60's and 70's Sports and Entertainment Marketing Timeline By 60s70sProject Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1979 Timeline May 27, 1961 First US Troops arrive in Vietnam Sep 12, 1962 JFK Space Speech at Rice University Nov 22, 1963 JFK Assassinated Feb 25, 1964 Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali) becomes Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act Mar 19, 1966 Texas Western University Miners win NCAA Basketball Championship against heavily favored Kentucky Jun 1, 1966 Boston Celtics win 9th straight NBA Title Jan 15, 1967 First Super Bowl Mar 26, 1969 NBA Adds 2 teams, Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong becomes first man on the moon Oct 27, 1969 "Miracle Mets" win World Series Jun 15, 1972 Terrorists attack Israeli Atheletes at Summer Olympic Games Mar 26, 1973 Philidelphia 76ers have worst season in basketball history, going 9-73 Dec 1, 1973 Jack Nicklaus wins PGA Championship along with 6 other titles that year Apr 8, 1974 Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's all time homerun record