Elvis returned rom the US Army and back into music
A major change in serious music was marked by the modular synthesizer (aka moog synthesizer),
Period: to
1960s
Peace Corps created by Pres. Kennedy
Alan Shepard, was the first American in space
a spy plane identified long range missiles in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy readied troops to invade Cuba, and the Soviet Union prepared to fire at US cities if we made a move.
Pres. John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas
cigarette manufacturers were required by the Surgeon General, who determined that smoking was a health hazard, to place warnings on all packages and in all ads.
The vietnam war finally came in the mainstream
The birth control pill became widely available and abortion for cause was legalized in Colorado
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, in Apollo XI, were the first men to walk on the moon
