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South African police shot at a crowd of black protesters. The group contained between 5,000 and 7,000 people. They were offering themselves for arrest because they weren't carrying their pass books.
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Occured during the Cold War, and American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the soviet union.
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John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th president of the U.S.
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Ten paintings worth $300,000 are stolen from G. David Thompsons private collection.
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Soviet Troops began constructing the Berlin Wall to discourage people from leaving Eastern Germany.
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John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. He went around the world three times, which took nearly five hours. He landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
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John Steinbeck recieves the Nobel prize in literature.
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The French Minister of Andre Malraux decides France will loan the US Mona Lisa for an American touring exhibit.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I have a dream" speech in front of more than 200,000 peaople that came to Washington DC to demand equal rights for Black and Whites.
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The House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to stop racial discrimination.
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President Johnson ordered bombing raids on North Vietnam. Americans started getting into the war.
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The creator of many animated films dies of cancer.
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The first heart transplant was perfomed by South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard. The surgery itself was a success.
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Mass murder of up to 504 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam, including some women and children. This was led by William Calley.
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Martin Luther King is assassinated. He was shot while standing on his hotel balcony. James Earl Ray pledged guilty a year after, to shooting MLK.
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America's first black woman elected into congress was Shirley Chisholm.
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With astronauts inside, Apollo 11 safely landed on the Moon.
