Timeline 2 1955 – 1975

By IvanRamyrez1

  • Explorer 1

    Explorer I, the first American satellite, is launched.

  • Alaska's Statehood

    Alaska becomes the 49th state

  • Hawaii's Statehood

    Hawaii becomes the 50th state

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders travel on buses through the South in order to
    protest racially segregated interstate bus facilities.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Was a major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.Involved missiles in Cuba aimed at the United States backed by the Soviets.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Asssasinated

    Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee

  • 26th Amendment

    The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.

  • Watergate Scandal

    A political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon.