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Albert Camus, a French writer died in an automobile accident at age 46.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
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U.S. served diplomatic relations with Cuba after Fidel Castro announced that he was a Communist.
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A Portuguese Ocean Liner was hijacked in the Caribbean with 600 passangers aboard it.
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The first mass arrest of demonstrators in Houston was made as the students attempted to enter the diner at the Union Station railroad.
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The United States invades Cuba, and the Bay of Pigs and the mission is a failure.
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He is announced as the 1962 recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature.
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Martin Luther King, Jr delivers the historic "I have a dream" speech in front of hundreds and thousands of participants in the "March on Washington".
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They were arrested and went to jail in Birmingham during the protest, the King writes his letter "From a Birmingham Jail".
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J.F.K. got assasinated this day while he was giving a speech.
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The Beatles, a British rock band became very popular. They were called the "Fab Four". They were played on radio stations all over the world.
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First American soldier officially sets foot on Vietnam battlefields, First U.S. combat troops begin fighting in South Vietnam.
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He was assasinated in New York City. He was a black nationalist and a founder of the organization of Afro-American Unity.
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Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote.
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in Loving v. Virginia, Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional, voiding statutes still on the books in 16 states.
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The first human journey to the surface of the moon began at Pad A, launch complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida with the lift off of Apollo 11 on a Saturn V booster.
