The Swinging 1960s was a time of zero tolerance and change

The pill

Jan 1, 1960

The pillFemale birth contraceptive

First Televised Presidential Debate

Sep 26, 1960

First Televised DebateMade the election more intense because their views were televised.

Kennedy becomes President

Nov 8, 1960

35th presidentKennedy Defeats Nixon for President

Peace Corps

Mar 1, 1961

Peace CorpsThe stated mission of the Peace Corps includes providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand American culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries. The work is generally related to social and economic development. Each program participant, a Peace Corps Volunteer, is an American citizen, typically with a college degree, who works abroad for a period of 27 months after three months of training.

Failed Invasion Of Cuban

Apr 16, 1961

Jackie Robinson First Black Hall of Famer

Jan 24, 1962

Jackie Robinson became forst black to be entered in the Baseball Hall of Fame

Wilt Chamberlain Scores 100 points

Mar 2, 1962

Wilt 100 point gameWilt sets an NBA record for points scored in a game at 100 points

Cuban missle crisis

Oct 22, 1962

Cuban Missle Crisis

"I have a dream"

Aug 28, 1963

I have a DreamFamous speech about racism by Martin Luther King

President Kennedy Assasinated

Nov 22, 1963

Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade by Lee Harvey Oswald.

War on Poverty

Jun 8, 1964

War on povertyled to Medicare and things to help the less fortunate

Civil Rights Act

Jul 2, 1964

Civil Rightswed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public (known as "public accommodations").

Malcolm X is Assinated

Feb 21, 1965

A Leader of the African American Community was killed

The term Hippy becomes a thing

May 22, 1965

The new style and way of life

Johnson Signs Medicare Bill

Jul 30, 1965

The legislation establishes a health program for the elderly.

Voting Rights Act

Aug 6, 1965

Voting Rights ActThe legislation ends discrimination at the polls.

Batman appears on ABC

Jan 12, 1966

Best of Batman 1966
Batman first appears on ABC Family

Medicare Begins

Jul 1, 1966

MedicareThe Bills signed in 1965 takes its effect in America

First Super Bowl Debuts

Jan 15, 1967

First Super bowl
played by the Packers and Cheifs,

Thurgood Marshall Confirmed

Aug 30, 1967

First Black on Supreme CourtThe U.S. Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall to the becomes first African American to sit on the U.S. supreme court.

America's First Heart Transplant

Dec 3, 1967

Heart TransplantThe first heart transplant in America

packers win superbowl

Jan 14, 1968

PackersPackers win super bowl

Martin Luther King Jr. Assasinated

Apr 4, 1968

MLK is killedCivil Rights leader killed

Robert F Kennedy was killed

Jun 5, 1968

KilledThe assassination of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, took place shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, California, during the campaign season for the United States Presidential election, 1968.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Mar 28, 1969

DiesFormer United States General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower dies after a long illness in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C..

Apollo 11

Jul 20, 1969

Apollo 11First man to land on the Moon
Advancement in technology