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History of 1960 - 1969's

By Ben Dover :D

  • First Televised Presidential Debates

    First Televised Presidential Debates
    If you were watching television on the night of Sept. 26, 1960, you probably thought that the young Sen. John F. Kennedy had won that night's presidential debate. Yet if you heard the event on radio, Vice President Richard M. Nixon was the clear winner.

  • 1961 - Berlin Wall Built

    1961 - Berlin Wall Built
    Just past midnight during the night of August 12-13, 1961, East German soldiers and construction workers headed to the border of West and East Berlin.

  • Betty Friedan Publishes The Feminine Mystique

    Betty Friedan Publishes The Feminine Mystique
    In 1963, Betty Friedan's groundbreaking feminist book, The Feminine Mystique, hit the shelves. In her book, Friedan discussed her discovery of a problem that had formed within post-World War II society that she called, "the problem that has no name."

  • The Beatles

    The Beatles
    Historical Importance of the Beatles: The Beatles shaped not only music but also an entire generation. People mimicked all that they did, including haircuts, clothing, and outlook. Their style and innovative music set the standard for all musicians to follow.

  • Miniskirt First Appears

    Miniskirt First Appears
    A miniskirt (sometimes hyphenated as "mini-skirt") is a skirt with a hemline well above the knees, generally halfway up the thighs – normally no longer than 10 cm (4 in) below the buttocks;[1] and a minidress is a dress with such a hemline. A micro-miniskirt or microskirt is a miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch level; and short shorts--often better known as hot pants and "Daisy Dukes"--are women's shorts with leg hemlines at the upper thigh.

  • National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded

    National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded
    The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an organization founded in 1966 and which has a membership of 500,000 contributing members set up for the advancement of women. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

  • First Heart Transplant

    First Heart Transplant
    First Heart Transplant (1967): On December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first heart transplant on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky. The surgery was a success. However, the medications that were given to Washkansky to prevent his immune system from attacking the new heart also supressed his body's ability to fight off other illnesses. Eighteen days after the operation, Washkansky died of double pneumonia.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
    At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade.

  • 1969 - Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon

    1969 - Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon
    Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon (1969): On July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, astronaut Neil Armstrong opened the hatch of the lunar module (nicknamed Eagle) and stepped out onto the ladder. Once at the bottom of the ladder, Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon and became the very first man on the moon. A few minutes later, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin followed him.