The 60s

By Kwony

  • Tiros I

    Tiros I was the first weather satillite launched by the united states

  • the 1960 census

    This includes a United States population of 179,323,175 which is an 18.5% increase

  • The 50 Star flag

    the fifty star flag is put up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvaina

  • Nationalization of us businesses

    Nationalization of us businesses in cuba caused the us government serve diplomatic and consular with the cuban government

  • the Bay of Pigs

    repulsed by Cuban forces in an attempt by Cuban exiles under the direction of the United States government to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro

  • Berlin wall

    the construction of the Berlin wall begins by the soviets

  • Vietnam conflict

    President Kennedy admits that the military advisors already in Vietnam would engage the enemy fired at them

  • first U.S. astronaut

    Lt. Colonel John Glenn is the first us astronaut in orbit in the friendship 7

  • James Meredith

    three thousand troops rioted for him to get in, he was the first black college student at the University of Mississippi

  • The Cuban Missile Crises

    The Cuban Missile Crises begins. President Kennedy sends naval and air blockade of military equipment to the island

  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965

    The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson. outlawing the right to have to take a literacy test.

  • Watts race riots

    the Watts race riots started and lasted 5 days. 34 people died and 200 million dollars in damage

  • Martin Luther King

    Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on a motel balcony