60's Timeline

  • Russians send the first man into space

    Russians send the first man into space

    Yuri Alexceyavich was sent into a full orbit around Earth. Major stepback for America in the space race
  • First televised Presidential debate

    First televised Presidential debate

  • Marilyn Monroe dies

    Marilyn Monroe dies

    the movie star passed away from an overdose.
  • SNCC formed

    SNCC formed

    student nonviolent coordinating committee is formed
  • First airing of “The Flintstones”

    First airing of “The Flintstones”

  • President Kennedy is elected

    Democratic senator JFK beat out the Republican nominee Richard Nixon.
  • SDS releases its Port Huron statement

    SDS releases its Port Huron statement

  • Berlin Wall is Constructed

    Berlin Wall is Constructed

    East German soldiers built a wall in the middle of Berlin.
  • Roger Maris of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth’s single season home run record

    Roger Maris of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth’s single season home run record

    broke the record Babe Ruth set in 1927 of 60 home runs in one season.
  • James Meredith registers at Ole Miss

    James Meredith registers at Ole Miss

    he was the first black person to attend Ole Miss, had body guards the whole time.
  • Cuban Missel Crisis

    Cuban Missel Crisis

    was a 35 day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union with missiles.
  • Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” Speech

    Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” Speech

    delivered speech abou civil rights in D.C.
  • John F Kennedy is assassinated

    John F Kennedy is assassinated

    In Dallas, Texas he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
  • The Beatles arrive in the United States

    The Beatles arrive in the United States

  • The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan

    The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan

  • New York World’s Fair begins-

    New York World’s Fair begins-

  • Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater-

    Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater-

    by a landslide, repbulican election
  • “Dr. No” the first James Bond movie premiers

    “Dr. No” the first James Bond movie premiers

    first James Bond movie
  • Watts Race Riots

    riots between black residents of the Watts neighborhood and cops
  • LSD declared illegal by the U.S. government-

    LSD declared illegal by the U.S. government-

  • “Star Trek” TV show airs

    “Star Trek” TV show airs

  • San Francisco's “Summer of Love” begins

    San Francisco's “Summer of Love” begins

    hippie movement in Haight-Ashbury San Francisco.
  • Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s album

    Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s album

  • Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court

    Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court

  • Woodstock concerthuge musical event for hippies

    Woodstock concerthuge musical event for hippies

    huge musical event for hippies
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    North Vietnamese attacks on South Vietnam, in efforts to encourage America to scale back on its war efforts.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated

    he was assassinated standing outside his hotel balcony.
  • Boxer Muhammed Ali refuses military service

    Boxer Muhammed Ali refuses military service

    for religious reasons, he refused to join the army, and because of it, he got stripped of his heaveight title.
  • Robert Kennedy is assassinated

    Robert Kennedy is assassinated

    by a Palestinian Sirhan, Sirhan.
  • Richard Nixon is elected

    Richard Nixon is elected

    Nixon beat out Hubert Humphrey.
  • Stonewall riots

    Stonewall riots

    riots between the police and LGBTQIA+.
  • American astronauts land on the moon

    American astronauts land on the moon

    Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.
  • Protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention

    Protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention

    protests against Vietnam war
  • Malcom X Assassinated

    Malcom X Assassinated

    religious and civil rights leader got assassinated.
  • The Rolling Stones host the Altamont music festival

    The Rolling Stones host the Altamont music festival

    one day rock festival in California