Timeline of Events 1960-70 By ireneerich Jan 1, 1960 First Televised Presidential Debates http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 10, 1960 Walsh and Piccard Become the First to Explore the Deepest Place on Earth http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Oct 9, 1960 Lasers Invented http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Jan 1, 1961 Peace Corps Founded http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 9, 1961 Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation on Interstate Buses http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 11, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Jul 12, 1961 Berlin Wall Built http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Oct 9, 1961 Soviets Launch First Man in Space http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Jan 1, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 9, 1962 Andy Warhol's Famous Painting of Canned Soup http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1962.html May 9, 1963 First Woman in Space http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 9, 1963 "Hot Line" Established Between U.S. and U.S.S.R. http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 9, 1964 Civil Rights Act Passes in the US http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 9, 1964 Beatles Become Popular in the US http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Jan 1, 1965 US Sends Troops to Vietnam http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 9, 1965 Los Angeles Riots http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 9, 1965 The Rolling Stones Mega Hit Song "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 9, 1966 Star Trek TV Series Airs http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Oct 9, 1966 Two Multi-Ton Chunks of Mundrabilla Meteorite Found http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Jan 1, 1967 Six-Day War in the Middle East http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Aug 9, 1967 Premiere of the Musical Hair http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1967.html May 9, 1968 Japan's 300 Million Yen Robbery http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm May 9, 1969 Rock and Roll Concert at Woodstock http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm Jul 9, 1969 Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960timeline.htm
