1960's Timeline

Atomic bomb

Feb 13, 1960

France tests its first atomic bomb in the Sahara.

Ku Klux Klan

Mar 25, 1960

Civil rights worker shot and killed by KKK in Alabama.

u-2 spu plane

May 1, 1960

Soviet Union shoot down U.S. U-2 spy plane.

Cuba revolution

Aug 6, 1960

Cuban Revolution: In response to a United States embargo against Cuba, Fidel Castro nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.

Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous speech "I have a dream"

Aug 28, 1960

In the speech he wanted to dissolved the differences between black and white.

Firts Roman Catholic in office

Jan 20, 1961

John F. Knennedy was the firts Roman Catholic in office

Mona Lisa

Jan 8, 1963

Mon Lisa is showed at The National Gallery in Washington, D.C.

John F. Keneddy was assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Just moments before his death he was warned to "be careful in Texas" by a young woman.

Civil Rights

Jul 2, 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved.

Artificial birth

Apr 1, 1965

Protestant Episcopal Church allowed the artificial birth.

France

Mar 19, 1967

French Somaliland votes to continue association with France.

Martin Luther King is assassinated

Apr 4, 1968

Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

Tax

Jun 28, 1968

A bill adding a 10 percent surcharge to income taxes and reducing government spending is signed by President Johnson.

Shirley Chisholm

Nov 5, 1968

Shirley Chisholm was elected America's first black woman to Congress.

Apollo 11 landed on the moon

Jul 20, 1969

July 20, 1969, 4:18 p.m. Apollo 11 landed on the moon, astronauts aboard. Neil Armstrong's famous speech for the historical steps "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."