THE 1960S

By mr.hhs
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    THE 1960S

  • John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy was elected president.

  • Civil Rights

    The Civil Rights Act of 1960 became law on May 6, 1960, and was later known as the Voting Rights Act of 1960.

  • vietnam war

    October, 1960-April 30, 1975 troop strength reaching its apex of 543,000

  • Great Speech

    Date: August 28, 1963 “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

  • assination

    .On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was identified as the shooter, although controversy remains about the killing. Kennedy’s death and funeral were covered widely on live television and brought on a period of national mourning. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, where an eternal flame stands for the enduring Kennedy mystique.

  • The Beatles

    February, 1964, the Beatles came to the United States, appearing first on The Ed Sullivan Show before a screaming crowd carried away by “Beatlemania.” From LiverPool England

  • president

    1964 Lyndon B. Johnson was elected president

  • Rolling Stone

    Rolling stones

  • assination

    Malcolm Little, was raised in poverty in the urban North unlike other civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr.. On the afternoon of February 21, 1965, the thirty-nine-year-old Malcolm was speaking at an OAAU rally in a hotel ballroom in New York City when he was assassinated.

  • Pet Sounds

    Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released May 16, 1966,

  • Sgt. Peppers

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Released in the summer of 1967

  • Strange Days

    The doors and the group’s next album, Strange Days 1967 Jim Morrison keyboard, drummer, and guitar.

  • Janis Joplin

    Janis Joplin performing at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967

  • Led Z.

    Led Zeppelin were in English rock band in 1968

  • president

    1968 Richard M. Nixon was elected president

  • assination

    April 4, 1968; Memphis, Tennessee

  • Wood STock

    Date: August 15-17, 1969 Richie Havens, Country Joe McDonald, Country Joe McDonald

  • Moon Landing

    July 16, 1969 Neil A. Armstrong