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U-2 plane shot down
U-2 plane got shot down over the USSR -
sit in
The sit-ins spread to 15 cities in 5 southern states -
civil rights act
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960. -
president kennedy
John F. Kennedy narrowly wins the Presidential election over Vice-President Richard Nixon, Kennedy is the first Catholic to ascend to the Presidency. Lyndon Baines Johnson is elected Vice-President -
kennedy-nixon debates
70 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts and Vice President Richard Nixon in the first-ever televised presidential debate -
ivade cuba
the Unites States invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs and the mission is a failure -
first american in space
alan shepherd jr. first american in space -
construction of the berlin wall
East German border guards begin construction of Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall physically seperated Communist East Gernmany and Democratic West Germany -
nuclear testing
the United States starts underground nuclear testing. -
cuban missile crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviets establish missile bases in Cuba, Kennedy orders a naval blockade to divert any missiles from arriving in Cuba. -
mlk and ralph abernathy arrested
Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy are arrested and go to jail in Birmingham during the protests, King then writes his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. -
civil rights bill
President Kennedy proposes the Civil Rights Bill. -
assassination
In Jackson,Mississippi, the state's NAACP field secretary, 37-year-old Medgar Evers is assassinated outside his home. Byron De La Beckwith is tried twice in 1964, both trials resulted in hung juries. Only thirty years later is he convicted for murdering Evers -
hotline connection
USA and USSR established a hotline connection -
nuclear testing ban treaty
USA and USSR sign nuclear testing ban treaty -
march to washington
250,000 march on washington -
president johnson
johnson takes over presidency -
kennedy assassinated
President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President on Air Force One with First Lady Jackie Kennedy present. -
president johnson and civil rights act
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, making segregation in public facilities and discrimination in employment illegal -
nobel peace prize
Announced that Martin Luther King Jr. has won the the Nobel Peace Prize. -
malcom x assassination
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 -
voting rights act
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests and other such requirements that tended to restrict black voting become illegal. -
martin luther king jr. assassinated
martin luther king jr. was assassinated. -
nixon for president
nixon is elected for president
