Photo Realism: 1960-1970 World History By TayReneeG Jan 1, 1960 Anti-Segregation at Woolworth in Greensboro, NC http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 Social May 1, 1960 U2 Spy Plane shot down in Soviet Union http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 World Jul 12, 1960 Etch-a-Sketch http://www.personal.psu.edu/mas53/timln960.html art Apr 18, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html May 5, 1961 Alan B. Shephard rode in 1st US Suborbital Space craft http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 Jan 1, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn first American to orbit Earth http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 Jan 1, 1963 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak published in 1963 http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html Jan 1, 1963 Presidential Commission of the Status of Women http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html Jan 1, 1963 "British Invasion" (of music) begins http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60smusic.html art Apr 21, 1963 First Artificial Heart http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/timeline/timeline_text.html#revolutions science May 7, 1963 John F. Kennedy Assasinated http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html May 9, 1963 MLK "I Have A Dream" Speech http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 Jul 1, 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (US and Soviet Union) http://library.thinkquest.org/10826/timeline.htm world Jan 1, 1964 President Johnson begins "War on Poverty" http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 Jan 1, 1964 Medicare Approved http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 Jan 11, 1964 Smoking is "Hazardous to your health" http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/timeline/timeline_text.html#revolutions science Jan 1, 1965 Watts Riots (in Los Angeles) http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html Jan 1, 1965 Op Art becomes popular http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/frameset/decade/1960.htm#inventions art Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X murdered http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 Jan 1, 1966 Vietnam War extended into Cambodia http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 World May 9, 1967 Thurgood Marshall becomes first black justice of Supreme Court http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 Political Apr 4, 1968 MLK assassinated http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 political Jul 21, 1969 Neil Armstrong first man to walk on moon http://archives.mountaintimes.com/history/1960s/world.php3 Science Nov 10, 1969 Sesame Street Premeire http://www.personal.psu.edu/mas53/timln960.html art
