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First airing of the Flintstones
Introduced to American audiences on ABC -
President Kennedy is elected
The youngest President to ever get elected -
Russians send first man into space
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. -
Roger Maris of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth's single season home run record
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Berlin Wall is constructed
The Soviet Union built a wall around west berlin -
Marilyn Monroe dies
Sex symbol of the 50s-60s -
James Meredith registers at Ole Miss
First African-American to register at Ole Miss -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union put nukes in Cuba -
Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" Speech
March on Washington Speech -
John F. Kennedy is Assassinated
Last President to get assassinated -
The Beatles arrive in the US
First boy band to come to US -
Malcolm X assassnated
The civil Rights Leader shot -
Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court
First African-American to become a supreme court justice -
San Francisco "Summer of Love" begins
The social phenomenon of the 60s, young people dressed as hippies -
First NFL Football Super Bowl
First Super Bowl game played -
Muhammed Ali refuses military service
Refused military service based on his religion -
Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's album
*th album released by the Beatles -
Tet Offensive
Major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the war in Vietnam -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
Civil Rights Leader shot and killed -
Robert Kennedy is assassinated
Brother of JFK and former attorney general gets killed -
Richard Nixon is Elected
Resigned as President due to Watergate Scandal -
Stonewall Riots
Gay community protest in response to a police raid. -
American Astronauts land on the moon
Americans became the first to land on the moon -
Woodstock Music Festival
Music and art festival in Bethel NY