1960-1970 Events

Vietnam War

Period: May 5, 1954 to May 5, 1975

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Yuri Gagarin (USSR) First Man in Space

Apr 12, 1960

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/gagarin_anniversary.html

Photorealism Movement

Period: May 5, 1960 to May 5, 1970

www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/762693/Photo-realism

The Beatles Formed

Sep 5, 1960

classicrock.about.com/od/beatles/a/beatles_history.htm

JFK Becomes President

Jan 20, 1961

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-elected-president‎

Peace Corps Created

Mar 5, 1961

www.peacecorps.gov/about/fastfacts

Bay of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

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Audiocassette Invented

Mar 5, 1962

cassette.umwblogs.org/invention/‎

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 5, 1962

http://www.history.com/topics/cuban-missile-crisis

Betty Friedan Writes the Feminine Mystique

Feb 17, 1963

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminine_mystique.htm

Civil Rights March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

www.history.com/topics/march-on-washington

JFK Assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/JFK_Assassination

Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society

Dec 31, 1963

http://www.ushistory.org/us/56e.asp

Gulf of Tonklin Resolution

Aug 4, 1964

www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=98‎

Malcom X Assasinated

Feb 21, 1965

www.malcolmx.com/‎

Voting Rights Act

May 5, 1965

http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_b.php

Kevlar Invented

May 5, 1965

www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/kevlar.htm‎

Chuck Close begins painting portraits

May 5, 1965

chuckclose.com/‎

France Withdraws from NATO

Jan 1, 1966

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-withdraw-navy-from-nato

Richard Estes starts painting

May 5, 1966

www.artnet.com/awc/richard-estes.html‎

Apollo 1 Tragedy

Jun 21, 1967

history.nasa.gov/Apollo204/‎

Tet Offensive

Jan 31, 1968

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Richard Nixon Elected President

Jan 9, 1969

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/richard-nixon-elected-president‎

First Man Lands on the Moon

Jul 21, 1969

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Woodstock

Aug 18, 1969

www.woodstock.com/‎