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SNCC formed
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the major Civil Rights Movement organizations of the 1960s. -
First televised Presidential Debate
Massachusetts Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon face each other in a nationally televised presidential campaign debate. -
First airing of ¨The Flintstones¨
The continuing popularity of The Flintstones rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in the Stone Age setting. -
President Kennedy is Elected
In a closely contested election, Democrat John F. Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee. -
Russians send the first man to 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
In an effort to stem the tide of refugees attempting to leave East Berlin, the communist government of East Germany begins building the Berlin Wall to divide East and West Berlin -
Roger Maris of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth´s single season home run 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 its 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 was found dead at her 12305 Fifth Helena Drive home in Los Angeles of a barbiturate overdose -
James Meredith Registers at Ole Miss
James Meredith, an African American man, attempted to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi in 1962. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores -
Dr No the first James Bond movie premieres
Dr. No is a 1962 British spy film, starring Sean Connery, with Ursula Andress and Joseph Wiseman, filmed in Jamaica and England. -
Dr. Kingś ¨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 -
JFK is assassinated
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
The Beatles Arrive in the 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
The Beatles, with their Edwardian suits and mop top haircuts, made their first American television appearance—LIVE—on The Ed Sullivan Show. -
Ny world fair begins
New York World's Fair was the second World's Fair to be held at Flushing Meadows Park in the Borough of Queens, New York in the 20th century. It opened on April 21, 1964 for two six-month seasons concluding on October 21, 1965. -
Gulf of Tomkin Incident
An international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. -
LBJ defeats Barry Goldwater
Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee. -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X was shot before he was about to deliver a speech about his new organization called the Organization of Afro-American Unity -
Watts Race riots
In the predominantly black Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, racial tension reaches a breaking point after two white policemen scuffle with a black motorist suspected of drunken driving -
Star Treak 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. -
San Francisco ¨Summer of Love¨ begins
The spring and summer of 1967 brought nearly 100000 artists, outsiders, activists, and dreamers to San Francisco. They changed the world. -
First NFL Super Bowl
The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10. -
Boxer Muhammed 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 -
Beatles release Sgt.Pepper's Album
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Beatles. -
Monterrey Music Festival Held
The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. -
Thurgood Marshall nominated to 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 -
Tet Offensive
A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War. Early in 1968, Vietnamese communist troops seized and briefly held some major cities at the time of the lunar new year, or Tet. -
MLK jr. Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennesse -
Robert Kennedy is assassinated
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was mortally wounded shortly after midnight PDT at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. -
Protests at the 1968 DNC
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 declared illegal
Even the discoverer of the drug, the Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman, cautioned against its recreational use. -
Richard Nixon is elected
The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
American Astronauts Land on the Moon
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969. -
Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community against a police raid -
Manson Family murdered Sharon Tate
Tate and four others were murdered by members of the Manson Family in the home she shared with Polanski. -
Woodstock Concert
A music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. -
Rolling Stones host Atlamont music festival
According to Jefferson Airplane's Spencer Dryden, the idea for "a kind of Woodstock West" began when he and bandmate Jorma Kaukonen discussed the staging of a free concert with the Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones in Golden Gate Park.
