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Sit-ins sarted by 4 black college students at a segregated church spread through 15 cities in 5 southern states
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the civil rights act of 1960
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President Kennedy put $17 billion into a nuclear missiles program
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U.S. invades cuba at bay of pigs and fails epicly
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East german border guards begin to put up the berlin wall to seperate communist east germany and democratic west germany.
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Underground nuclear testing began on this day. Americans were being warned to put up fallout shelters, and learned to "duck and cover"
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4000-8000 protesters marched in washington opposing the use of nuclear bombs. this protest was held by boston SANE and fledgling SDS.
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The soviets established missile bases in cuba. Naval blockade was ordered to stop missile movement to cuba.
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Birmingham, Alabama was the location that sit-ins were staged by the SCLC
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president kennedy proposes civil rights bill
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Nuclear testing ban ratified by Senate
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the nuclear test ban treaty takes effect
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president kennedy is assasinated in Dallas, TX by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president.
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The Beatles song "I Want to Hold Your Hand," is released and becomes extremely popular in America.
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President Johnson relinquishes his plan for ar on poverty in the state of the union adress.
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The Beatles arrive in New York greeted by screaming fans.
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Pres. Johnson signs civil rights act of 1964 making public segregation illegal.
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Riots break out in philidelphia. The riots are based entirley on race, thus called race riots.
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It was announced that MLK wont the nobel peace prize
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Lyndon B. Johnson won his first presidential elction running against Barry M. Goldwater.
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President Johnson outlines his plans for the "Great Society"
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Malcolm X is assasinated in New York City. Malcom X was was a black nationalist and founded Afro-American unity.
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Owsley starts first LSD factroy prooducing large amounts of acid that were available for the first time.
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Blacks marching in montgomery in support of voting rights had tear gas, whips, and clubs used against them leaving 50 hospitalized. Called "Bloody Sunday" by the media.
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Martin Luther King spoke on the steps of the courthouse of the Alabama state capitol. He ended the march for voting rights this day.
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LBJ signs medicare bill on this day....
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Congress passes the voting rights act making it illegal to give literacy tests and ohter things that made it hard for southern blacks to vote.
