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John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
While he was in his open convertible car riding, in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Some theories have attested ever since that Kennedy's death was the result of a conspiracy. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader of the African-American civil rights movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who became known for his advancement of civil rights by using civil disobedience. He was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 39. -
1968 "Year of Revolution - New Social Movements"
The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, predominantly characterized by popular rebellions against military, capitalist, and bureaucratic elites, who retorted with an escalation of political repression. The new movements focus on issues related to human rights. (Example: "Hippies", "May Revolt" in France, "Prague Spring" in Czechoslovakia) -
Apolo XI - First humans on the Moon
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and described the event as "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." -
Woodstock Festival
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969. During the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors before an audience of 400,000 young people.
