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Civil Rights Act of 1960
Established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote.
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LBJ Nominated VP
John F. Kennedy to be his running mate for the 1960 presidential election. http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/600715convention-dem-ra.html -
Olympics Held in Rome
Rome finally got its chance to stage the Olympic Games, 54 years after Italy had to give up hosting the Games.
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John F. Kennedy Elected President
Kennedy of Massachusetts defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency in one of the closest and most contentious elections in American history.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
USA unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. A counter-revolutionary military trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
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Marilyn Monroe Died
Marilyn Monroe slipped into a coma caused by an overdose of sleeping pills. She would never regain consciousness.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
President John F. Kennedy announced the discovery of the missile installations to the public and his decision to quarantine the island. He also proclaimed that any nuclear missile launched from Cuba would be regarded as an attack on the United States by the Soviet Union and demanded that the Soviets remove all of there offensive weapons from Cuba.
<a href='http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/01/the-real-cuban-missile-crisis/309190/' >http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/201 -
JFK Proposes the Civil Rights Bill
Kennedy delivered a speech on radio and television in which he proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The address transformed civil rights from a legal issue to a moral one.
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March On Washington
The Civil Rights march on Washington, D.C. for Jobs and Freedom culminates with Dr. Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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John F. Kennedy Assassinated
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade.
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Beatlemania
Beatlemania hits the shores of the United States with the release of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," which becomes the Liverpool group's first North American hit.
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Mandela Life Sentence
Nelson Mandela received a life sentence for committing sabotage against South Africa’s apartheid government.
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Lyndon B. Johnson Signed the Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a bill that changed the face of America. It opened all public accommodations — hotels, restaurants, swimming pools — to all Americans regardless of race, color, religion or national origin.
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LBJ Signs Economic Opportunity Act
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act, in order to combat unemployment and poverty, the act allocates funds for job training, adult education, and loans to small businesses.
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The Sound of Music Released
The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews was released in theaters.
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Pocket Calculator Invented
The pocket calculator was invented by Texas Instruments.
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America's First Heart Transplant
The first human-to-human heart transplant is performed. The operation is a success, but the patient dies after complications set in.
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The Graduate
The Graduate released in theaters starring Dustin Hoffman.
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Tet Offensive - Vietnam Turning Point
Just after midnight 84,000 Viet Cong guerrillas and North Vietnamese Army soldiers launched an attack on all of the provincial capital cities of South Vietnam. This surprise attack took place during the Lunar New Year or Tet holiday, which had been a time of ceasefire in previous years of the Vietnam War.
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Martin Luther King Assassinated
Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed by a single shot which struck his face and neck. He was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had come to lead a peaceful march in support of striking sanitation workers. http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Martin_Luther_King_Assassination -
Computer Mouse Invented
Invention of the computer mouse by Douglas Engelbart, an American inventor working at the Stanford Research Institute.
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Richard Nixon Sworn In as President
Presidential Oath of Office sworn by Richard M. Nixon by the Honorable Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States.
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Armstrong Walks On the Moon
The Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the moon. Six hours later, on July 21, 1969, Armstrong put his boot on the surface of the moon and said the famous words, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind".
http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/08/neil-armstrong-dead-first-man-on-the-moon-passes-away-at-82.html -
Woodstock
Music Festival held at dairy farm in the Catskills in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969.
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First ATM Machine
The machine, called the Docuteller, was installed in a wall of the Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, New York.
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/09/0902first-us-atm/
