pop culture 1960s

SNCC formed

Apr 1, 1960

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was founded by young people dedicated to nonviolent, direct action tactics.

first televised presidential debate

Sep 26, 1960

Kennedy-Nixon debate was on TV for the first time

first airing of the flintstones

Sep 30, 1960

first animated series to hold a prime-time slot on television by ABC

kennedy elected

Jan 20, 1961

elected president in 1960, defeating Vice President Richard Nixon

russians send first man into space

Apr 12, 1961

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a soviet pilot who was launched into space in Vostok 1 capsule.

berlin wall constructed

Aug 13, 1961

Communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete between East and West Berlin

Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth home run record

Oct 1, 1961

Yankees slugger hits 61 home run, beating babe ruth's previous 60

SDS releases port huron statement

Jan 1, 1962

a political manifesto of the North American student activist movement.

death of marilyn monroe

Aug 4, 1962

barbiturate overdose in her home

James Meredith registered at Ole Miss

Oct 1, 1962

first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.

cuban missle crisis

Oct 16, 1962

13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba

"Dr. No"premiers

May 8, 1963

a spy film directed by Terence Young, and it is the first film in the James Bond series.

dr.king "i have a dream" speech

Aug 28, 1963

protest against discrimination and to fight for freedom and equality

kennedy assasinated

Nov 22, 1963

assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas

beatles arrive in USA

Feb 7, 1964

arrived at John F Kennedy airport in New York, greeted by thousands of screaming fans

beatles appear on ed sullivan

Feb 9, 1964

73 million people watched The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS to see The Beatles' first live performance on U.S. soil.

New York Worlds fair begins

Apr 22, 1964

fair that ran for 2 six month seasons with a $2 admission price

Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater

Nov 3, 1964

Johnson beat Goldwater winning over 61% of the popular vote

Malcolm X assasinated

Feb 21, 1965

Thomas Hagan, a former member of the Nation of Islam, was convicted of assassinating Malcolm X

watts race riots

Aug 11, 1965

due to the arrest of Marquette Frye, riots occurred for 6 days

LSD declared illegal by US gov

May 30, 1966

lsd was viewed as a cultural threat and deemed illegal

star trek airs

Oct 8, 1966

science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry which aired from September 8, 1966 through June 3, 1969

summer of love began

Jan 14, 1967

social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people supported hippies

first super bowl

Jan 15, 1967

Green Bay Packers defeated Kansas City Chiefs at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.

Muhammed Ali refuses military service

Apr 28, 1967

When USA was at war with Vietnam, he refused to be inducted because of his religion

release of beatles Sgt. Peppers album

May 26, 1967

first pop album to be mastered without the momentary gaps that are typically placed between tracks as a point of demarcation.

thurgood marshall elected for supreme court

Jun 1, 1967

the first Black person to serve as a Supreme Court Justice

tet offensive

Jan 31, 1968

North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam

martin luther king jr assasination

Apr 4, 1968

James Earl Ray shot him on his balcony in Memphis TN

robert F kennedy assasinated

Jun 6, 1968

shot by Sirhan Sirhan shortly after midnight at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles

protests at the 1968 democratic national convention

Aug 23, 1968

protests against the Vietnam war at a democratic convention

nixon elected

Jan 20, 1969

Nixon defeated Democratic Hubert Humphrey. Nixon won the popular vote by less than one point

American astronauts land on the moon

Jun 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the moon

stonewall riots

Jun 28, 1969

The tension from ongoing harassment galvanized the LGBTQ community to riot for six days

woodstock

Aug 15, 1969

an opportunity for people to escape into music and spread a message of unity and peace

Rolling Stones hosted Altamont music festival

Dec 6, 1969

A counterculture rock concert hosted by Rolling stones