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This show was the first animated show ever to hold a prime time spot on TV -
Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy beats Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential election. -
The Russians sent the first man into space when they sent Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who circled the Earth on a rocket called Vostok 1 -
More than 30 miles of wall is built between East Berlin and West Berlin to prevent people from East Berlin to come to West Berlin. -
Roger Maris hit his 61st home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 60. -
Marilyn Monroe passes away in her home -
James Meredith registers as the first African-American student at Ole Miss -
This was a standoff between the US and the Soviet Union regarding missiles in Cuba pointed at the US. -
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered this speech at the March on Washington -
JFK is shot in the back of a car and is killed while in a motorcade.
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The Beatles arrive in the US at JFK airport in New York, greeted by tons of fans. -
This is often seen as the birth of hippiedom -
The Kansas City Chiefs fell to the Green Bay Packers by a score of 35-10 in the first ever Super Bowl -
The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s album on this day, it spent 27 weeks at number 1 on the UK charts. -
Thurgood Marshall is confirmed by the Senate to be the first nominated african-american US Supreme Court Justice -
American astronauts successfully land on the moon for the first time ever. -
This was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. It took place in South Vietnam. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is shot in a motel.
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Robert Kennedy, brother of JFK, is killed in a hotel after delivering a speech. -
Republican candidate Richard Nixon beats democratic president Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 presidential election. -
This was series of demonstrations by members of the gay community in response to a police raid -
This was a concert that was held on Max Yasgur's dairy farm