1960's Decades

By 15AOgle

  • Black Crisis

    Black Crisis
    Black Crisis was a hope and a crisis that tore the nation apart. There were at least 46 people killed, 2,600 injured and more than 21,270 arrested. Damage to property was estimated at $67,000,000. The blacks were showing up on T.V, movies, getting higher paying jobs more than the whites and the whites didn’t like that idea

  • Nuclear Weapons

    .In February 13, 1960, the first French nuclear test occurs at Reganne, Algeria, in the Sahara Desert. It had a yield of 60-70 kilotons.

  • U2 plane shot down

    U2 plane shot down
    United States one-man U2 Spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over the Airspace of the Soviet union.The United States government at first denied the plane's purpose and mission, but then was forced to admit its role as a covert Surveillance aircraft when the Soviet government produced its intact remains and surviving pilot.

  • Nuclear Missile

    Nuclear Missile
    The LGM-30A Minuteman-I, an American nuclear missile, was first test-fired on 1 February 1961, and entered into the Strategic Air Command’s arsenal in 1962, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana; the “improved” LGM-30Bbecame operational at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri in 1963. All 800 Minuteman-I missiles were delivered by June 1965.

  • U.S.S.R

    U.S.S.R
    The U.S.S.R. explodes the world's largest nuclear bomb, with a yield of 58 megatons in October 31, 1961

  • Cuban Crisis

    Cuban Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis also known as the October crisis in Cuba and the Caribbean crisis in the USSR. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation. the Soviet Union and Cuba were on one side, and the United States on the other. it happened in October 1962.U-2 reconnaissance photograph of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Missile transports and tents for fueling and maintenance are visible. Photo taken by the CIA

  • The March on Washington

    on August 28, 1963, an estimated quarter of a million people,about a quarter of whom were white. They marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, in what turned out to be both a protest and a communal celebration. The heavy police presence turned out to be unnecessary, as the march was noted for its civility and peacefulness. The march was extensively covered by the media, with live international television coverage.

  • I Have A Dream Martin Luther King Jr

    I Have A Dream Martin Luther King Jr
    The “I Have a Dream Speech” was delivered by King on August 28, 1963. He made this speech to call off all racism in the United States. The speech was delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March of Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.

  • China Explodes atomic bomb

    China Explodes atomic bomb
    In October 16, 1964, China explodes its first atomic bomb at the Lop Nur test site. It was an uranium 235 implosion fission device named "596" and has a yield of 22 kilotons.

  • Malcom x

    Malcom x
    -Believed in Black Nationalism, which means pushing for Black independence, Black pride and masculinity. -Malcolm's enemies were successful in their ruthless attempt. At a speaking engagement in the Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965, three gunmen rushed Malcolm onstage, and shot him 15 times at close range.

  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive
    The tet offensive was put in to effect during a holiday  during the Vietnam war  that both sides agreed to a truce.But the NVA and Vietcong brought in weapons in preparation for the offensive in fruit carts. The NVA had sympathizers that sheltered them so they could attack from with in.It was the turning point for the north.

  • First Moon Landing

    First Moon Landing
    The first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union’S Luna 2 mission, on 13 September 1959. The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.

  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    -100,000 tickets were sold prior to the festival weekend but became unnecessary as droves of people descended on the concert grounds to take part in this historic and peaceful happening. -A million people came to a 600-acre farm to hear 32 acts: Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, The Who, Janis Joplin and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young