1960's By hfisher15@rockets.rochester3a.net Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1969 1960's Jan 18, 1960 US and Japan sign joint defense treaty Apr 1, 1960 1st weather satellite launched (TIROS 1) Sep 25, 1960 First nuclear powered aircraft carrier (Enterprise) launched (US) Jan 25, 1961 Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released Jul 31, 1961 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston Dec 2, 1961 Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism Jan 1, 1962 United States Navy SEALs established. Jun 11, 1962 Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. Oct 16, 1962 Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba Jun 7, 1963 1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) & release 1st single, "Come on" Sep 20, 1963 JFK proposes a joint US-Soviet voyage to the moon Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy was assassignated by Lee Harvey Oswald https://stipple.com/a/photos/53710497 Feb 2, 1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy Aug 18, 1964 USSR launch 3 Kosmos satellites Dec 5, 1964 Vietnam War: for his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war. Jan 22, 1965 US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite Feb 15, 1965 Maple Leaf becomes official flag of Canada Mar 8, 1965 1st US combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines) Feb 3, 1966 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9) Mar 31, 1966 USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter Aug 23, 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon Jan 15, 1967 Super Bowl I: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10 Jan 27, 1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee Sep 30, 1967 USSR's Kosmos 186 & 188 complete 1st automatic docking Jan 22, 1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made Oct 11, 1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours Dec 21, 1968 Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage Mar 3, 1969 Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days) Mar 18, 1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon
