The reason why music moved across international lines between 1945 and 1963 was that British listeners were fascinated with American music.
<h3>The Beatles and the British Invasion</h3>
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States.
This was also significant to the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
It was declared an open city on 14 August 1943. Rome became the capital of the Italian Republic (established in 1946). With a population of 4.4 million (as of 2015; 2.9 million within city limits), it is the largest city in Italy.
The French Revolution was a period of social upheaval that began in 1787 and ended in 1799. It sought to completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power.
