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SNCC Formed
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded in April 1960, by young people who had emerged as leaders of the sit-in protest movement initiated on February 1 of that year by four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
First Televised Presidential Debate
Nixon vs. Kennedy. On TV it seemed Kennedy won; on the radio it seemed Nixon won. -
First Airing of "The Flintstones"
The first episode of one of the most well known TV shows ever. -
JFK Election
President John F Kennedy was elected. -
Russia sends the first man into space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space when he launched into orbit on the Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft -
Berlin Wall is constructed
During the early years of the Cold War, West Berlin was a geographical loophole through which thousands of East Germans fled to the democratic West. In response, the Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. It was thrown up overnight, on 13 August 1961. -
Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's HR record
New York Yankee Roger Maris becomes the first-ever major-league baseball player to hit more than 60 home runs in a single season. -
SDS Releases Port Huron Statement
The Port Huron Statement is a 1962 political manifesto of the North American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society -
Marilyn Monroe Dies
Marilyn Monroe died from a drug overdose. -
James Meredith Registers at Ole Miss
The Ole Miss riot of 1962, or Battle of Oxford, was fought between Southern segregationist civilians and federal and state forces beginning the night of September 30, 1962; segregationists were protesting the enrollment of James Meredith, a black US military veteran, at the University of Mississippi -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union which was the closest we came to nuclear war. -
First James Bond Movie
moviegoers get their first look–down the barrel of a gun–at the super-spy James Bond (codename: 007), the immortal character created by Ian Fleming in his now-famous series of novels and portrayed onscreen by the relatively unknown Scottish actor Sean Connery. -
"I Have A Dream Speech"
Dr.King delivers one of the most famous speeches ever. -
JFK Assassination
JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas while riding in a car through the city. -
New York World's Fair
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations, 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. -
Beatles Arrive in US
John, Paul, George and Ringo arrived for their first U.S. visit with little idea what lay in store for them. -
The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan
They made their first American appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident, was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. -
Lyndon B Johnson Wins Presidency
Lyndon B Johnson was re-elected as president. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
He was about to deliver a speech when he got shot and killed. -
Watts Race Riots
An African American driver was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving. -
Star Trek TV Show Airs
The well known show was first created in 1966. -
LSD Declared Illegal by the US Government
LSD was declared illegal due to the bad consequences it had. -
Summer of Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. -
Super Bowl I
The Packers defeated the Chiefs 35-10 to win the first Super Bowl. -
Muhammad Ali refuses military service
Ali refused military service due to religious reasons and was stripped of his heavyweight title. -
Beatles Release Sgt Pepper Album
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Beatles. -
Monterrey Music Festival Held
The Monterrey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event. -
Thurgood Marshall Nominated to Supreme Court
President Lyndon Johnson appoints U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. -
Tet Offensive
The largest military campaign of the Vietnam War. North Vietnam attacked South Vietnam. -
Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated
American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. that evening. -
Robert Kennedy Assassination
He was shot while giving a speech after the California primaries and died the next day while in the hospital -
1968 Democratic Convention Protests
Counter culture and Vietnam War protesters were at the convention. -
Richard Nixon is Elected
Richard Nixon was elected president -
Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid -
Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the first Americans to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first to step foot on the moon. -
Manson Family Murders Sharon Tate
Charles Manson led a series of killings with the most famous one being on Sharon Tate. -
Woodstock
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock— was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of over 400,000. -
Rolling Stones Host Altamont
The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a counterculture-era rock concert
