1960

The importance of the 1960s

  • Cuban missile crisis

    Cuban missile crisis creates a threat of an atomic war!
  • First man in space

    On April 12, 1962 man first enterd space hence the beginning of the space age
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    the 1960s

    A timeline which covers the main events in the 1960s
  • Berlin wall

    On 13th August, 1961, the berlin wall was built to seperate americans from entering communist Germany
  • Marilyn Munroe dies

    on 5th August, 1962, Marilyn Munroe cumits suicide.
  • Martin Luther King's speech

  • President John F. kennedy is assasinated

    On 22nd november, 1963, President John F. Kennedy gets assasinated
  • Baby boom

    On the 11th of january, 1964, baby boom ended
  • The Beatles

    On Febuary 7th, 1964, the beatles land in new york
  • Nelson Mandela

  • Vietnamese war

    The U.S.A. announced that they will release 150,000 troops into vietnam
  • Martin Luther King assassinated

  • Czechoslovakian revolt

    on the 28th of August, 1968, soviet union troops crush Czechoslovakian revolt
  • Man on the moon

    On 20th of july, 1969, Neil armstrong is the first Homo Sapien to land on the moon