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The United States Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon.
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee or SNCC was an organization that organized peaceful protests such as sit ins against segregation.
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Not only was this the first televised debate, but this was the first debate held between nominees of the two major parties.
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The children's show featuring a stone age family and their daily life became a huge hit and also promoted smoking to children through animated commercials of the characters smoking in between episodes...
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John F Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.
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Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space and puts Russia ahead in the "Race for Space".
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Constructed by East Germany to separate East and West Berlin.
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Roger Maris becomes first major league player to hit over 60 home runs in a season.
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The Port Huron Statement was a political manifesto of the North American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society or (SDS).
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Marilyn Monroe dies of a Barbiturate overdose. She was prescribed the drug to treat her depression and her death has been ruled as most likely suicide.
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As James Meredith was black and Ole Miss was an all white college this caused chaos to ensue and riots. This left two dead and hundreds wounded.
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A 13 day stand off between the United States and Soviet Union over the placement of soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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This first movie in the cult classic saga following the adventures of Agent 007 or James Bond.
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While campaigning in Texas John F Kennedy was fatally shot in the neck by Lee Harvey Oswald. JFK was on his way to Dallas in a convertible with his wife Jackie, and the Governor who was also shot in the chest.
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Martin Luther King Delivered this speech at the march on Washington, for jobs and freedoms.
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This would be the start of their immense success in the United States.
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This would create a huge teenage following and expose the band to the whole country.
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This showcase of international achievement brought joy and excitement despite the fact that the country still mourned for JFK.
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An international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War
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Linden B Johnson becomes the 36th president of the United States.
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Civil rights activist and leader Malcolm X is assassinated by Thomas Hagan.
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After the incarceration of Marquette Frye due to suspected intoxication while driving, riots broke out in Watts, California. This led to several days of looting and destruction of property.
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The cult classic Star Trek premiers.
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A cultural shift creating the hippie style of dress and attitude originating in San Francisco.
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In the first NFL championship featuring the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs, the Green Bay Packers emerged as the first team to ever win a Superbowl.
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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Refuses Military service for religious reasons and is stripped of his heavy weight title.
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The band´s 8th album and the soundtrack to the ¨summer of love¨.
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Thurgood Marshall becomes the 96th supreme court justice and the first black justice in the history of the supreme court.
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Three day concert held at Monterrey County Fairgrounds in Monterrey California.
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One of the Largest military offences in the Vietnam war.
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Civil Rights leader and preacher Martin Luther King is shot and killed on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee.
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Robert F Kennedy is shot dead after giving a speech in Los Angeles California .
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Anti war democrats felt betrayed and ignored as their candidate was pushed to the side in favor of another.
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The US bans LSD in all uses.
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Richard Nixon becomes the 46th president of the United States.
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A variety of violent and spontaneous demonstrations from gay attendees at the stonewall inn as a result of a police raid. This would be a major event in the gay rights movement and pushed the movement forward.
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A music festival held at a mans farm at which 3 people died and 2 were born.
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The Manson family comprised mainly of young women under the orders of their leader Charles Manson murder Sharon Tate and her unborn child as well as everyone else in the house.
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A music festival known for its violence and a death by stabbing.
