60's Timeline

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  • John Kennedy is elected President

    John Kennedy is elected President

    U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER RUSSIA
    ADOLF EICHMANN CAPTURED
    GREENSBORO SIT-IN
    BIRTH CONTROL PILL APPROVED FOR CONTRACEPTIVE USE
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    The 60's

  • Berlin wall was constructed

    Berlin wall was constructed

    BAY OF PIGS
    PEACE CORPS
    FREEDOM RIDES
    OPEC FORMED
    GAGARIN FIRST TO ORBIT EARTH
  • Cuban Missile crisis begins

    Cuban Missile crisis begins

    RACHEL CARSON’S “SILENT SPRING”
    SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
    TELSTAR TRANSMITS THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC TELEVISION
  • Kennedy is assasinated

    Kennedy is assasinated

    CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH ON WASHINGTON
    EQUAL PAY ACT
    WASHINGTON-MOSCOW "HOT-LINE"
    LYNDON JOHNSON BECOMES PRESIDENT
  • Civil rights act

    Civil rights act

    GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
    NELSON MANDELA SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
    KRUSHCHEV DEPOSED
    U.S. SURGEON GENERAL AFFIRMS CIGARETTE SMOKING CAUSES CANCER
  • First Spacewalk

    First Spacewalk

    MALCOLM X ASSASSINATED
    VOTING RIGHTS ACT
    U.S. COMBAT TROOPS IN VIETNAM
    U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
  • U.S supreme court approves Miranda rights.

    U.S supreme court approves Miranda rights.

    MEDICARE
    CHINAS CULTURAL REVOLUTION
  • First african american supreme court justice

    First african american supreme court justice

    ISRAELI-ARAB SIX DAY WAR
    PBS CREATED
    FIRST SUCCESSFUL HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANT
  • ASSASSINATIONS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND ROBERT KENNEDY

    ASSASSINATIONS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND ROBERT KENNEDY

    RICHARD NIXON WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT
    TET OFFENSIVE
    MY LAI MASSACRE
    APOLLO 8 ORBITS MOON
  • Apollo 11 lands on the moon

    Apollo 11 lands on the moon

    STONEWALL RIOT
    WOODSTOCK
    GADDAFI ESTABLISHES ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IN LIBYA