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On June 23, 1960, the FDA approved the first birth control pill, Enovid 10, to be used as a contraceptive for married women.
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Democrat JFK becomes 35th President of the U.S. with LBJ as Vice-President.
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The U.S. reconnaisance found missile bases being built in Cuba, and almost had to take military action.
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The crisis ended on October 28, 1962, when the U.S. and UN agreed to dismantle all missiles in Turkey in exchange for the Soviet Union removing the missiles in Cuba.
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The Feminine Mystique, written by Betty Friedan, exposed the emptiness felt by women filling in their gender roles and transformed the feminist movement.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave this speech on the steps of a Lincoln Memorial, marking a defining moment in the Civil Rights movement.
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President JFK is assassinated in his car during a parade in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was found to be the assassin.
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The Beatles first visit to America as a group was greeted by about 3,000 fans at the JFK Airport
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This African American Muslim minister and human rights activist was assassinated during a speech at an Organization of Afro-American Unity meeting.
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The National Organization for Women, founded in Washington, D.C., is the largest feminist organization in America.
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Shirley Chisholm ran for office in 1968 and became the first African American woman elected to Congress.
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Republican Richard Nixon becomes 37th president of the U.S. with Spiro Agnew as Vice President.
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America beats Russia in the space race to the moon with Apollo 11.
