1960

By Nimesh17
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    1960-1975 Timeline

  • American spy plane shot down over russia

    American spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over russia

  • U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba

  • Australia begins evolvement in Vietnam

  • First American orbits Earth!

  • France and West Germany sign Treaty to end conflict

  • J.F.K assassinated

  • 3 civil rights workers murdered

  • Dr. Martin L. King arrested along with 2.6 k other blacks

  • Black teens riot - 2 killed & 25 injured

  • Menzies retires after 16 years being a Prime Minister.

  • 3 Apollo astronauts killed in fire inside aircraft from launch

  • Japan becomes largest export market

  • North Korea seizes U.S. Navy ship Pueblo

  • Stonewall riot in NYC marks beginning of gay rights movement

  • China became the fifth nation to put a satellite into orbit

  • The US and South Vietnam invaded Laos

  • Abortion was legalized in the United States

  • U.S. states tornado, killing 330 people and injuring over 5,000

  • Lebanese civil war began