1955 – 1975 By micaelacrowhurst May 31, 1955 Brown v. Board of Education Jul 17, 1955 Disneyland opens Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 Mar 1, 1959 Hawaii becomes a state Nov 8, 1960 John F. Kennedy wins presidency Mar 21, 1963 Alcatraz is closed Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" Oct 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall becomes Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is sworn into office as the first black Supreme Court Justice. Sep 12, 1968 Jason Crowhurst is born Oct 11, 1968 Suzette Crowhurst is born Jul 2, 1969 First Man on the Moon Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Crisis begins Aug 9, 1974 President Nixon Resigns