1960's

By Toby_66

  • Bay Of Pigs

    Cuban Exiles, backed by the U.S. Government, invaded the Bay of Pigs, in Cuba, with a plan to overthrow the dictator Fidel Castro. The U.S. government chose to back the exiles because they disapproved of Cuba's government. The invasion eventually failed because, JFK did not provide air support for them.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    This was the closest we have ever got to a nuclear war with the soviet union

  • "I Have A Dream"

    At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous I Have a Dream speech. This is one of the most recognized speeches of all time and is a symbol of the civil rights movement. It has helped the government to make all people equal

  • Assassination of JFK

    In Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m. the 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald is shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Later Lee Harvey Oswald is killed by a man named Jack Ruby

  • The Civil Rights Act

    This is probably the most important event of the 1960s because it was the beginning of several acts such as; social security, and the Meat Inspection Act and it outlawed discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing

  • Malcolm X Death

    Malcolm X, a well-known civil rights leader and religious leader, was killed by members of the Nation of Islam. Right before he was about to give his speech

  • U.S. In Vietnam

    On this day, the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. 3,500 marines landed in Da Nang, in South Vietnam.

  • Assassination Of MLK

    Another big civil leader was killed in Memphis, Tennessee. The man who shot him James Earl Ray.

  • Apollo 11

    On this day, the Apollo 11 mission put Neil Armstrong on the moon. He was the first human to ever walk on the moon. Several minutes later, Buzz Aldrin also walked on the moon. This was a significant event in the Cold War, because it was the first time America was ahead of Russia in the space race.

  • Woodstock

    Woodstock was an important music festival because it introduced many new kinds of music and was a comfortable place for "outcasts"