Significant Events During the 60's !

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    the 1960's

  • The Olympic Games were held in Rome

    The Olympic Games were held in Rome

  • This year NASA sent up ECHO, the first satellite to be seen by the naked eye

    This year NASA sent up ECHO, the first satellite to be seen by the naked eye

    This year NASA sent up ECHO, the first satellite to be seen with the naked eye.
  • The soviets have sent the first man into space.

    The soviets have sent the first man into space.

    Gagarin’s 108-minute orbit of the Earth, combined with the launch less than four years earlier of Sputnik, the first human object into space, excited an entire generation in space, science and engineering.
  • John Glenn became the first man to orbit the earth - 3 times.

    John Glenn became the first man to orbit the earth - 3 times.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. made the speech, "I have a Dream".

    Martin Luther King Jr. made the speech, "I have a Dream".

    Martin Luther King Jr. made the speech, "I have a Dream".
  • President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Lee Harvey Oswald, was never sent to trial.

    President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Lee Harvey Oswald, was never sent to trial.

    The ten-month investigation by the Warren Commission, 1963–1964, concluded that the President was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone and that Jack Ruby acted alone when he killed Oswald before he could stand trial.

  • The Beatles, a British rock and roll band became VERY popular.

  • The first Civil Rights bill was passed to stop racial discrimination.

    The first Civil Rights bill was passed to stop racial discrimination.

  • President Johnson ordered bombing raids on North Vietnam

  • The first heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape town.

    The first heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape town.

    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.

  • Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Two months later, Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy's brother was assassinated, too. Both were civil rights leaders.

  • Shirley Chisholm was elected America's first black woman to Congress.

  • Nearly half a million people headed over to a 600 acre farm in New York for the Woodstock Festival.

  • one of the biggest events of history happened. Apollo 11 landed on the moon, astronauts aboard. Neil Armstrong's famous speech for the historical steps "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

    one of the biggest events of history happened. Apollo 11 landed on the moon, astronauts aboard. Neil Armstrong's famous speech for the historical steps "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

    A race was on to put a man on the moon. President Kennedy had challenged the nation. It was the mission of Apollo 11 to land two men on the moon, then return them safely to Earth. It was one of the most historic events. It demonstrated what man can do with effort and ingenuity