Troubled Times By jeremyeve Period: Jul 21, 1955 to Jul 21, 1976 Troubled Times Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Oct 30, 1956 Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula Oct 4, 1957 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik Jan 1, 1959 Fidel Castro marches into Havana May 5, 1960 U-2 spy plane with Francis Gary Powers at the controls is shot down over Sverdlovsk, Russia Sep 26, 1960 Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in televised debates. Jan 20, 1961 John F Kennedy becomes president Feb 1, 1961 The "sit-in" movement begins Apr 12, 1961 Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to orbit the earth. The Space Race Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs in Cuba May 5, 1961 U.S. launches first astronaut Alan Shepard into space May 14, 1961 "Freedom Riders" want to desegregate southern transportation Aug 13, 1961 The Berlin wall is built Dec 11, 1961 USA gets involved with the Vietnam conflict Oct 1, 1962 First African American student at the University of Mississippi Oct 14, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Jul 26, 1963 U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Aug 28, 1963 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech Nov 22, 1963 President John Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas Nov 22, 1963 President Lyndon Johnson becomes president Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X is shot as he prepares to deliver a speech Apr 28, 1967 Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is arrested Oct 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African American Supreme Court justice Apr 4, 1968 The Rev. Martin Luther King is assassinated Jun 5, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the moon Aug 16, 1969 Rock concert near Woodstock, New York Apr 30, 1970 American troops begin an incursion into Cambodia Oct 25, 1971 President Nixon announces he will visit China Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Scandal Watergate Sep 5, 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eight armed Palestinian guerrillas storm the Israeli athletes dormitory, killing one Israeli athlete Jan 28, 1973 United States and North Vietnam sign a treaty ending American intervention in Vietnam Aug 8, 1974 Richard Nixon becomes the first president to resign his office. Aug 9, 1974 Gerald Ford becomes the 38th president
