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The Vietnam war was arguably the most controversial U.S. war and the first televised war. It was fought in an attempt to stop communism from spreading.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This began the Montgomery bus boycott and was a major turning point for civil rights.
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Sputnik 1, the first man-made object in space was launched by the Soviet Union. This marked the beginning of the space race.
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The Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles on Cuba with the intent of launching them onto the U.S. It was the closest the world has been to a nuclear war.
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Thousands of people gathered in protest in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to advocate civil rights. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream” speech during this event.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lydon B. Johnson assumed office as the president. -
It prohibited "discrimination based on religion, sex, or national origin when religion, sex, or national origin."
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Using NASA's Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong was the first man to have walked on the moon. It was "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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It was a serious scandal where President Richard Nixon recorded conversations in the Oval Office and had people break in to steal important documents.
