Continued raids on New York's gay bars catalyzed the famous 1969 "Stonewall Riots," widely recognized as the opening salvo of 1970s Gay Liberation.

June 28, 1969 at 1am. NYC police raided a Greenwich Village Mafia-run gay bar, The Stonewall Inn.

For the first time, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a 3-day riot that launches the Gay Rights movement.