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The 1960s
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JFK becomes president
Savage, Sean J. "Presidential Election of 1960." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 15 Feb. 2011 -
I Have a Dream” Speech
Frey, Raymond. "“I Have a Dream” Speech." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 15 Feb. 2011. -
The Beatles first came to America
Stentiford, Barry M. "The Beatles." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 15 Feb. 2011. -
.Lyndon Johnson was president
Clarkin, Thomas. "Civil Rights Act of 1964." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 15 Feb. 2011. -
Rolling Stones relases Satisfaction
Kasee, Cynthia R. "Rolling Stones." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 09 Mar. 2011. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Savage, Sean J. "Presidential Election of 1960." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 15 Feb. 2011 -
Malcolm X was shot
Jenkins, Robert L. "Assassination of Malcolm X." Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970. Ed. Robert F. Gorman. 6 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2008. Salem History Web. 15 Feb. 2011. -
Pet sounds was released
Reges, Christl. "The Beach Boys." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 17 Feb. 2011. -
Sgt.Pepper’s was released Beatles was the band .
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. Led Zeppelin was formed
Pauly, Roger. "Led Zeppelin." The Seventies in America. Ed. John C. Super. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2006. Salem History Web. 17 Feb. 2011. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jenkins, Robert L. "Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr." Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970. Ed. Robert F. Gorman. 6 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2008. Salem History Web. 15 Feb. 2011.
King, Jr., Martin Luther. "Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech: The Full Text." Milestone Documents in American History. Ed. Paul Finkelman. 4 vols. Dallas, TX: Schlager Group, 2008. Salem History Web. 15 Feb. 2011. -
Richard Nixon becomes president
Savage, Sean J. "Presidential Election of 1960." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 15 Feb. 2011 -
Neil A. Armstrong become the first person on the Moon.
Kozloski, Lillian D. "Moon Landing." The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999. Salem History Web. 09 Mar. 2011. -
Neil Armstrong was the of the first American to walk on the moon
Erwin, Paul F. "Neil Armstrong." Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century. Ed. Robert F. Gorman. 10 vols. Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 2008. Salem History Web. 17 Feb. 2011.