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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960
The 1960 Civil Rights Act introduced penalties to be levied against anybody who obstructed someone%u2019s attempt to register to vote or someone%u2019s attempt to actually vote. A Civil Rights Commission was created. -
John F. Kennedy narrowly wins the Presidential election
he wins the election over Vice-President Richard Nixon. -
President Kennedy initiates 17 billion dollar nuclear missile program
he also increases military aid to Indochina and announces the creation of the Peace Corps. -
The Unites States invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs
the mission is a failure. -
The United States starts underground nuclear testing
when the underground nuclear device is buried at sufficient depth, the explosion may be contained, with no release of radioactive materials to the atmosphere. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba in the early 1960s during the Cold War. -
Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy are arrested
they are arrested and go to jail in Birmingham during the protests. -
President Kennedy proposes the Civil Rights Bill
the civil rights bill declares who are citizens of the United States, defines their rights, prescribes penalties for violating them, and provides the means of redress. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is ratified by Senate
the basic obligations for the ban treaty was not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, and to prohibit and prevent any such nuclear explosion at any place under its jurisdiction or control. -
President Kennedy is assassinated
he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald -
President Johnson declares a "War on Poverty"
President Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the State of the Union address thus initiating plans for his Great Society. -
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the civil rights asct of 1964 was to make segregation in public facilities and discrimination in employment illegal. -
President Johnson reelected over Barry Goldwater
he was elected in a landslide, but conservatives take over the Republican Party and remain a force in the party. -
Malcom X is assassinated in New York City
Malcolm X was a black nationalist and founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity. It is believed the assailants are members of the Black Muslim faith, which Malcolm had recently abandoned. -
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965
this making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests and other such requirements that tended to restrict black voting become illegal. -
Anti-Vietnam war protests in NY bring out 25,000 on 5th Ave
Other protests in 7 US cities and 7 foreign cities. -
Anti-Vietnam War protest.
400,000 march from Central Park to UN. Speeches by Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael and Dr. Benjamin Spock. -
Martin Luther King shot and killed in Memphis at the age 39.
King was shot as he stood on the balcony outside his hotel room. Escaped convict James Earl Ray later pleads guilty to the crime. -
The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs established (DEA)
established in response to growing drug culture in the U.S. -
Richard Nixon narrowly elected President
He had Spiro T. Agnew, as his Vice-President. -
The Unites States' Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the Moon.
