1955 - 1975 By facebooker_2165144867097231 Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961 President Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th President) May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Jun 29, 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act Jul 30, 1956 National Motto - In God We Trust Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 Launched Jul 29, 1958 NASA Founded Jan 3, 1959 Alaska Becomes A State Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii Becomes A State May 6, 1960 Civil Rights Act Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy (35th President) Mar 29, 1961 23rd Amendment Apr 17, 1961 The Bay of Pigs Invasion Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn Orbits The Earth Oct 11, 1962 Trade Expansion Act Oct 16, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 5, 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Nov 22, 1963 John F Kennedy Assassination Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969 President Lyndon B. Johnson (36th President) Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act Aug 20, 1964 Economic Opportunity Act Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X Assassination Jun 30, 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act Jul 30, 1965 Medicare and Medicaid Enacted Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act Aug 11, 1965 Watts Riots Nov 8, 1965 Higher Education Act Jan 15, 1967 First Super Bowl Feb 23, 1967 25th Amendment Apr 1, 1967 Department of Transportation Jul 23, 1967 Detroit Riot Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Apr 11, 1968 Civil Rights Act Jun 6, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Dec 21, 1968 Apollo 8 Launched Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974 President Richard Nixon (37th President) Jun 28, 1969 Stonewall Riots Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 May 4, 1970 Ken State Shooting May 15, 1970 Jackson State Shooting Mar 23, 1971 26th Amendment Apr 28, 1971 OSHA Founded May 26, 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Dec 7, 1972 Apollo 17 Jan 27, 1973 Paris Peace Accord May 14, 1973 Skylab - First Space Station Apr 3, 1974 Super Outbreak of Tornadoes Jul 27, 1974 The House Votes to Impeach President Aug 9, 1974 President Nixon Resigns Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977 President Gerald Ford (38th President) Mar 27, 1975 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Apr 4, 1975 Microsoft Founded Sep 5, 1975 Ford 1st Assassination Attempt Sep 22, 1975 Ford 2nd Assassination Attempt