Timeline: U.S. History 1960-1975 timeline by: Malachi Mooty | Timetoast

Period: Jan 20, 1960 to Jan 20, 1961

Dwight D. Eisen Hower presidency

V.P.: Richard Nixon
Party: Republican
Feb 1, 1960

Greensboro sit-ins
Jan 20, 1961

Inauguration of JFK
Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

JFK presidency

V.P.: Lyndon B. Johnson
Party: Democratic
Mar 1, 1961

Peace Corps created
Apr 12, 1961

Yuri Gagarin orbits earth
Apr 17, 1961

Bay of Pigs invasion
Period: Jun 4, 1961 to Nov 9, 1961

Birlin Crisis
Sep 27, 1962

"Silent Spring" is published
Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis
Jun 10, 1963

Equal Rights Act passed
Aug 28, 1963

"I have a Dream Speech"
Nov 22, 1963

Assassination of JFK
Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Lyndon B. Johnson Precidency

V.P.: Hubert Humphrey
Party: Democratic
Feb 7, 1964

Beatles come to america
Feb 10, 1964

Civil Rights Act
Aug 5, 1964

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Jul 30, 1965

Medicare and Medicaid established
Aug 6, 1965

Voting Rights Act
Jun 30, 1966

National Organization for Women
Mar 16, 1968

My Lai Massacre
Apr 14, 1968

Assassination of MLK Jr.
Jun 5, 1968

Assassination of Robert Kennedy
Jan 20, 1969

Richard Nixon elected President
Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Richard Nixon Presidency

V.P.: Gerald R. Ford
Party: Republican
Jul 20, 1969

Man lands on the moon for the first time
Period: Aug 15, 1969 to Aug 18, 1969

Woodstock
Apr 22, 1970

1st Earth Day
Dec 2, 1970

Enviromental Protection Agency established
Mar 22, 1972

Equal Rights Amendment passed
Jan 22, 1973

Roe vs Wade Supreme Court decision
Dec 28, 1973

Endangered Species Act passed
Aug 9, 1974

Richard Nixon's Resignation
Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1975

Gerald R. Ford Precidency

V.P.: Nelson Rockefeller
Party: Republican
Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam Conflict ends with the fall of Saigon