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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
The first televised Presidential Debate was between Kennedy and Nixon. -
First Airing of "The Flintsones"
The continuing popularity of The Flintstones rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in the Stone Age setting. -
John F. Kennedy is Elected President
John F. Kennedy is elected 35th President of the United States. -
First Man in Space (Soviet Union)
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 Built
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. -
Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's record
On October 1, 1961, 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 its Port Huron Statement
e Port Huron Statement is a 1962 political manifesto of the North American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). -
Marilyn Monroe Dies
Marilyn Monroe was found dead on August 5, 1962, at her 12305 Fifth Helena Drive home in Los Angeles of a barbiturate overdose. -
James Meredith registers at Ole Miss
Meredith became the first African-American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Meredith's admission is regarded as a pivotal moment in the history of civil rights in the United States. -
“Dr. No” the first James Bond Movie Premieres
Dr. No is a 1962 British spy. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. -
John F. Kennedy is Assassinated
John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Beatles arrive America
The Beatles come to America for the first time. -
The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan
he Beatles, with their Edwardian suits and mop top haircuts, made their first American television appearance—LIVE—on The Ed Sullivan Show. A record setting 73 million people tuned in that evening making it one of the seminal moments in television history. -
New York World’s Fair Begins
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. -
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 defeats Barry Goldwater
Lyndon B Johnson is elected 46th President of the United States. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X is assassinated by Black Muslims. -
Watts Race Riots
An African-American motorist was pulled over on suspicion of reckless driving. -
"Star Trek" airs
The series was produced from September 1966 to December 1967 by Norway Productions and Desilu Productions, and by Paramount Television from January 1968 to June 1969. Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969, and was actually seen first on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV network. -
San Francisco "Summer of Love" begins
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 first ever Super Bowl was at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10. -
Muhammad Ali refuses Military Service
Boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, refuses to be inducted into the U.S. Army and is immediately stripped of his heavyweight title. Ali, a Muslim, cited religious reasons for his decision to forgo military service. -
The Beatles release SGT Pepper's album
gt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Beatles. -
Monterrey Music Festival
The Monterrey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterrey County Fairgrounds in Monterrey, California -
Thurgood Marshall is nominated for the 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. On August 30, after a heated debate, the Senate confirmed Marshall's nomination by a vote of 69 to 11. -
Richard Nixon is Elected President
Richard Nixon is elected 37th President of the United States -
Tet Offensive
was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and their allies -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray. -
Robert Kennedy is Assassinated
Robert Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan. -
Democratic National Convention Protests
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. -
LSD becomes Illegal
LSD declared illegal by the U.S. government -
Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. -
American Astronauts Land on the Moon
A Moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and unmanned missions. -
Manson family Kills Sharon Tate
The Tate murders were a series of killings conducted by members of the Manson Family, which claimed the lives of five people, one of them pregnant. -
Woodstock
A music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of over 400,000. -
The Rolling Stones host the Altamont Music Festival
Sears Point Raceway was suggested, but its owners wanted $100,000 in escrow from the Rolling Stones. At the last moment, Dick Carter offered his Altamont Speedway in Alameda County for the festival.
