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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a student commitment to the civil rights movement during the 1960s -
between 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 were the modern Stone Age family. the very popular tv show glorified the Stone Age -
World Premiere of James Bond's Dr. No was held on 5th October 1962 at the London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus, London -
John F. Kennedy gets elected under the democratic party beating the republican candidate Richard Nixon -
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space and became the first man to orbit the planet -
The berlin wall was a concrete barrier dividing Berlin from 1961 to 1989. The wall also divided East and West Berlin -
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 beating Ruth who hit 60 in 1927 -
a document of idealism for a more egalitarian society call for participatory democracy where everyone was engaged in issues that affected all people -
Famous actor Marilyn Monroe died from a suspected overdoes on August 4, 1962 at the age of 36 -
On October 2nd, 1962, James Meredith became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi -
A standoff between the U.S and Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba -
American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom calling for civil and economic rights and to end racism in the United States -
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas while in the presidential motorcade. He was shot from afar by Lee Harvey Oswald -
The beatles arrived on Febuary 7, 1964 at JFK airport to tons of fans. -
73 million people gathered in front of their TVs to see The Beatles' first live performance on U.S. soil. -
The theme of the 1964 World's Fair in New York City was "Peace Through Understanding". Venders from all around the world participated -
Dem. candidate President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated repub.canidate Barry Goldwater With 61.1% of the popular vote -
African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X was shot at Audobon theater -
the arrest of an African American man by a white California Highway Patrol officer on suspicion of driving while intoxicated led to the riots in Los Anglos -
Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969. The series follows the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as it completes its missions in space in the 23rd century -
Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. the final score was 35-10 -
Ali received news he had been drafted to fight in Vietnam however he refused claiming his religion forbade him from serving -
Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club was released on May 26th, 1967 as the Beatles 8th studio album, this created a new idea of music for the time. -
A time period when youth started wearing hippie styles and behaving in a hippy manor -
Lyndon B. Johnson nominated civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. -
In the 1960s the use of psychedelic drugs became widespread in modern Western culture -
The Tet offensive was multiple coordinated attacks on south Vietnam orchestrated by North Vietnam to encourage the U.S to step back from the war in Vietnam. -
civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death in Memphis Tennessee on April 4th, 1968 -
Robert Kennedy was shot at the ambassador hotel where he spoke to journalists and campaign. He was shot by Sirhan Sirhan. -
counterculture and anti-Vietnam War protest groups began planning protests and demonstrations in response to the convention -
Defeating Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace, Nixon ended American involvement in Vietnam combat in 1973 as well as the military draft -
spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began on June 28, 1969, in New York City, New York -
On July 20, 1969 astronauts Niel Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed on the surface of the moon in the Apollo lunar module Eagle -
a music festival held August 15–18, 1969, on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. Drug use was prevalent at the festival -
Large amounts of fans gathered at the Altamont Speedway in California to see the Rolling Stones perform many called it 'Woodstock West." following their successful U.S. tour. Turned into a disaster after 4 people died