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The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee was formed by civil rights activist Ella Baker and followed the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr.
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John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon participate in the first televised presidential debate at CBS in Chicago.
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The popular animated series was a representation of the common 60s family but in the stone age.
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Democratic Nominee, John F. Kennedy, beats Republican Nominee Richard Nixon.
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Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the first man to orbit the planet and first man in space. This was accomplished in 82 minutes.
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The Berlin Wall was originally constructed by East Germany for keeping out fascists.
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Roger Maris is the first baseball player to it more than 60 home runs in a single season.
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SDS claims that we should treat civil rights movements by changing society in universities.
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Marilyn Monroe is found dead of a barbiturate overdose.
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James Meredith is admitted into the University of Mississippi. The integration of Ole Miss led to violent campus uprising and tensions between the President and the Governor of Mississippi.
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Because America had missiles in Turkey and the Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba, there was a stand off between the countries. The crisis ended when both countries removed their missiles.
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The very first James Bond movie premiers starring Sean Connery, and Ursula Andress.
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King delivered a speech at the March on Washington that called for civil and economic rights for the end of racism in the United States.
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While in a presidential motorcade, JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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The Beatles arrived in the U.S. through JFK Airport. Two day's later, when they performed live for the first time on U.S. television, 73 million Americans viewed their program.
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The Beatles are seen on the Ed Sullivan show in front of 73 million Americans while women in the audience scream.
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The New York World's fair starts with over 45 corporation exhibits. People interact with computers for the first time.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, in 1964, occurred when North Vietnamese warships attacked the U.S.S. Maddox and the U.S.S.C. Turner Joy in the Gulf of Tonkin. President Johnson denied provoking the attack, but the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was made anyway.
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Lyndon B Johnson crushed Barry Goldwater with over 60% of the popular vote.
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American Muslim minister and human rights activist is assassinated by three members of the Nation of Islam.
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Tensions between police and the black community rose to a breaking point when Marquette Frye and police fought on the side of the road. Riots ensued and resulted in 34 deaths and $40 million in damage.
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The popular science fiction television show has its first episode.
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The U.S. government recognized the risk of LSD abuse and changed its classification to completely outlawed in all circumstances including academic research.
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To reject conformist and materialist values, many youth "dropped-out" for a summer of sex drugs and rock and roll.
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The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
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Muhammad Ali declares that he is a conscientious objector.
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Although released later in the U.S., Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was number one in both the UK and the U.S. for weeks.
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Lyndon B. Johnson nominates the first African American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.
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This famous pop festival, held in California, marked the start of the "Summer of Love".
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The Tet offensive, an attack from the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong armies led to American disapproval for the war.
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Martin Luther King Jr., prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement, was shot by James Earl Ray.
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Robert Kennedy was assassinated during his run for president.
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Counterculture groups came to protest the Vietnam War outside of the Democratic National Convention.
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Previous VP Nixon beats Democratic Hubert Humphrey.
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Violent demonstrations by members of the gay community in response to a police raid.
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Four days after taking off, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins landed on the moon in the Lunar Module called Eagle. Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon.
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Charles Manson and his family brutally stab Sharon Tate while 8 1/2 months pregnant and four guests. Sharon's husband Roman Polanski was not home at the time.
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The Woodstock Concert created a much larger counterculture generation and was pivotal to rock and roll.
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The Rolling Stones hosted the West Coast Woodstock. This festival turned violent after dark and resulted in Meredith Hunter's stabbing.
