We Didn't Start the Fire

Vietnam overran Dien Bien Phu

May 23, 1954

Intellectual

Bus Boycott

Dec 5, 1955

Social

U.S. Supplies Aid to South Vietnam

Dec 13, 1955

Economic

Elvis Presley recorded his television debut

Jan 28, 1956

Intellectual

Elvis Appears on Ed Sullivan Show

Sep 9, 1956

Social

Marylin Monroe Marries Arthur Miller

Oct 17, 1956

Social

"Wizard of Oz" was 1st televised

Nov 3, 1956

intellectual

School Dessegration Crisis in Litte Rock

Sep 4, 1957

Political

Alaska Becomes a State

Jan 3, 1959

Economic

Hawaii Becomes a State

Aug 21, 1959

Economic

Students form Sitins

May 23, 1960

Social

John F. Kennedy is Elected President

Nov 9, 1960

Political

Peace Corps is Established

Mar 1, 1961

Economic

Bay of Pigs

Apr 16, 1961

Political

John Glenn is the first American to orbit the earth

Feb 20, 1962

Intellectual

U.S. and USSR face off in the Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 14, 1962

Political

Kennedy Forced Federal Troops to Desegregate University of Alabama

Jun 11, 1963

Political

Medgar Evers is Assassinated

Jun 12, 1963

Social

Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream Speach"

Aug 28, 1963

Social

Birmingham Church Bombing

Sep 15, 1963

Economical

U.S. Military Toppled Diems Regime

Nov 1, 1963

Economic

Lyndon B Johnson Becomes President

Nov 22, 1963

Political

Kennedy is Assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

Economic

Congress Passes Civil Rights Act

Jul 2, 1964

Intellectual

Malcom X is Assassinated

Feb 21, 1965

Social

Selma Campaign

Mar 7, 1965

Intellectual

Marchers Set Out For Montegomery

Mar 21, 1965

Intellectual

Edward White ll Takes the First Spacewalk by an American

Jun 3, 1965

Intellectual

Eve of Destruction

Sep 23, 1965

Economic

National Organizaton For Women (NOW) is Created

Jun 30, 1966

Political

Black Panthers is Formed

Oct 23, 1966

Intellectual

Public Broadcasting Created

May 24, 1967

Intellectual

Thurgood Marshall Becomes Firt African-American Justice on the Supreme Court

Oct 2, 1967

Political

Tet Offesnsive

Jan 30, 1968

Economic

Kerner Comission Published Report of White Racism

Mar 2, 1968

Intellectual

Martin Luther King Junior Assassinated

Apr 4, 1968

Social

Robert Kennedy Shot

Jun 5, 1968

Economic

Nixon Is Elected President

Nov 5, 1968

Political

U.S. Begins Withdrawals From Vietnam

Jan 13, 1969

political

U.S. is the First Nation to the Moon

Jul 20, 1969

Intellectual

Ho Chi Minh Dies

Sep 2, 1969

Social

First Earth Day

Apr 22, 1970

economical

U.S. Invades Cambodia

Apr 30, 1970

Economic

Kent State Shootings

May 4, 1970

Socail

First Monday Night Foot ball Broadcast

Sep 24, 1970

intellectual

Clean Air Act

Dec 21, 1970

intellectual

Congressional Ban on TV cigarette Commercials

May 24, 1971

social

Nixon turned to prica and wage controls to stop inflation

Aug 24, 1971

Economic

Nixon took surprise visit to china

May 24, 1972

social

Break in Watergate Scandal

Jun 17, 1972

Economic

Watergate is broken into

Jun 17, 1972

economic

Tapes revealed Nixons Plans of obstructing FBI investigation

Jun 23, 1972

Political

Watergate Burglars Indicted

Sep 24, 1972

Political

Kissinger Announces "Peace is at Hand"

Oct 26, 1972

Social

Nixon Reelected

Nov 7, 1972

Political

U.S. Signs a Cease Fire with North Vietnam and Ending U.S. Envolvement In War

Jan 27, 1973

Political

McCord Admits to Lying Under Oath

Mar 20, 1973

social

U.S. troops left vietnam

Mar 29, 1973

economic

Barbara Jordan Discussed Nixon's Impeachment

Jul 25, 1974

Intellectial

Commitee Approved Three Articles to Impeach Nixon

Jul 27, 1974

Political

Saturday Night Love Premiere

Oct 24, 1975

Social