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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded in April 1960, by young people who had emerged as leaders of the sit-in protest movement initiated on February 1 of that year. -
Nixon and Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy. The first-ever televised debate between presidential candidates was held on September 26, 1960. -
At 8:30 p.m. Eastern time on September 30, 1960, The Flintstones made their debut and immediately gained popularity. -
Kennedy won the Electoral College with 303 votes to 219, and he received a reported national popular vote of 112,827. -
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space when he traveled around the planet in the Vostok 1 spacecraft. -
She overdosed on barbiturates at her Los Angeles residence and died at the age of 36. It was determined that she likely committed suicide. -
Because Maris was after Babe Ruth's sixty single-season home runs, the most famous mark in baseball, he was derided, jeered, cursed, and generally mistreated by the media and baseball fans. -
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. -
West Berlin was encircled by the 155-kilometer-long Berlin Wall, which sliced through the center of the city. The purpose of the Wall was to keep people from fleeing East Berlin to the West. -
On October 2, 1962, James Meredith formally enrolled at the University of Mississippi as the school's first African American student. -
Dr. No had its worldwide premiere at the London Pavilion, on 5 October 1962, expanding to the rest of the United Kingdom three days later. The North American premiere on 8 May 1963 was more low-profile, with 450 cinemas in Midwest and Southwest regions of the United States. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, "I Have a Dream," was given on August 28, 1963, as part of the March on Washington. It was a plea for freedom and equality and went on to become one of the most famous addresses in American history as well as a pivotal point in the civil rights struggle. -
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union faced off directly and dangerously in the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. -
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade with his wife. -
On February 7, 1964, the Beatles made their first appearance in the United States, and ever since, the music industry have changed significantly. -
The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964. -
The theme of the fair was “Peace through Understanding.” Popular exhibits included General Motors' “Futurama II” portraying the world of 2064, American Telephone and Telegraph's models of the Picturephone -
Less than a year following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who won the previous presidential election. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory -
A well-known figure during the civil rights movement, Malcolm X was an African American Muslim clergyman and human rights advocate. He was shot several times and died from his wounds in Manhattan, New York City, on February 21, 1965, at the age of 39. -
Watts Riots of 1965, series of violent confrontations between Los Angeles police and residents of Watts and other predominantly African American neighbourhoods of South-Central Los Angeles -
The first regular episode of Star Trek, "The Man Trap", aired on Thursday, September 8, 1966, from 8:30 to 9:30 as part of an NBC "sneak preview" block. -
On January 14, 1967, the Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, marking the beginning of the "Summer of Love." Over 20,000 individuals attend the event to experience psychedelics, music, peace, and love. -
On January 15, 1967, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted the inaugural "Super Bowl." It was primarily regarded as an exhibition game at the time and was known as the AFL-NFL Championship Game. -
The world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali entered the hostile ring of politics and culture by declining to serve in the U.S. military during the height of the Vietnam War. -
For many years, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," which the Beatles released on June 1, 1967, was regarded as the best rock 'n' roll album ever. -
Thurgood Marshall, a renowned civil rights attorney, was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on June 13, 1967, to be the first African American justice to serve on the US Supreme Court. -
North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack on several South Vietnamese targets. -
He was severely wounded on the lower right side of his face by a single shot from an assassin. Ralph Abernathy held King's head as SCLC staff hurried to him. Others on the balcony gestured toward the back of a boarding house on South Main Street, which appeared to be the source of the shot. -
Sirhan Sirhan shot Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and he was declared dead the next day. -
The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968, and drew an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 anti-war protesters in total. -
In 1968, the US federal government outlawed the possession of LSD. -
Richard Nixon, a former California Representative and Senator, was elected as the 37th President of the United States from 1969-1974. -
Police attacked the Stonewall Inn, a gay nightclub in Greenwich Village, New York, on June 28, 1969. Customers and a growing throng, however, chose to fight back rather than comply with the NYPD's expected routine. -
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong's 1969 lunar landing and return to Earth were viewed as epochal events, attracting media attention and international celebration. -
The Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix, and the that were among the rock acts signed by the four inexperienced promoters that arranged Woodstock. -
On Saturday, December 6, 1969, a counterculture rock event known as the Altamont Speedway Free Festival took place at the Altamont Speedway west of Tracy, California. People who were expecting a "Woodstock West" showed up for the concert, which drew about 300,000.