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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s. -
Kennedy vs. Nixon -
An American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The first animated series to hold a prime-time slot on television. -
Democrat from the state of Massachusetts. Beat Richard Nixon 303 to 219 electoral votes. -
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes. -
A barrier that divided Germany from 1961 to 1989. It completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
In New York's final game of the season, Maris hit his 61st home run, becoming the first player in Major League Baseball to hit more than 60 in a season. -
A broad critique of the political and social system of the United States for failing to achieve international peace and economic justice. (Students for a Democratic Society) -
Age 36 of an overdose at her home in Los Angeles, California. -
First African-American student to enroll at Ole Miss -
A direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
Agent 007 (Sean Connery) battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters. -
A public speech that was delivered by MLK during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. -
Assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The "Fab Four" were greeted by 3,000 screaming fans when stepping foot at Kennedy airport. -
The Fab Four played three songs -- “All My Loving,” “Till There Was You” and “She Loves You” -- before taking a 35-minute break for other performers. -
A world's fair that held over 140 pavilions and 110 restaurants, representing 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations with the goal and result of building exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. -
With over 60 percent of the popular vote, Johnson turned back the conservative senator from Arizona to secure his first full term in office after succeeding to the presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963. -
An African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community. -
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. -
The iconic series "Star Trek" follows the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as it completes its missions in space in the 23rd century. Captain James T. Kirk -- along with half- human/half-Vulcan science officer Spock, ship Dr. "Bones" McCoy, Ensign Pavel Chekov, communications officer Lt. Nyota Uhura, helmsman Lt. Hikaru Sulu and chief engineer Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott -- confront strange alien races, friendly and hostile alike, as they explore unknown worlds. -
30,000 people gathered in San Francisco Golden Gate Park. They came to take part in counterculture poet Allen Ginsberg and writer Gary Synder's "Human Be-In" initiative, part of the duo's call for a collective expansion of consciousness. -
Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10 at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. -
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the U.S. Army and is immediately stripped of his heavyweight title. Ali, a Muslim, cited religious reasons for his decision to forgo military service. -
Regarded as one of the greatest albums in the history of rock and roll, "a decisive moment in the history of Western civilization." -
First African-American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. 69-11 floor vote. -
A coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. -
Spokesman and leader in the American civil rights movement, assassinated by James Earl Ray. -
Kennedy was speaking to journalists at a live televised celebration from the stage of his headquarters at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. After leaving the podium and exiting through a kitchen hallway, he was shot multiple times by Sirhan Sirhan. -
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. -
A hallucinogenic drug that was first synthesized a Swiss scientist in the 1930s. Very popular in the 1960s. -
Republican from the state of California. Nixon beat Hubert Humphrey by less than 500,000 votes. -
A series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began at the Stonewall Inn in NYC. -
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to ever land on the moon. The Apollo 11 mission took about 6 1/2 hours. -
A music festival on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York. -
A counterculture rock concert in the United States at the Altamont Speedway in northern California (Livermore). Approximately 300,000 attended the concert, and some anticipated that it would be a "Woodstock West".