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A group of black college students from North Carolina A&T University refused to leave a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina where they had been denied service. This sparked a wave of other sit-ins in college towns across the South. Civil Rights Movement is getting strong.
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On this day many Americans chose thier president based on his appearance on T.V.
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A new President who wants to help with the Civil Rights Movement and is Catholic is elected over a person with more experience.
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Rachel Carson, a scientist and writer, warned that our earth would die of pollution and chemicals. Especially chemicals that were developed to kill bad insects. DDT was a real bad chemical. It killed bad insects, along with good insects, along with plants, along with animals. She wrote the book Silent Spring with a warning. At least five states banned DDT. The chemical used also harmed humans.
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Martin Luther King Jr. had a speech, More than 200,000 peaceful demonstrators came to Washington DC to demand equal rights for Black and Whites.
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President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. A new President will take his place soon.
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The first Civil Rights bill was passed to stop racial discrimination.
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President Johnson ordered bombing raids on North Vietnam and Americans begin protesting the war.
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Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse and a Pioneer of animated films, died of cancer on December 15, 1966, but his legend lives on.
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The first heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa. A great advancement in medicine.
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Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Racial Discrimination still lives.
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Robert Kennedy was assassinated. He was a Civel Rights leader.
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Shirley Chisholm was elected America's first black woman to Congress. Blacks are making progress.
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Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon. They landed on the moon in the Lunar Module. We are now surpassing the russians in space.
