Significant events of the 1960s

Significant Events of the 1960s

Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1969

J.F.K.

Nov 8, 1960

John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States.

"Feminine Mystique"

Mar 18, 1963

"I have a dream"

Aug 28, 1963

200,000 people marched on Washington to demand civil rights and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a Dream" speech.

Kennedy Assissination

Nov 22, 1963

President John F. Kennedy is assissinated

Lyndon Johnson

Nov 23, 1963

Lyndon Johnson becomes President of the United States after John F. Kennedy is assassinated.

Malcolm X

Feb 21, 1965

The black Malcolm X is murdered.

Vietnam War

Mar 21, 1965

America decides to withdraw from the Vietnam War

Vietnam War extended

May 7, 1966

The Vietnam War is extended to Cambodia.

Thurgood Marshall

Jun 21, 1967

Thurgood Marshall becomes first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Neil Armstrong

Mar 21, 1969

The U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first human being to walk on the moon.