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Democrat JFK defeated Richard Nixon in the presidential election in the 1960 election -
Barrier dividing Germany between West and East, one being communist and one not -
Marilyn Monroe who was an icon died of a sedative drug overdose in her home -
James Meredith who was an African American tried to register to go to Ole Miss, which caused riots, and eventually he got in becoming the first -
A confrontation between the Soviets and the USA over the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba led to a nuclear conflict and people being scared around the world -
King delivered a speech to a large group of civil rights activists at Lincoln Memorial, calling for equal rights and freedom -
While riding with the governor and his wife during a parade President Kennedy was shot 4 times by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Being greeted by thousands the Beetles arrived in America, taking over America for the time having their first show 2 days later -
30,000 people gathered together in San Fran to take part in a collective expansion of consciousness -
The Superbowl, which has been going on now for 55+ years, and was first played between the AFL and NFL, and won by the Packers -
The Beatles release their 8th album which was long-awaited and extremely popular, having the same exact album for both the UK and US version -
Marshall was nominated as the first black supreme court justice by LBJ and he got accepted in with ease in a 69-11 vote -
James Earl Ray murdered MLK because he was a racist who hated everything King stood for -
JFK's brother Robert was running for president and was killed by Sirhan Sirhan in the middle of the night -
Campaign in the Vietnam war, consisting of a coordinated series of attacks on over 100 cites and outposts in South Vietnam -
After losing in 2 races years prior Nixon wins the election in a close race with Humphrey and Wallace -
A response by the gay community because of a police raid taking place at the Stone Wall inn -
After a long Space Race with the Soviets, the Americans were able to get the technology to land Neil Armstrong and Buzz Armstrong on the moon before the Soviets could. -
In NY, what was and still is one of the most celebrated music festivals in history