A Time for Change By JohnButt May 17, 1954 Brown v Board of Education Sep 30, 1954 **First nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned** May 14, 1955 **Warsaw Pact signed** Jul 17, 1955 **Disneyland opens** Period: Dec 1, 1955 to Dec 20, 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott Feb 14, 1956 **Khruschev denounces Stalin** Sep 24, 1957 Central High School integrated Nov 3, 1957 **Laika sent into space** Oct 1, 1958 **NASA founded** Jun 11, 1959 **First hovercraft shown to public** Jul 8, 1959 **First American death in Vietnam** May 16, 1960 **First Laser fired** Sep 30, 1960 **First episode of The Flintsones** Nov 8, 1960 John F. Kennedy elected May 4, 1961 Freedom Riders first ride Dec 11, 1961 **US aid arrives in Vietnam** Mar 5, 1962 **Compact Cassette Tape invented** Sep 27, 1962 Rachel Carson writes Silent Spring Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Feb 17, 1963 Feminine Mystique published Jul 1, 1963 **Postal Service requires ZIP Code** Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Nov 22, 1963 Assassination of John F. kennedy Apr 17, 1964 **Ford introduces the Mustang** Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights act signed Nov 3, 1964 Lyndon Johnson re-elected Feb 21, 1965 Assassination of Malcom X Period: Mar 2, 1965 to Nov 2, 1968 **Operation Rolling Thunder** Period: Mar 7, 1965 to Mar 25, 1965 Selma to Montgomery Marches Jul 30, 1965 Medicare and Medicaid established Period: Aug 11, 1965 to Aug 17, 1965 Watts Riots Sep 8, 1965 Cesar Chavez and farm workers strike Sep 25, 1965 **Kevlar invented** Jan 15, 1967 **Super Bowl I** Feb 28, 1967 **M16 is adopted as standard service rifle** Dec 3, 1967 **First heart transplant** Period: Jan 30, 1968 to Sep 23, 1968 Tet Offensive Feb 16, 1968 **First call to 9-1-1** Mar 16, 1968 My Lai Massacre Mar 22, 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Jun 6, 1968 Assassination of Robert Kennedy Jun 30, 1968 Founding Conference for NOW Jan 20, 1969 Nixon inaugurated Apr 7, 1969 **ARPANET, predecessor to the Internet is invented** Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 lands on the Moon Period: Aug 15, 1969 to Aug 18, 1969 Woodstock Festival Nov 10, 1969 **Sesame Street debuts** Apr 22, 1970 First Earth Day observed May 4, 1970 Protesters at Kent State killed Mar 22, 1972 Equal Rights Ademendment passes Congress May 3, 1972 **First video game console released** Period: Jun 17, 1972 to Aug 9, 1974 Watergate scandal Jun 23, 1972 Title IX Nov 30, 1972 SALT 1 summit Jan 22, 1973 **Lyndon Johnson dies** Jan 22, 1973 Roe v Wade decided Period: Feb 27, 1973 to May 8, 1973 Wounded Knee incident Period: Oct 16, 1973 to Mar 17, 1974 OPEC Oil Embargo May 2, 1974 Nixon resigns Sep 8, 1974 **Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon**
