1955 - 1975 By janetfernando Period: 1955 to 1976 1955 - 1975 May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact Jul 17, 1955 Disneyland opens at Anaheim, California Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War Begins Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery bus boycott Jun 29, 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act Jul 30, 1956 "In God We Trust" adopted as national motto Jan 21, 1957 Eisenhower Re-elected Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 Oct 4, 1957 Soviets launch Sputnik; "space race" begins Jul 29, 1958 NASA founded Jan 3, 1959 Alaska granted statehood Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii granted statehood Feb 1, 1960 Greensboro sit-ins May 1, 1960 U-2 incident May 6, 1960 Civil Rights Act of 1960 Jan 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy (35th President) Mar 29, 1961 23rd Ammendment Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Sep 21, 1961 Peace Corps Established Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn orbits the Earth in Friendship 7 Aug 4, 1962 Marilyn Monroe Dies 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; Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech Oct 31, 1963 Community Mental Health Act Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy Assassination Nov 22, 1963 Lyndon Johnson (36th President Jan 9, 1964 Panama Canal Zone riots Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 10, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Aug 20, 1964 Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 Jan 20, 1965 Lyndon Johnson Elected Full Term Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X Assassinated Jun 30, 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Jul 30, 1965 Medicaid and Medicare enacted Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Aug 11, 1965 Watts riots Nov 8, 1965 Higher Education Act of 1965 Jun 30, 1966 National Organization for Women Founded Jan 15, 1967 The first Super Bowl is played Feb 23, 1967 25th Amendment Apr 1, 1967 United States Department of Transportation Founded Jul 1, 1967 American Samoa becomes self-governing under a new constitution Jul 23, 1967 Detroit race riot Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated Apr 11, 1968 Civil Rights Act of 1968 Jun 6, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated Jul 1, 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Dec 21, 1968 Apollo 8 Launched Jan 20, 1969 Richard Nixon (37th President) Jun 28, 1969 Stonewall riots Jul 18, 1969 Chappaquiddick incident Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 Mission Nov 10, 1969 Sesame Street premieres Apr 20, 1970 Vietnamization Begins Apr 22, 1970 The first Earth Day 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 Jun 17, 1972 Watergate scandal Nov 7, 1972 Nixon Re-elected Dec 7, 1972 Apollo 17 Launched Jan 27, 1973 The Paris Peace Accords ends direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. May 14, 1973 Skylab is launched as the USA's first space station. Apr 3, 1974 1974 Super Outbreak, the second-largest series of tornadoes in history Jul 27, 1974 The House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach the President Aug 9, 1974 Nixon Resigns Aug 9, 1974 Gerald Ford (38th President) Mar 27, 1975 Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. Apr 4, 1975 Microsoft Corporation Founded Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Ends Jul 15, 1975 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project Lanuched Sep 5, 1975 Ford 1st assassination attempt Sep 22, 1975 Ford 2nd assassination attempt Oct 11, 1975 SNL Premier