM Convention, Scranton PA; Conry releases Ashes with NALR; Remember Your Love by Dameans (NALR)

1979

USSR invades Afghanistan; Iranian students invade  US embassy in Tehran, take hostages

 

1980

Hostage rescue fails; Ronald Reagan elected; John Lennon murdered

With Open Hands by Marty Haugen (PAA)

1981

Attempted assassinations  of President Reagan and Pope John Paul II; AIDS conclusively identified

 

1982

 

 

1983

US invasion of Grenada; Lech Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize

Liturgical Music Today published;

1984

 

Mass  of Creation Haugen (GIA)

1985

 

Order of Christian Initiation (RCIA) official;

1986

Marcos flees Philippines, Aquino becomes president;

Worship [3rd Edition] (GIA)

1987

Les Miserables opens in NY

 

1988

Iraq uses chemical weapons against Iran; George Bush elected; PanAm 103 destroyed over Lockerbie, Scotland

GIA introduces Gather contemporary hymnal

1989

US invasion of Panama, massacre at Tienanmen Square, Berlin Wall falls

 

1990

Release of Nelson Mandela; Iraq invades Kuwait;

 

1991

Jan-Mar Operation Desert Storm; coup foiled in USSR;  Soviet Union collapses