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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was founded in 1960 in the wake of student-led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters across the South. -
The first televised presidential debate was the U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee, and Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, in Chicago at the studios of CBS's WBBM-TV. -
The Flintstones first were introduced to television audiences by ABC. -
John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard Nixon and became the 35th President of the United States. -
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. -
East German soldiers laid down more than 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin. -
Roger Maris of the Yankees mashed 61 home runs, breaking the major league record set by another Yankees star, Babe Ruth -
Marilyn Monroe died of a barbiturate overdose late in the evening at her house in Los Angeles, California. She was 36 years old. -
After the riot was crushed, the military continued to occupy Oxford for almost ten months. James Meredith then officially became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi -
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War that lasted 13 days. -
Dr. No is a 1962 spy film directed by Terence Young, and it is the first film in the James Bond series. -
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech to a massive group of civil rights marchers gathered around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. -
John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas -
The Beatles arrived at John F Kennedy airport in New York, greeted by thousands of fans. -
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 opens in New York City. The opening ceremony ushered in the first day of television broadcasting in New York. -
Johnson beat Goldwater in the general election, winning over 61% of the popular vote. Johnson became the only Democrat between 1944 and 1976 to win a majority of the popular vote. -
Malcolm X was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He was shot multiple times and killed. -
The riot began from an incident when Marquette Frye, a young African American motorist, was pulled over and arrested by Lee W. Minikus, a white California Highway Patrolman, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. -
In 1966 Congress passed the Drug Abuse Control Amendment, which banned the individual manufacturing or sale of LSD and other similar hallucinogens. -
The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as The Original Series, debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. -
People gathered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park to take part in counterculture poet Allen Ginsberg and writer Gary Synder's "Human Be-In" initiative. -
The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first-ever Super Bowl. It was hosted in Los Angeles, California, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. -
Muhammad refused because his religion forbade him from serving. This caused the stripping of his heavyweight title, a suspension from boxing, a $10,000 fine, and a five-year prison sentence. -
The Beatles release their landmark album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in the UK. -
President Johnson nominated Marshall to replace the retiring Justice Tom Clark, who left the Court after his son, Ramsey Clark, became Attorney General. -
The Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. -
Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel -
Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan shortly after midnight at the Ambassador Hotel, in Los Angeles. -
A series of events between police and LGBTQ+ protesters that lasted over six days. -
Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protest activities against the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. -
Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States, defeating Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle. Armstrong then became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface. -
The National Register Woodstock Music Festival site commemorates a three-day music festival. -
As the final show of their American tour, the Rolling Stones held a one-day rock festival at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California.