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America in the 60's
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SNCC Formed
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s. -
First Televised US President Debate
Important step in Presedential Elections. Between JFK and Nixon. The first ever debate you could watch from home. Showed the difference TV could make as people who watched it believed that Kennedy won and people who listened in on through the radio believed Nixon Won. -
President Kennedy Is Elected
John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States. -
Russians Send the First Man to Space
The Soviet Union achieve a clear triumph in the Space Race. They were able to send human life into space. -
Berlin Wall is Built
Fences and Barriers are built to seal off entry points from East Berlin into the western part of Berlin -
Roger Maris of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth's Record
Roger Maris breaks the infamous Babe Ruth's Home run record putting him up there in the top ranks of baseball players ever. -
SDS Release its Port Huron Statement
A political manifesto of the American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) -
Marilyn Monroe Passes Away
The famous American Actress Marilyn Monroe dies. She was most famous for being in the comedy "Blonde Bombshell" -
James Meredith Registers at Ole Miss
James Meredith officially became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. This was frowned upon by many white Americans. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A situation where the Soviet Union had placed Missiles in Cuba that were in close striking range of the U.S. This was a scare where the U.S. was in fear they would be under attack by the Soviet Union -
"Dr. No" - The first James Bond film premiers
Dr. No' Launched James Bond and Changed Moviegoing Forever. Dr. No not only introduced the world to James Bond and founded the most successful movie franchise in history, it also helped change the cinematic world when it was released on Oct. 5, 1962. -
President Kennedy is Assasinated
JFK was in a motorcade driving through Downtown Dallas Texas when he was shot mulitples times fatally wounding him. -
The Beatles arrive in the U.S.
The infamous band at the time finally pay a visit to the United States -
The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan
The Beatles made their first live U.S. television appearance. More than 70 million Americans gathered around their televisions to watch four young men from Liverpool make history. -
New York City World Fair
A world's fair that held over 140 pavilions and 110 restaurants, representing 80 nations, 24 US states, and over 45 corporations with the goal and the final result of building exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. -
Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater
Johnson beat Goldwater in the general election, winning over 61% of the popular vote, the highest percentage since the popular vote first became widespread in 1824. Johnson became the only Democrat between 1944 and 1976 to win a majority of the popular vote. -
Malcolm X Assassination
The very famous representative of the general African America population in the US was assasinated by Thomas Hagan -
Watts Race Riots
A series of violent confrontations between Los Angeles police and residents of Watts and other predominantly African American neighbourhoods of South-Central Los Angeles -
LSD Declared Illegal by the U.S. government
The popular drug at the time LSD is found to be more dangerous than healthy for the public so the government decided to ban it -
Star Trek TV Show Airs
Star Trek's contributions to television history include giving women jobs of respect, most notably through the casting of Nichelle Nichols, a black actress. This was a very popular show about aliens and non-realistic/futuristic things. -
San Francisco "Summer of Love' Begins
A social phenomenon when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. -
First NFL Super Bowl
The first ever Super Bowl took place and since the famous event is played every year. -
Muhammed Ali Refuses Military Service
Ali refused, citing his religion forbade him from serving. The cost for his refusal would prove to be drastic: the stripping of his heavyweight title, a suspension from boxing, a $10,000 fine, and a five-year prison sentence. -
Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court
The first Black person to ever serve as a Supreme Court Justice. -
MLK Jr. Assasinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated in Memphis, TN by James Earl Ray. -
Robert Kennedy is Assasinated
Sirhan Sirhan assassinated JFK's brother, Robert Kennedy on this day. -
Protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
A series of protest activities against the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. -
Richard Nixon becomes President
Richard Nixon is elected President of the U.S. -
Tet Offensive
Coordinated series of attacks by the Vietcong and North Viatnamese on dozens of cities in South Vietnam completely surprising South Vietnam and the U.S. -
American Astronauts Land on the Moon
Millions of people gathered to watch America, the first country to reach the moon for the first time. Two U.S. Atronauts were the first people to ever be on the moon. They beat the Soviet Union to it -
WoodStock Concert
A very famous concert where a total 400,000 people came to watch many different play music over the span of 3 days. -
The Rolling Stones host the Altamont Music Festival
About 300,000 gathered at the Altamont Speedway in Tracy, California to see the Rolling Stones perform a free concert that was seen as a 'Woodstock West. ' -
Beatles Release Sgt. Pepper's Album
The first major rock 'n' roll album to be released without a designated single.