The 1960's By big_mac_destroyer Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1969 Main World Events from the 1960's Feb 19, 1960 Alfred Hitchcock's Movie "Psycho" is released. Feb 19, 1960 First Televised Presidential Debates Apr 22, 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa Feb 19, 1961 Berlin Wall built. The Berlin Wall was the wall seperating East Germany and West Germany, now two countries. Mar 19, 1961 JFK gives "Man on Moon" speech. May 21, 1961 Peace Corps Founded Aug 19, 1961 Soviet Union launch first man into space Feb 19, 1962 Famous Escape from Alcatraz Feb 19, 1962 First Person killed for trying to cross the Berlin Wall Feb 19, 1962 First Wal-Mart opens Feb 19, 1962 Marilyn Munroe found dead Jun 15, 1962 Andy Warhol exhibits his first Campbell's Soup Can Jul 19, 1962 First James Bond Movie Feb 19, 1963 A Buddhist Monk sets himself on fire in protest. Feb 19, 1963 First Woman in Space Feb 19, 1963 JFK Assassinated Mar 19, 1963 March on Washington Oct 19, 1963 Martin Luther King makes his "I have a dream" Speech Feb 19, 1964 Nelson Mandella sentenced to life in prison Feb 19, 1964 Civil Rights Act passed in US Feb 19, 1965 Miniskirt first appears Feb 19, 1966 National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded Feb 19, 1967 Harold Holt disappears Feb 19, 1967 First Super-Bowl Feb 19, 1968 Martin Luther King Assassinated Feb 19, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated Feb 19, 1969 First Man on the Moon - Neil Armstrong