1960

  • Birth control approved by the FDA

    Birth control approved by the FDA

  • Berlin Wall erected

    Berlin Wall erected

  • Marilyn Monroe dies

    Marilyn Monroe dies

  • Cuban Missle crisis

    Cuban Missle crisis

    Almost largest nuclear war ever
  • MLK "I have a dream" speech

    MLK "I have a dream" speech

    Deliivered during the march on Washington
  • The Kennedy Assassination

    The Kennedy Assassination

  • Malcolm X Assassination

    Malcolm X Assassination

  • US sends troops to Vietnam

    US sends troops to Vietnam

    President LBJ sends troops to Vietnam
  • Thurgood Marshall: First african american supreme court justice

    Thurgood Marshall: First african american supreme court justice

  • First Heart Transplant

    First Heart Transplant

    Done by South Africa doctor; successful until patient dies 18 days later from pnuemonia
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated