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First Photograph bounced off of the moon, Washington DC
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President Eisenhower forms anti-castro-exile army under the CIA.
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Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" realesed
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JB Parsons became the 1st African American confirmed as a judge for the US Disrtect court.
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United States Navel SEALS asstablished.
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US, Russia and England sign nuclear test ban treaty
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Martin Luther King JR.'s "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial.
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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.
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For his heroism earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the Vietnam Conflict.
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Marting Luther King JR. and 700 demenstrators were arrested in Selma Ala.
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Rolling Stones release "satisfaction" which soon became there first US hit.
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All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution cigarette smoking may be hazordouse to your health" emblem.
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NASA launches space Gemini 12.
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US surveyor 3 lands on Moon
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Packers beat the Cowboys 21-17 in NFL champion ship game while it was -13 degrees farinhite.
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Veitnam battle of Khe Sanh - quickly became one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
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Martin Luther King JR. was shot while standing on the second floor balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Walt Disney World construction begins!
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Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM, becoming the first man to be on the moon.