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Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll music begins to pick up popularity. -
US refuses military help
The US refuses military help to the Hungarian Revolution -
Elvis Presley
He first appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. -
Presidencies
President Eisenhower and Vice Nixon begin their second terms -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
a voting rights bill -
National Defense Education Act
National Defense Education Act -
Alaska and Hawaii
become the 49th and 50th US States. -
Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution -
U-2 Incident
A CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a mission over Soviet Union airspace. -
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Harper Lee publishes the famous book. -
Trade Expansion Act
Trade Expansion Act -
JFK Election
John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th president, Johnson, vice president. -
23rd Amendment
Grants electors to the District of Colombia. -
US Breaks Diplomatic Relations with Cuba
US Breaks Diplomatic Relations with Cuba -
Trade Embargo
On Cuba -
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedman which was the spark to the women's liberation movement -
Assassination of John F Kennedy
Vice President Lyndon B Johnson becomes the 36th President -
Immigration Act
Immigration Act of 1965 -
Department of transportation
it is created -
The First Super Bowl
The Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs -
The Outsiders
is published by SE Hinton -
1968
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
commonly known as the Fair Housing Act -
Apollo 8
This three astronaut crew orbit the moon -
1969 Presidency
Nixon becomes the 37th President and Agnew Vice President. -
Apollo 11 Mission
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon. -
Peace Talks
Secret peace talks with Vietnam begin -
Earth Day
The first Earth Day -
26th Amendment is ratified
Allowing 18 year-olds to vote. -
Apollo 17
Flies to the moon and is the last crewed mission to go there. -
Arab Oil Embargo
Gasoline prices skyrocket as supplies of gasoline and oil are on short supply. -
President Nixon Resigns
He is the first president to step down. Vice President Ford becomes the 38th president. -
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
The construction of the system begins. -
The Vietnam War Ends
The Vietnam War Ends -
Microsoft
Bill Gates founds the company which soon becomes the dominating home computer system.