1960's Timeline

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  • Russia send first man to the Moon

    The Russians' wanted to be ahead of the race in Space Travel. They decided to send Lieutenant Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin to the moon.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    This event was a 13-day confrontation between the US and Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba.

  • Incident of the Gulf of Tonkin

    Incident of the Gulf of Tonkin
    Two destroyers started sending shots at each other, for the second time. This is believed to be the beginning of the Vietnam War.

  • China's First Hydrogen Bomb Successfully Exploded

    China's First Hydrogen Bomb Successfully Exploded
    China's finally had success with their Hydrogen Bomb. It exploded in Western China, it was 150 times more powerful than America's A-bomb.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    The March on Washington was a march for freedom and jobs for the people of the United States.