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Moon Landing
The United States Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon. -
SNCC Formed
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was founded in April 1960, by young people who had emerged as leaders of the sit-in protest movement initiated on February 1 of that year by four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
First Televised Presidential Debate
70 million American viewers watched the first of four televised presidential debates between candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. They were the first debates ever to be held between the presidential nominees of the two major parties during the election season. -
The Flintstones
The Flintstones is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera for ABC. Originally broadcasted from September 30, 1960, to April 1, 1966, in a prime time schedule, the first such instance for an animated series. -
President Kennedy is Elected
In a closely contested election, Democrat John F. Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee -
Berlin Wall is constructed
Barrier constructed in 1961 to separate East Berlin from West Berlin and East Germany. The Berlin Wall was originally constructed out of barbed wire, but as more people were able to cross it freely the wall was reconstructed using concrete blocks. -
First Cosmonaut in Space
Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space when he launched into orbit on the Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft -
Roger M. breaks Babes record
Roger Maris becomes the first-ever major-league baseball player to hit more than 60 home runs in a single season -
James Merideth registers at Ole Miss
James Meredith, an African American man, attempted to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi in 1962. Chaos soon broke out on the Ole Miss campus, with riots ending in two dead, hundreds wounded and many others arrested, after the Kennedy administration called out some 31,000 National Guardsmen and other federal forces to enforce order. -
SDS Port Huron Statement
Port Huron Statement is a 1962 political manifesto of the North American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society -
Marilyn Monroe dies
Marilyn Monroe was found dead on August 5, 1962, at her 12305 Fifth Helena Drive home in Los Angeles of a barbiturate overdose. She was a major sex symbol and one of the most popular Hollywood stars during the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million by 1962 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; one of the “hottest” periods of the cold war. -
James Bond, Dr. No
Dr. No was the first of many of the British film James Bond. An agent who can't be stopped and will stop you at anytime. -
MLK I Have a Dream Speech
during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. -
The beatles arrive in the US
7 February 1964. An estimated four thousand Beatles' fans were present on 7 February 1964 as Pan Am Flight 101 left Heathrow Airport. -
NYC World Fair
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was the second World's Fair to be held at Flushing Meadows Park in the Borough of Queens, New York in the 20th century. It opened on April 21, 1964 for two six-month seasons concluding on October 21, 1965. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
also known as the USS Maddox incident, was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War -
LBJ beats Goldwater
Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee. With 61.1% of the popular vote, Johnson won the highest share of the popular vote -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. -
Watt race riots
referred to as the Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965. -
Star Trek
Star Trek first aired on September 8th 1966, -
illegal LSD
Not only was recreational use outlawed, but so was controlled academic research using LSD -
Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to serve on the US Supreme Court. President Johnson nominated him as an Associate Justice in 1967 and he remained on the C…ourt until his retirement in 1991 -
San Fran Summer of Love begins
The spring and summer of 1967 brought nearly 100,000 artists, outsiders, activists, and dreamers to San Francisco. They changed the world -
First Super Bowl
On January 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) smash the American Football League (AFL)’s Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, in the first-ever AFL-NFL World Championship, later known as Super Bowl I, at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. -
Ali gets out of draft
April 28, 1967, boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the U.S. Army and is immediately stripped of his heavyweight title -
Beatles release Sgt. Peppers album
Released on 1st June, 1967, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the band's eighth album became the soundtrack to the "summer of love" but its appeal is timeless -
Monterry Music Festival
3 day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterrey County Fairgrounds in Monterrey, California -
Bay Area Summer Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. -
Tet Offensive
A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War. Early in 1968, Vietnamese communist troops seized and briefly held some major cities at the time of the lunar new year, or Tet. -
DNC Protests
tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets -
Richard Nixon is Elected
The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
American astronauts land on the moon
On the morning of July 16, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins sit atop another Saturn V at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. -
Manson Murders
The Manson family murdered Tate along with three friends who were visiting at the time. The murders were carried out by Tex Watson under the direction of Charles Manson. -
Woodstock concert
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival held on a 600-acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Thirty-two acts performed during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers -
Stones host the Altamont
Dec. 6, 1969, concertgoer Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by a Hells Angel biker as he approached the stage with a gun. Three others at the Altamont Free Concert were killed in accidents.
