1960's

By Jansencole
  • worlds first nuclear powered ship

    worlds first nuclear powered ship

    worlds first nuclear powered ship
  • jfk is president

    jfk is president

    John F. Kennedy becomes the youngest man to be elected president of the United States.
  • first man in space

    first man in space

    Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was first man in space
  • Berlin wall was built

    Berlin wall was built

    East German authorities begin building a wall to permanently close off access to the West.
  • cuban missle crisis

    cuban missle crisis

    13-day political standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba
  • Jfk assassinated

    Jfk assassinated

    John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.
  • Us sends troops to Vietnam

    Us sends troops to Vietnam

    President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he has ordered an increase in U.S. military forces in Vietnam.
  • H bomb created

    H bomb created

    June 17, 1967, China successfully exploded its first hydrogen bomb in western China
  • Martan luther King dies

    Martan luther King dies

    Shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He died at the age of 39
  • Neil Armstrong first man on Moon

    Neil Armstrong first man on Moon

    Neil Armstrong walks on the moon