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Elvis Presley
Elivs Presley was one of the greatest musicians in rock and roll and pop culture. In 1954 he made his first appearence on The Ed Sullivan Show. He was one of the first to perform the pelvic thrust on stage which was quite controversial at the time so they showed him from the waist up on TV. -
John Lennon Forms The Beatles
John Lennon, an English musician and singer, met Paul McCartney at a church fair, where he invited him to join his group. They eventually had the most successful songwriting partnership in musical history. After adding George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Pete Best, they had their complete band by 1960. In 1962, they released their first single, Love Me Do. -
Integration of the University of Alabama (Ch. 31 The Civil Rights Movement, Section 1)
Two black students attempted to enroll at the University of Alabama and desegregate the school. Governor of Alabama, George Wallace, blocked the doors and tried to stop them from getting inside the building. President Kennedy then sent the National Guard to help them and end segregation at the university. -
Assasination of JFK (Ch. 30 The New Frontier and The Great Society, Section 2)
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assasinated on November 22, 1963 in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. JFK was fatally shot while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Conally, and Conally's wife Nellie. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested as the assasin but soon, a local nightclub owner, Jack Ruby shot him to death. -
The Hippie Movement
The Hippie Movement occured in the US during the mid-1960's, mostly among the youth population. Their main belief was their anti-sentiments towards the Vietnam War. The Hippies created their own social group, listened to psychedlic rock, embraced the sexual revolution and used drugs such as marijuana, LSD, etc. -
The Black Panther Party (Ch. 31 The Civil Rights Movement, Section 3)
The Black Panther Party was an African Amercian revolutionary organization founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. They wanted to prevent racism against blacks, and make sure that all blacks were treated equally to whites in society. They were known for their military posture and their way of expressing their beliefs, one of which was arming all African Americans. -
Assasination of Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy was the brother of John F. Kennedy. After winning the South Dakota and California elections, he was shot as he walked through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel and died 26 hours later. The killer was palestine-born Sirhan Sirhan who was later taken into custody. -
Moon Landing
It was the Apollo 11 crew of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin Jr., that first landed on the Moon. Armstrong was the first to step out on the moon. It was his historic words, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." A camera provided live television coverage for people back on Earth to watch. They left an American flag on the moon's surface as a sign of accomplishment for the USA. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
Ping Pong Diplomacy is a term that comes from an incident when American Ping Pong player, Glenn Cowan, missed his team bus during the 31st World Table Tennis Championship. He was then forced to take the Chinese team's bus where he got to talk to Zhuang Zhedong with the help of an interpreter. It was later decided that the American table tennis team would also be used for foreign affairs by playing with the Chinese team. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate Scandal was a political scandal during the 1970's in which some people decided to break-in the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Office Complex in Washington DC. After investigation, it was revealed that President NIxon knew about this and that several members of the Committee that were going to re-elect the president had participated in this break-in. After not giving the full evidence, Nixon soon resigned as president of the US. -
Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen hit the Atlantic Coast, mainly Louisiana. It was a category 4 hurricane with winds at 150 mph and $150 million dollars of damage. The storm submerged 2,380,500 acres and carried salt water into the marshes which hurt the fish and shrimp in the area. -
Apple Computers
Steve Wozniak, a high school drop out who worked for Hewlett-Packard, knew a lot about computer design. He went on to create what became known as Apple I. His friend from high school, Steve Jobs, also a drop out, worked for Atari, and told him to work together to make a company to sell the computer. In 1977, Apple released the Apple II and in 1980, the Apple III.
