Timeline: Decades 60's Timeline | Timetoast

Aug 12, 1960

NASA ECHO Launch

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Apr 19, 1961

American Troops arrive in Cuba for the Bay of Pigs Invasion

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Oct 27, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

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Nov 22, 1963

Kennedy Assassination

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John F. Kennedy is assassinated at Dealy Plaza
Jun 12, 1964

Nelson Mandela and his Comrades are Jailed for Life

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Mar 8, 1965

First Troops Arrive in Vietnam

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Mar 31, 1966

USSR Launches First Lunar Orbiter

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Oct 2, 1967

Thurgood Marshall is the First Aftican American Sworn Into the Supreme Court

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Apr 4, 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. Assasination

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Jul 24, 1969

Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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