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The 60's
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Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward earns first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -
American "U2" spy plane
American "U2" spy plane shot down over the USSR. -
Caryl Chessman
Murderer/Writer Caryl Chessman is executed. -
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin is the first man to travel into space, as he circles the earth in 90 minutes in the Vostok I 187 miles above the earth. -
Ernest Hemmingway
Ernest Hemmingway commits suicide with shotgun -
President Kennedy
President Kennedy creates the Peace Corps to improve education, agriculture, and living standards in Latin America, Asia, and Africa -
Marine Corps General John Glenn
In February Marine Corps General John Glenn circles the earth 3 times in the Friendship 7. -
World Fair
The World's Fair is held in Seattle -
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe dies of barbituate overdose at the age of 36. -
Medgar Evers
Sniper kills Negro leder Medgar Evers -
Dr. Martin Luther King
Dr. Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. In August, more than 200,000 Americans will march in Washington in support of civil rights. -
The Beatles
Beatles first hit "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" is released -
Civil rights workers
Three civil rights workers are murdered in Mississippi -
U.S. Ranger 7
U.S. Ranger 7 relays the first close-range photographs of the Moon -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wins the Nobel Peace Priz -
Winston Churhill
Winston Churhill dies -
Malcolm X
Black nationalist leader Malcolm X is shot to death in New York -
Blackout
The largest blackout in the nation's history from Toronto plant puts the lights out in 80,000 square miles to include New York. Nine months later many post baby boomers were born as a result of the black out. -
Russia
Russia makes first soft moon landing -
James Meredith
James Meredith is shot on civil rights march -
The Beatles
The Beatles perform their final live concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco -
Israel
Israel smashes the Arabs in 6 day war -
Jann Wenner
Jann Wenner borrows $7,500 to begin publication of Rolling Stone Magazine -
U.S. population
U.S. population is now at 200 million -
U.S. Spy ship
The U.S. Spy ship Pueblo is seized by North Korea -
Martin Luther King
James Earl Ray arrested for assassination of Martin Luther King -
Apollo Eight
The Apollo Eight completes a flight around the moon at year's end -
Boeing 747
First commerical 747 goes into service -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower dies -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was an American spaceflight in which the astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first ever to land on the Moon -
Woodstock
Woodstock begins!