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First airing of "The Flintstones"
- September 30, 1960
- Animated show about a prehistoric family
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SNCC formed
- The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded in April 1960 by young people dedicated to nonviolent, direct action tactics.
- Formed after segregated sit ins occurred
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First televised Presidential debate
- 1960, Kennedy v. Nixon
- Monday, September 26
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Berlin Wall is constructed
- The German Democratic Republic(GDR) started to build a barbed wire and concrete "Antifacist Bulwark" between East and West Berlin
- Was built to prevent Berlin's population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin which was controlled by western allies
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James Meredith registers at Ole Miss
- Meredith wanted to take stand against segregation
- Attends All-White University
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Russians send first man to space
- April 12, 1961, Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to be sent into space.
- Also became first man to orbit the earth
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Roger Maris of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth's single season home run record
- October 1st, 1961 New York's final game
- Maris hits 61st home run
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Cuban Missile Crisis
- Soviet union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities
- U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in a 13-Day military standoff and came extremely close to Nuclear war
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Death of Marilyn Monroe
- Dies at 36 of a barbiturate overdose
- Dies on the evening of August 4, 1962
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SDS releases its Port Huron statement
- Written by SDS members, and completed on June 15, 1962, at a United Auto Workers (UAW) retreat outside of Port Huron, Michigan
- The Port Huron Statement is about democratic ideals. It's about America's emergence from World War II as the beacon of those ideals and about our country's failure to be faithful to them.
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“Dr. No” the first James Bond movie premiers
- 5 October 1962
- Producers chose Dr. No as the first Bond movie because it would be "the easiest."
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"I Have A Dream Speech"
- MLKs speech to show the degree of racial inequality in the US
- Known as one of the greatest speeches of all time
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Kennedy is elected
- Kennedy wins 303-219 Electoral College victory
- Defeats Republican candidate Richard Nixon
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Beatles arrive in the U.S.
- Beatles arrive in the US on February 7th 1964.
- Performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, viewed by approximately 73 million people
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Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater
- November 3rd, 1964
- Johnson, the democratic candidate, wins by a landslide
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New York World’s Fair begins
- April 22nd, 1964
- Motto was "Peace through understanding"
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The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show
- February 9th 1964
- , America tuned in to CBS and The Ed Sullivan Show. But this night was different. 73 million people gathered in front their TV sets to see The Beatles' first live performance on U.S. soil.
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Malcolm X Assassinated
- February 25th 1965, one of the civil rights movement's greatest leaders assassinated in Audubon Ballroom
- Gunned down at 39
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Watts race riots
- Took place in the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding areas of Los Angeles
- August 11 to 16, 1965
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“Star Trek” TV show airs
- Star Trek is an American science-fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise
- September 8, 1966
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The Beatles relase Sg. Pepper's Album
- Iconic Album released on May 26th, 1967
- Released later in the US on June 1st, 1967
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Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court
- President Johnson nominates civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to be first African American lawyer on the Supreme Court -Replaced retiring Tom Clark
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San Francisco “Summer of Love” begins
- Begins on January 14th, 1967 when 30,000 people gathered in San Francisco Golden Gate park
- Came to take part in a "Collective expansion of Conscienceless"
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First NFL Super Bowl
- First superbowl played on January 15th, 1967
- Played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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Ali refuses military service
- Muhammad Ali received news he had been drafted to Vietnam
- He refused to serve, stated his religion didn't allow him to serve
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Tet Offensive
-Coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam
-Attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War -
Nixon is elected
- Nixon is elected through the Electoral College 301-191
- Wins against Democrat Hubert Humphrey
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MLK Assassination
- MLK Assassinated April 4th, 1968
- Assassinated in Memphis Tennessee- National outrage ensues
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Protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
- Protest activity against the Vietnam War took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- Planned by anti-war counterculture
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LSD Declared Illegal by US government
- Hallucinogenic drug developed in Sweden during the Cold War
- Declared illegal October 24th, 1968
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American astronauts land on the moon
-July 20th 1969- Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong become the first men to step foot on the moon
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Woodstock
- Musical concert that went from Aug 15th-18th 1969
- Infamous "Hippie" concert, many drugs taken and babies conceived
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Stonewall Riots
- Group of spontaneous riots by members of the gay community
- Response to police raid that began in the early hours of June 28
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The Rolling Stones host the Altamont music festival
- Dec 6th, 1969
- 300,000 people attend in California
