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SNCC is founded
Student Non-violence Cordinating Committee provided a place for young blacks in the civil rights movement. founded at Shaw University -
The Civil Rights Act of 1960
Dwight Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights act -
Our New President!!!!
John F. Kennedy is elected President but wins by 119,000 votes!!!! WOW!! -
Birth Control
the Food and Drug Administration approves of first birth control pill -
Nuclear Missile Program
president kennedy starts the $17 billion nuclear missle program, increases military and in Indochina, and announces Peace corps -
The Bay of Pigs
US invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs and the mission is an epic fail!!! -
The Berlin Wall
East Germany constructs the Berlin wall communist East with Democratic West -
Nuclear Testing
US begins underground Nuclera testing -
First American to Orbit the Earth
John Glenn fly's into space aboard the Friendship orbiting the globe three times!!!!! -
No More Prayer
in the case of Engel vs Vitale the supreme court rules against prayer in school -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Soviets build missle bases in Cuba. President Kennedy orders a naval blockade to prevent missles from entering Cuba -
Limited Test Ban Treaty
US and USSR agree to ban any atmospheric nuclear testing. -
I Have A Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous speech "I Have A Dream" -
RIP President Kennedy
Kennedy is assinated making Lyndon Johnson President number 37!!! -
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Beatles release their hit single "i wanna hold your hand" and Americans LOVE IT!!!! -
Outer Space Treaty
US and USSR and UK sign the outer space treaty which banned placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit, on the moon, or in any other location in outerspace for military purposes
