The Sixties By facebooker_1503374111 May 16, 1960 Theodore Maiman creates the first working laser University of Chicago Jan 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy was Inaugurated PBS Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space NASA Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion- Cuba JFK Library May 1, 1961 Founding of the Peace Corps by JFK JFK Library Peace Corpshttp://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Peace-Corps.aspx Aug 12, 1961 Constrution of the Berlin Wall by East Germany History Channel Jan 1, 1962 Andy Warhol exhibits his Campbell's Soup Cans [Moca Museum](http://www.moca.org/museum/exhibitiondetail.php?&id=451) Jun 25, 1962 Engel v. Vitale bans prayer in public schools Cornell University Oct 22, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Library Feb 19, 1963 Betty Friedan publishes her book Feminine Mystique C-Span Mar 22, 1963 The Beatles' Debut Album Release Rolling Stone Magazine Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington MLK I Have a Dream Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy is Assassinated JFK Library Feb 10, 1964 Passage of the Civil Rights Act US Senate Jun 1, 1964 Freedom Summer stanford.edu Oct 1, 1964 Beach Boys' Concert Album becomes first live album to top the charts History of Rock Feb 9, 1965 U.S. sends troops to Vietnam History Channel Jul 27, 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dec 1, 1966 First Hand Held Calculator was created by Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Jun 5, 1967 Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria Cold War Museum Jun 13, 1967 Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American Supreme Court Justice Maryland Law Dec 3, 1967 First Heart Transplant History Channel Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 Make the First Moon Landing NASA Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock Festival Bethel Woods Center Dec 1, 1969 The Draft for the Vietnam War Begins Selective Service System
