1960's

By Rheagar17

  • Most Powerful Earthquake Hits Chile

    The Most Powerful Earthquake hits Chile and the city of Valdivia being the most affected by this.Also the the earthquake is felt in Hawaii,The Philippines,Japan and in many other parts of the world.The waves of the Tsunami were as big as 25 meters long.

  • The Birth Control Pill

    The birth control pill is approved for the FDA to allow people to have more sexual freedom without the fear of the female getting pregnant.

  • Bay Of Pigs Invasion

    The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an utter failure.

  • John F. Kennedy's Famous Speech

    John F. Kennedy gives a speech in congress in which he urges the American people in the necessity to put a man on the moon to win the space race against the Soviet Union which would later become known as the "Man on the Moon"speech.

  • First Wal-Mart is opened

    First Walmart opened in Roger's,Arkansas.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis began when the US found out that Cuba has permitted the Soviet Union to put missile launch pads in Cuban soil which is a direct threat to US national security.The US then blockaded Cuba to prevent any more missiles being put in Cuba by the USSR.After a few days of intense negotiations the USSR agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba if the US removed there's from Italy and Turkey.

  • First Woman in Space

    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space when she flew Vostok 6 in 1963. She spent almost three days in space and orbited Earth 48 times. That was her only trip into space.

  • March on Washington

    On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.The march, which became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States, culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a spirited call for racial justice and equality.

  • John F Kennedy Assasinated

    Most importantly, on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot twice, and an hour after his death Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime.

  • Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) was an American former heavyweight champion boxer and one of the greatest sporting figures of the 20th century. An Olympic gold medalist and the first fighter to capture the heavyweight title three times, Ali won 56 times in his 21-year professional career.

  • Nelson Mandela

    The South African activist and former president Nelson Mandela helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights. A member of the African National Congress party beginning in the,he was a leader of both peaceful protests and armed resistance against the white minority’s oppressive regime in a racially divided South Africa. His actions landed him in prison for nearly three decades and made him the face of the struggle against racial segregation in South Africa.