1955-1975

By BrodieWolfie

  • Soviet Union launches Sputnik I

    The first artificial satellite

  • Election of John F. Kennedy

  • Construction on the Berlin Wall is begun

  • Limited Test Ban is Signed

    Between the U.S., Great Britain, and the Soviet Union which prohibits the testing of nuclear weapons.

  • John F. Kennedy Assassinated

    Lyndon B. Johnson is now president

  • U.S. launches their first nuclear reactor into space

  • Election of Richard Nixon

  • Watergate Scandal

  • Election of Gerald R. Ford

    Nixon resigned after his reelection due to the Watergate Scandal.

  • The First Pipe is laid in the Alaska Pipeline

    Moves oil 800 miles in Alaska