Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "Californium".

Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.

Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.

The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest at the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.

Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest at the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.