Sixties

The 60's

By mharless49

  • First Televised Presidential Debates

    First Televised Presidential Debates
    Kennedy-Nixon Debate On Sept. 26, 1960, 70 million American viewers watched the first of four televised presidential debates between candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. They were the first debates ever to be held between the presidential nominees of the two major parties during the election season.

  • Berlin Wall Built

    Berlin Wall Built
    Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall Just past midnight during the night of August 12-13, 1961, East German soldiers and construction workers headed to the border of West and East Berlin. While most Berliners were sleeping, the workers quickly constructed a barrier made of concrete posts and barbed wire along the border.
    When Berliners did wake, they found themselves stuck on whichever side of the border they had fallen.

  • Marilyn Monroe Found Dead

    Marilyn Monroe Found Dead
    Marilyn Monroe Found Dead On August 5, 1962, movie actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand. Empty bottles of pills, prescribed to treat her depression, were littered around the room.

  • Martin Luther King Jr Gives His "I Have a Dream" Speech

    Martin Luther King Jr Gives His "I Have a Dream" Speech
    "I Have a Dream" "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
    I have a dream today!"

  • JFK Assassination

    JFK Assassination
    Death of the President Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.

  • US Sends Troops to Vietam

    US Sends Troops to Vietam
    A History of Vietnam War In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, per the authority given to him by Congress in the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, decided to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam; they are the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam.

  • First Super Bowl

    First Super Bowl
    Super Bowl History The First AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later known as Super Bowl I and referred to in some contemporary reports as the Supergame,[2] was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10.

  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated
    Martin Luther King Jr Biography At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. King was immediately taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m.

  • First Man on the Moon

    First Man on the Moon
    Video Footage On July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, astronaut Neil Armstrong opened the hatch of the lunar module (nicknamed Eagle) and stepped out onto the ladder. Once at the bottom of the ladder, Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon and became the very first man on the moon. A few minutes later, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin followed him.

  • Sesame Street First Airs

    Sesame Street First Airs
    Sesame Street Sesame Street is an American children's television series created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The program is known for its educational content, and creativity communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, animation, short films, humor, and cultural references. The series premiered on National Educational Television (NET) stations on November 10, 1969 to positive reviews, some controversy, and high ratings.

  • Charles Manson and Family Arrested

    Charles Manson and Family Arrested
    Charles Manson Biography On August 9, 1969, Charles Manson sent four of members of his hippie cult "Family" to murder the people inside the home at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles. Among those murdered were actress Sharon Tate (director Roman Polanski's wife), Sharon's unborn child, Abigail Folger, Voytek Frykowski, Jay Sebring, and Steven Earl Parent. The following night, Manson's followers brutally killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in their home.