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Coca-Cola gets its first trademark on the contour bottle from U.S. Patent office and Sprite was introduced
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JFK is elected President of the United States
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JFK sends letter to President Diem and pledges ¨the United States is determined to help Vietnam preserve its independence." They wanted to prevent the spread of communism.
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JFK sent National Guard to Ole Miss for admission to Ole Miss for admission of 1st African American students
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Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his ¨I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for jobs and freedom
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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President Lyndon Johnson introduces theme for his agenda, stating that we must ¨set our course toward the Great Society.¨
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This act outlawed discrimination in public facilities such as parks, hotels, restaurants, etc..
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Both were created when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed amendments to the Social Security Act
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Act abolishes literacy tests used by local and state governments to inhibit African-American voting.
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Republican candidate Richard Nixon is elected President of the United States
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Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to set foot on the moon
