APUSH Cold War Domestic Timeline By ktmrob Jan 1, 1945 Baby boom begins Apr 12, 1945 Harry S. Truman's Presidency Mar 22, 1947 Truman enacts the creation of the Loyalty Review Board Nov 25, 1949 Blacklists are created Feb 9, 1950 McCarthy announces that he has a list of known communists in the State Department Sep 23, 1950 The McCarran Internal Security Act was passed Mar 6, 1951 Rosenberg Trials Begin Jun 27, 1952 The McCarran-Walter Act Sep 23, 1952 Richard Nixon delivers the Checkers Speech to save himself from humiliation Jan 20, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidency Begins Jan 20, 1953 Truman’s presidency ends Dec 1, 1953 Playboy's first issue Apr 1, 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional: Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War begins Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Jan 27, 1956 Elvis releases "Heartbreak Hotel" Jan 10, 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded for nonviolence Sep 4, 1957 Little Rock Nine goes to Central High Jul 29, 1958 NASA founded Jan 1, 1960 Students for a Democratic Society founded Feb 1, 1960 Greensboro sit-ins Apr 1, 1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed for nonviolent immediate change Jan 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidency Ends Jan 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy's Presidency Begins Mar 1, 1961 Peace Corps founded Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin goes to space Apr 12, 1961 Freedom Rides begin Jan 1, 1962 United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez founded Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn orbits the earth Sep 27, 1962 Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Dec 31, 1962 Baby boom ends Jan 1, 1963 Feminine Mystique Published Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King gives "I Have A Dream" speech Aug 28, 1963 March On Washington Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy Assassinated Nov 22, 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidency Begins Jan 1, 1964 VISTA created Jan 1, 1964 The Free Speech Movement Begins Feb 7, 1964 Johnson Pushes through Kennedy's tax cut May 22, 1964 Johnson's Great Society Speech Jul 2, 1964 Civil Right's Act of 1964 Jan 1, 1965 Head Start Created Mar 25, 1965 MLK's march on Selma Jul 19, 1965 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission created Jul 30, 1965 Medicare signed by Johnson Jul 30, 1965 Medicaid signed by Johnson Aug 6, 1965 The Voting Rights of 1965 Aug 11, 1965 Watts Riots in LA for civil rights Sep 9, 1965 The Department of Housing and Urban Development formed Jun 30, 1966 National Organization for Women (NOW) founded Oct 15, 1966 Black Panther Party founded Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King assassinated Jun 6, 1968 Robert Kennedy Assassinated Jul 1, 1968 American Indian Movement founded Jan 20, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidency Ends Jan 20, 1969 Richard M. Nixon's Presidency begins Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock Music Festival May 4, 1970 Kent State University massacre May 8, 1970 Hard Hat Riot May 15, 1970 Jackson State University killings Jan 22, 1973 Roe Vs. Wade legalized abortion Feb 27, 1973 Wounded Knee legal Battle begins Aug 9, 1974 Richard M. Nixon's Presidency ends Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War ends