60's

1960-1969

By mkt1009
  • 1960

    1960

    First Photograph bounced off of the moon, Washington DC
  • 1960

    1960

    President Eisenhower forms anti-castro-exile army under the CIA.
  • 1961

    1961

    Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" realesed
  • 1961

    1961

    JB Parsons became the 1st African American confirmed as a judge for the US Disrtect court.
  • 1962

    1962

    United States Navel SEALS asstablished.
  • 1963

    1963

    US, Russia and England sign nuclear test ban treaty
  • 1963

    1963

    Martin Luther King JR.'s "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial.
  • 1964

    1964

    86% of the African American students boycott Clevlend Schools. This protest lasted almost a year and they used several techniques in the boycott including sit-ins, mass demonstrations, peacfull negotiation, and picketing.
  • 1964

    1964

    For his heroism earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the Vietnam Conflict.
  • 1965

    1965

    Marting Luther King JR. and 700 demenstrators were arrested in Selma Ala.
  • 1965

    1965

    Rolling Stones release "satisfaction" which soon became there first US hit.
  • 1966

    1966

    All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution cigarette smoking may be hazordouse to your health" emblem.
  • 1966

    1966

    NASA launches space Gemini 12.
  • 1967

    1967

    US surveyor 3 lands on Moon
  • 1967

    1967

    Packers beat the Cowboys 21-17 in NFL champion ship game while it was -13 degrees farinhite.
  • 1968

    1968

    Veitnam battle of Khe Sanh - quickly became one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
  • 1968

    1968

    Martin Luther King JR. was shot while standing on the second floor balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • 1969

    1969

    Walt Disney World construction begins!
  • 1969

    1969

    Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM, becoming the first man to be on the moon.