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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. Although Martin Luther King, Jr. -
First airing of “The Flintstones”
the beloved show about a family of cavemen airs in the 1960s. -
First televised Presidential debate
Which presidential campaign produced the first nationally televised debate? The typical answer to that question is 1960, Kennedy v. Nixon. -
JFK elected president
John F. Kennedy becomes the president of the US. He would remain president until his assassination three years later. -
Russians send the first man into space
aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. -
Berlin Wall constructed
Wall built between west and east berlin -
Roger Maris of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth’s single season home run record
in New York's final game of the regular season, Yankees slugger Roger Maris hits his 61st home run, becoming the first player in Major League Baseball to hit more than 60 in a season. He tops former Yankees great Babe Ruth, who hit 60 home runs in 1927. -
SDS releases its Port Huron statement
It was written by SDS members, and completed on June 15, 1962, at a United Auto Workers (UAW) retreat outside of Port Huron, Michigan (now part of Lakeport State Park), for the group's first national convention. -
Marilyn Monroe dies
Famous actress dies in her house. She dies of an overdose -
James Meredith registers at Ole Miss
James Meredith was finally allowed to register -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962 the Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities -
“Dr. No” the first James Bond movie premiers
The famous franchise's first movie, starring Sean Connery as James Bond, premiers -
JFK assassinated, Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
Vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the president after JFK is killed. -
The Beatles arrive in America
The British boy band arrive in America. -
The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan
At 8 o'clock on 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. -
New York World’s Fair begins
A huge fair held in New York begins -
Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater
Incumbent Democratic United States President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee, in a landslide. -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. -
Watts race riots
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising, took place in the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding areas of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965. On August 11, 1965, Marquette Frye, a 21-year-old African American man, was pulled over for drunken driving. -
“Star Trek” TV show airs
The critically acclaimed sci-fi shows starts in the late 60s -
San Francisco “Summer of Love” begins
In summer of '67, a huge wave of hippie fashion populated San Francisco, California -
First NFL Football Super Bowl
The biggest event in Football starts in the 1960s -
Boxer Muhammed Ali refuses military service
Ali refused to be inducted into the armed forces, saying “I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong.” -
The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's lonely heart's club band
The Beatles release the experimental album they spent over 400 hours making -
Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court
President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated distinguished civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
The famed pastor and civil rights activist is shot and killed -
Robert Kennedy assassinated
Robert Kennedy, brother to JFK is killed. -
Protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Protest activity against the Vietnam War took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. In 1968, counterculture and anti-Vietnam War protest groups began planning protests and demonstrations in response to the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order. -
LSD declared illegal by the U.S. government
LSD was declared a "Schedule I" substance, legally designating that the drug has a "high potential for abuse" and is without any "currently accepted medical use in treatment." LSD was removed from legal circulation. -
Richard Nixon elected president
Richard Nixon is elected president in 1969. He resigns after being impeached in 1974 -
Stonewall riots
Members of the LGBTQ+ community respond to a violent police raid at a well know gay bar in Manhattan -
Moon Landing
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon -
Woodstock concert
A huge hippie music festival consisting of over 100,000 people in New York. -
The Rolling Stones host the Altamont music festival
The famous rock band hailing from London host the Altamont music festival