Timeline: World History 1960-1970 | Timetoast

May 14, 1960

Greenboros Sit-In

http://www.sitinmovement.org/history/greensboro-chronology.asp
Four young black men sat at a whites only counter to fight segregation
Jul 1, 1960

Laser Beams Invented

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/284158_townes.html
Sep 8, 1960

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

http://www.novelguide.com/ReportEssay/literature/novels/thematic-analysis-alfred-hitchcocks-psycho
Sep 26, 1960

First Televised Presidental Debate

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-and-nixon-square-off-in-a-televised-presidential-debate
Mar 1, 1961

Peace Corps Founded

http://www.peacecorps.gov/
Apr 12, 1961

Soviet's launch first man in space

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-man-in-space
May 4, 1961

Freedom Riders challenge segreation

http://www.core-online.org/History/freedom%20rides.htm
Aug 13, 1961

Berlin Wall Built

http://life.time.com/history/berlin-wall-photos-early-days-of-the-cold-war/
May 14, 1962

Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup

http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/andy-warhol-campbells-soup-cans-1962
May 14, 1962

First James Bond

www.boston.com › A&E › Movies‎
Sep 27, 1962

Spring Silence is published

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/magazine/how-silent-spring-ignited-the-environmental-movement.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Oct 8, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

http://www.history.com/topics/cuban-missile-crisis
Jun 11, 1963

Buddhist Monk lights himself on fire

http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/browne/protests.html
Jul 16, 1963

First woman in space

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-woman-in-space
Aug 28, 1963

Martin Luther's "I have a dream" speech

http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf
Nov 22, 1963

JFK Assassinated

http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/JFK_Assassination
May 14, 1964

Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prison

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html
May 14, 1964

Beatles become popular in the US

http://history1900s.about.com/od/entertainers/p/beatles.htm
Jul 2, 1964

Civil Rights Act passes in US

http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/history/CivilRightsAct.cfm
Aug 2, 1965

U.S. sends troops to Vietnam

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-sends-first-combat-troops-to-south-vietnam
Jan 27, 1967

Three astronauts killed in fire

http://history.nasa.gov/Apollo204/
Dec 17, 1967

Australian Prime Minister Disappeared

http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/1607/
Apr 4, 1968

Martin Luther Assassinated

http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Martin_Luther_King_Assassination
Jun 6, 1968

Robert F Kennedy assassinated

http://life.time.com/history/behind-the-picture-rfks-assassination/
Dec 28, 1969

Neil Armstrong lands on the moon

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/firstmanmoon.htm